Japan is known for its prowess in technology spread out globally. It‘s also a great country, where culture is still preserved amid the heavy engulfing and embrace of modernity. Japan is your ideal place to find a high towering skyscraper blending perfectly with a 17 century Pagoda.

The blend between old and new is well worth your visit as a tourist and once you arrive at Sendai Airport, you can get your car rental. A private vehicle will help you get to the attractions faster. And if you need to spend more time exploring a particular attraction, no one can stop you!

Exploring the attractions

There are plenty of attractions around Sendai Airport and other spread throughout the city. If you have some energy in you, a full-tank car rental will take you to as many spots as possible. Form a small itinerary list to make the travel more interesting and the places you accomplish can be ticked off your list.

Gokoku Shrines - translated, Gokoku shrines refers to shrines used to defend the country. You will find them in Miyagi Prefecture and they serve as worship centers. However, not your normal kind of worship; the gods hear, known locally as Kami, are the brave soldiers or military persons who died fighting for Japan in the war. As a way to commemorate them, the locals worship these soldiers at Gokoku shrines.
Streetcar Museum - there is a tramcar museum in town; however, it is quite a hidden spot you will have to maneuver your Sendai Airport Car hire through several streets. But to find it easy, there is a map right on the subway which you should get photo of or memorize it. This Tram museum has a collection of vintage trams that were used around 1926 in late 1976.
Don’t Festival - to view this festival you may have to shift your holiday plans to January when it happens. One particular shrine, Osaki Hachiman, is the center of attraction during the festival. The shrine is decorated meticulously with pine bough, then visitors are called upon to pray for their needs; mostly increment in both health and wealth. The visitors are given new prayer cards to carry them through the current year as the old ones are destroyed in a huge fire.
Bansuisodo - this memorial hall was built and named after a great Japanese teacher and poet, Doi Bansui. He was a great English teacher who made immense contributions to the literature curriculum of Sendai higher Middle Schools.

One thing you will notice about the Japanese, they greatly appreciate and celebrate top achievers in their society. The airport attractions are truly a beauty to behold.