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'''Sendai''' is a city in the [[Japanese]] [[Honshu]] island. It is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture. On March 11, 2011, Sendai suffered a catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake and the 10-meter (33-foot) high [[tsunami]]'s waves. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of [[Tokyo]]. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the [[earthquake]] occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometers (15.2 miles) beneath the seafloor.[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49621] In August 2005 a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 had hit also Japan's north-east coast.
'''Sendai''' (仙台) is a city in the [[Japanese]] [[Honshu]] island. It is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture. On March 11, 2011, Sendai suffered a catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake and the 10-meter (33-foot) high [[tsunami]]'s waves. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of [[Tokyo]]. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the [[earthquake]] occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometers (15.2 miles) beneath the seafloor.[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49621] In August 2005 a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 had hit also Japan's north-east coast.
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Sendai is known as "The City of Trees." The main streets, Aoba-dori and Jozenji-dori, are lined with rows of beautiful zelkova trees, The Christmas illumination, the "Sendai Pageant of Starlight" is spectacular, not to mention the beauty of fresh verdure in spring and the scarlet-tinged leaves in autumn. Ichiban-cho-dori Street, which crosses Chuo-dori Street and runs parallel to Aoba-dori Street, is a shopping area. A local market, with many smaller stores are lining the side streets. [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/miyagi/sendai.html]
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[[File:Tanabata in Sendai Japan.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Sendai is known for having the largest tanabata festival in the world.]]
== See also ==
== See also ==