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Tanabata Night Bus, Special Night Service
Sendai’s Tanabata Festival is a Japanese summer tradition, where bamboo branches are decorated with Japanese paper and sway in the breeze. The festival is three days long, during which the city of Sendai is decorated with over 3,000 bamboo branches covered in streamers and other beautiful decorations.
Plenty of nighttime events will also be held, and at Zuihoden Mausoleum, Date Masamune’s final resting
place, traditional Tanabata Festival bamboo and Japanese washi paper decorations will be displayed.
Viewing hours will be extended until nighttime, and visitors can enjoy a different kind of fantastic
atmosphere along the stone steps of the compound lit by bamboo lanterns.
Also, there are entertaining
nighttime performances by the Oushu Sendai Welcome Squad “DATE Bushotai” at the Site of Sendai
Castle.The performance show "Date Romanesque" is also held at the Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor Center.
If you want an efficient way of visiting all the nighttime events at the sites along the Loople Sendai route, we recommend using the Tanabata Night Bus.
- Dates of operation
- August 6~8
- Fare
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Single-ride – Adult: 260 yen, Child: 130 yen
- *One-day Loople Sendai Pass, One-day Pass for Loople Sendai and Subway, Sendai Marugoto Passes, SENDAI AREA PASS, IC card(icsca, Suica, PASMO) Senior Passes, Fureai Passes can be used.
- *Those who have an Identification Booklet for the Physically Disabled, Treatment and Education Booklet, Identification Booklet for the Mentally Disabled, Mental Disability Certificate, or Atomic Bomb Survivors Certificate, as well as their accompanying caregiver can ride on the bus at a 50% discount.
- The main stops on the route
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Sendai Station →Zuihoden Mausoleum → Site of Sendai Castle → Jozenji-dori Ave. / City Hall → Sendai
Station
- *Boarding and exiting is allowed at other stops along the route.
- *The following bus stops will be passed through.
・Tohoku University Botanical Gardens
・Aobayama Subway Station
・Tohoku University Museum of Natural History
・Traffic Park/Sankyozawa Water Power Plant
・Osaki Hachimangu Shrine - *All buses will go around the route once and end at Sendai Station.
- Bus stop timetable
- Length of ride
- One loop is about 60 minutes
- *From Sendai Station, 13 minutes to Zuihoden Mausoleum, 18 minutes to the Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor Center(You can get off the nearest bus stop, Sendai City Museum/Sendai International Center), 26 minutes to Site of Sendai Castle.
- Timetable
- Leaving from Sendai Station from 5:20 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and running every 20 minutes.
Autumn leaves lit up Bus, Special Night Service
Autumn foliage tour is an event to light up the precincts of Zuihoden Mausoleum. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during this period, Zuihoden Mausoleum's opening hours will be extended until 7 p.m.(last admission 6:30 p.m.), and installations will be held with lanterns and Japanese umbrellas with family crests. The " Autumn leaves lit up Bus " is a special night bus that goes around facilities in downtown Sendai, including Zuihoden Mausoleum. Please enjoy the special 5 days where you can see the elegant expressions of Zuihoden Mausoleum wrapped in light and trees colored in autumn colors, which can only be seen at this time.
- Dates of operation
- Novmber 18, 19, 23, 25, 26
- Timetable
- 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00 departing from Sendai Station.* Six buses a day
- Fare
- Single-ride – Adult: 200 yen, Child: 100 yen
- *One-day Loople Sendai Pass, One-day Pass for Loople Sendai and Subway, Sendai Marugoto Passes, SENDAI AREA PASS, IC card(icsca, Suica, PASMO) Senior Passes, Fureai Passes can be used.
- *Those who have an Identification Booklet for the Physically Disabled, Treatment and Education Booklet, Identification Booklet for the Mentally Disabled, Mental Disability Certificate, or Atomic Bomb Survivors Certificate, as well as their accompanying caregiver can ride on the bus at a 50% discount.
- The main stops on the route
- Sendai Station → Aoba-dori Ichibancho Subway Station → Bansuisodo → Zuihoden Mausoleum → Sendai
Mediatheque → Jozenji-dori Ave. / City Hall → Hirose-dori Subway Station → Sendai
Station(terminus)
- *Boarding and exiting is allowed at other stops along the route.
- *All buses will go around the route once and end at Sendai Station.
- *Autumn leaves lit up Bus is a single-ride system. You must exit the bus at the last stop, Sendai Station.
- Bus stop timetable
- Length of ride
- One loop is about 35 minutes
- Notes
- (1) For Covid-19 infection prevention, we may restrict the number of passengers during peak hours. (2) Please wear a mask and use hand sanitizer when riding on a bus.
Pageant of Starlight Bus, Special Night Service
The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is an illumination event run by the citizens and held mainly along Jozenji-dori Avenue. The zelkova trees that line Jozenji-dori Avenue are lit up with thousands of lights, creating a magical atmosphere.
The Pageant of Starlight Bus is a special service that runs throughout the Pageant of Starlight event, touring Jozenji-dori Avenue and the illuminated streets of Sendai.
Taking a leisurely stroll around is wonderful, but why not enjoy the tunnel of light on the Loople Sendai?
- Dates of operation
- Dec.9(Sat), 10(Sun), 16(Sat), 17(Sun), 23(Sat), 24(Sun)
- Timetable
-
17:50, 18:00, 18:20, 18:40 departing from Sendai Station.
- * Four buses a day
- Fare
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Single-ride – Adult: 200 yen, Child: 100 yen
- One-day Loople Sendai Pass, One-day Pass for Loople Sendai and Subway, Sendai Marugoto Passes,
SENDAI AREA PASS, IC card (icsca, Suica, PASMO), Senior Passes, Fureai Passes can be
used.
*Those who have an Identification Booklet for the Physically Disabled, Treatment and Education Booklet, Identification Booklet for the Mentally Disabled, Mental Disability Certificate, or Atomic Bomb Survivors Certificate, as well as their accompanying caregiver can ride on the bus at a 50% discount.
- One-day Loople Sendai Pass, One-day Pass for Loople Sendai and Subway, Sendai Marugoto Passes,
SENDAI AREA PASS, IC card (icsca, Suica, PASMO), Senior Passes, Fureai Passes can be
used.
- Route
- Sendai Station(West Exit Bus Terminal Stop 16) → Aoba-dori Ichibancho Subway Station → Bansuisodo
→ (*via Nishi Park) → Mediatheque → Jozenji-dori Ave. / Sendai City Hall → Hirose-dori Subway
Station → Sendai Station(terminus)
- *Pageant of Starlight Bus is a single-ride system. You must exit the bus at the last stop, Sendai Station.
- Bus stop timetable
- Length of ride
- One loop is about 30 minutes
- Notes
- We may restrict the number of passengers during peak hours.
*For this year's event information, please contact the Sendai Pageant of Starlight Executive Committee.
Please check Sendai Pageant of Starlight website for more details.