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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 be held during the festival.
At Zuihoden Mausoleum, the sacred burial site of the feudal lords of the DATE Clan, traditional Tanabata Festival bamboo and Japanese washi paper decorations will be displayed. Viewing hours will be extended so that visitors can enjoy a fantastic atmosphere along the stone steps lit by bamboo lanterns until night.
At the site of Sendai Castle, you can experience Date Koro, walking along the castle-climbing path lit by lights, projection mapping on the stone walls and Samurai Entertainment Show by DATE Bushotai.
In addition, at the Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor Center and Aobayama Park, you can’t miss the “SENDAI LUMINACT” which creates a playful space by colored lights. You can also enjoy the dance performance show “Date Romanesque,” and “Oimawashi Summer Festival” with its Bon Odori dance stage.
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（Tue-Thu）
- 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.
・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.
- Route map
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- *Click to enlarge.
- Bus stop timetable
- Length of ride
- One loop is about 60 minutes
- *From Sendai Station, 13 minutes to Zuihoden Mausoleum, 18 minutes to Sendai City Museum/Sendai International Center/Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor 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 16, 17, 23, 24, 30
- 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.
- Route map
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- *Click to enlarge.
- 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
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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.
- Route map
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- *Click to enlarge.
- 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.
