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Map showing the location of Sendai on the northeastern coast of Japan's main island, Honshu, with surrounding countries including China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea. Major bodies of water such as the Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean, and East China Sea are labeled. An inset globe in the top left highlights the region's position in East Asia.
Sendai, Japan

Sendai

Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
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Sendai, city, Kagoshima ken (prefecture), southwestern Kyushu, Japan, on the lower Sendai River. A communications center since early historical times, it was a small castle town and naval port during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867). With the opening of the Kagoshima Line (railway) in the late 19th century, it developed as a local commercial center. The city was damaged heavily during World War II but recovered as an industrial site, with large paper-pulp plants. A university was founded there in 1949. Pop. (2000) 73,236; (2010) 99,589.

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