Michinoku Mori no Kohan Park

Ono Nihonmatsu, Kawasaki-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi

Fee

Adults (15 and over) 450 yen, Seniors (65 and over) 210 yen, Children (junior high school students and under) free

Hours

9:30-17:00

Closed

Tuesdays (some periods)

Yakurai Garden

1-9 Yakurai-hara, Ajigafukuro, Kami-machi, Kami-gun, Miyagi

Fee

Adults 1,000 yen, elementary and junior high school students 300 yen, preschool children free (daytime admission during the operating season; the evening illumination "Hoshiakari" is charged separately)

Hours

10:00-17:00 (April-November)

Closed

Closed in winter (December-March)

Sendai City Wild Plant Garden

2-1-1 Mogasaki, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Fee

Adults 240 yen, children (elementary and junior high school students) 60 yen, preschool children free

Hours

9:00-16:45

Closed

Mondays; closed for the winter (late November to the end of March)

Tohoku University Botanical Gardens

12-2 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Fee

Adults 230 yen, Children (elementary and junior high school students) 110 yen

Hours

9:00-16:30 (April to November)

Closed

Mondays; closed for winter (December to March)

Station

About a 15-minute walk from Sendai Station

Former Yubikan and Garden

6 Kamikawaracho, Iwadeyama, Osaki, Miyagi

Mizunomori Park

8 and others Tsutsumishita, Kamiyagari, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool, Bus Stop 4, take a Miyagi Kotsu bus and get off at "Mizunomori Park Campground Entrance" (水の森公園キャンプ場入口); 10-minute walk.

Kaigamori Chuo Park

1-chome Kaigamori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

JR Senzan Line, Tohokufukushidaimae Station

Osaki Hachimangu

4-chome Hachiman, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Get off at the "Osaki Hachimangu-mae" stop, served from the bus pool at the west exit of Sendai Station

Kitarokubancho Park (Rokuyuan Garden)

4-51 Kimachidori 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Kita-Yobancho Station

Kitayama Kaiwai (Rinno-ji, Shifuku-ji, Kakuhan-ji, Tosho-ji, Komyo-ji)

Kitayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Kita-Sendai Station (JR Senzan Line / Subway) (Komyo-ji)

Aoba no Mori (Aoba no Mori Green Space)

Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Tozai Line, Aobayama Station (Central Entrance)

Kameoka Hachimangu Shrine

62 Kameoka, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway "Kawauchi Station"

Kyogamine (Around Zuihoden)

Otamayashita, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Loople Sendai, get off at "Zuihoden-mae"

Nishi Park

Sakuragaoka Koen, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Omachi Nishi-koen Station

Ryokakuincho Park (Ryokusuian Garden)

2-5 Katahira 1-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Omachi Nishi-koen Station

Kotodai Park

3-chome Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway "Kotodai-Koen Station"

Katsuyama Park (Sendai)

2-chome Kamisugi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Sendai Toshogu Shrine and Sengaku-in Temple Area

1-chome Toshogu, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

JR Senzan Line, Toshogu Station

Aobayama Park (Around Sendai Castle Ruins)

Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Tozai Line, Kokusai Center Station

Dainohara Forest Park

Dainohara Shinrin Koen, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Dainohara Station, Asahigaoka Station

Okura Dam Area (including the park downstream of Okura Dam)

Aza Iwashita, Okura, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Tsutsujigaoka Park

5-chome 108-6 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu Shrine

23 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

JR Senseki Line, Tsutsujigaoka Station

Nigatake no Icho (Chichi Icho) Ginkgo Tree

Icho-machi, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

JR Senseki Line, Miyaginohara Station

Takamoriyama Park

83-1 (and others) Iriyama, Iwakiri, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Shindera Neighborhood (Kojuin, Zendoji, Saishoin, Shoonji and others)

Shintera and Renbo, Wakabayashi-ku, and Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Miyagino-dori Station

Sendai Agricultural and Horticultural Center (Midori no Mori)

13-1 Kirishinden, Arai, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Hours

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (November to February: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Closed

Every Monday (open if Monday is a public holiday; if Monday is a public holiday, closed the following Tuesday), December 29 to January 4

Around Yakushido (Mutsu Kokubunji Ruins / Kinoshita Park)

Kinoshita, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Yakushido Station

Mikamine Park

1-chome Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Taga Shrine (Tomizawa, Taihaku-ku, Sendai)

3-chome 15-1 Tomizawa, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Sendai City Akiu Otaki Botanical Garden (Around Akiu Otaki Falls)

5 and others, Aza Otaki, Baba, Akiu-machi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Kamo Shrine

1 Aza Tadasu, Furuchi, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool Platform 2, take a Miyagi Kotsu bus bound for Izumi-Chuo Station, get off at "Kamo 5-chome Kita", 5-minute walk

Chomeidate Ruins (Chomeidate Park / Kazenoko Park)

Kamo 2-chome, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool, Stop No. 2, take a Miyagi Kotsu bus bound for "Izumi-Chuo Station" and get off at "Kamo 4-chome"; 5-minute walk.

Parking

Limited parking.

Katsurajima Green Space

1-chome, Katsura, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Izumi-Chuo Station on the Namboku Line subway, take a Miyagi Kotsu bus from Platform 3 (for example, the bus bound for "Izumi Park Town via Outlet, JCHO and Junkan") and get off at "Katsurajima Ryokuchi" stop; the park is right there.

Matsumori Castle Ruins (Tsurugajo, Matsumori Park)

Matsumori, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Izumi-Chuo Station (subway), take the bus bound for Iwakiri Station from stop 5-2 and get off at "Matsumori Shimin Center-mae"

Takamori Higashi Park

Takamori 6-chome, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Subway Namboku Line, Izumi-Chuo Station, Platform 3: take a Miyagi Kotsu Bus (e.g., bound for Izumi Park Town via Katsura and Takamori) and get off at Takamori Higashi Koen-mae. The park is right there.

Yamaichi Sustena Park Nanakita Park

Aza Akaotsu and others, Nanakita, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

5-minute walk from Izumi-Chuo Station (Subway Namboku Line)

Toun-ji

Yamanotera 2-chome, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

Take the bus bound for Koyodai from Bus Pool No. 6 at the West Exit of Sendai Station, or the bus bound for Yoshioka (direction) from Stop No. 5 at Izumi-Chuo Station (subway), and get off at "Yamanotera Toun-ji mae".

Shiroishi Castle Ruins (Nenoshiroishi)

Tateshita, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Yaotome Station (Subway), take a bus from Stop No. 2 bound for Izumidake Shizen Fureai-kan, Suginosaki Kominkan, or Hozawa, and get off at "Machigashira".

Funaoka Castle Ruins Park

Funaoka, Shibata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi

Station

About 1.2 km west-southwest of JR Funaoka Station

Parking

Available

Shiraishi River Embankment Hitome Senbonzakura (Ogawara-machi and Shibata-machi)

Ogawara-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi

Station

Approx. 1.2 km downstream along the Shiraishi River from Ogata Bridge, in front of JR Ogawara Station

Parking

None (marked "×" for parking on the prefecture's page)

Abukuma River East Bank Nanohana Field (Kakuda)

Kakuda, Miyagi (riverbed on the right bank downstream of Kakuda Bridge)

Parking

Available, toilets available

Uchimachi Lake (Kakuda)

Kakuda, Miyagi

Parking

Available; restrooms available

Komakusadaira (Zao-machi)

Zao-machi, Katta-gun, Miyagi

Parking

Available, toilets available

Tateyama Sunflower Field (Marumori-machi)

Marumori-machi, Igu-gun, Miyagi

Parking

Available only during the "Tateyama Himawari Festival" (not available at other times)

Hiyoriyama Park (Ishinomaki)

Hiyoriyama, Ishinomaki, Miyagi

Takiyama Park (Higashimatsushima)

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi

Shikama-cho Atagoyama Park (Peony Garden)

Shikama-cho, Kami-gun, Miyagi

Fee

Free (the garden is open free of charge at all times)

Parking

Free parking available (approx. 100 spaces)

Kagobo-yama (Kagobo Cherry Blossom Festival)

Tajiri, Osaki, Miyagi

Himawari no Oka (Sambongi, Osaki)

Sambongi, Osaki, Miyagi

Hours

9:00–17:00 (during the Nanohana (rapeseed blossom) Festival)

Parking

Standard cars 700 yen, medium-size vehicles 2,000 yen, large vehicles 3,000 yen (parking fees during the Nanohana (rapeseed blossom) Festival)

Nonodakesan Konpo-ji Temple (Katakuri Festival)

Wakuya-cho, Toda-gun, Miyagi

Shiroyama Park (Wakuya-cho)

Inside Shiroyama Park, Wakuya-cho, Toda-gun, Miyagi

Kogota Park

Kogota, Misato-machi, Toda-gun, Miyagi

Yoneyama Tulip Festival Venue (Field West of Michi-no-Eki Yoneyama "Furusato Center Y.Y")

67 Shintoda, Nishino, Yoneyama-cho, Tome, Miyagi

Furosenkan Japanese Garden

65 Aza Uruchini, Maiya, Towa-cho, Tome, Miyagi

Fee

Adults 200 yen, high school students 150 yen, elementary and junior high school students 100 yen

Hours

10:00-15:00 (opening hours)

Chacha World Ishikoshi (Hydrangea)

100 Takamori, Nango, Ishikoshi-cho, Tome, Miyagi

Izunuma and Uchinuma Lotus Colony (Including Naganuma Boat Dock)

Izunuma, Uchinuma, Naganuma Boat Dock, Tome, Miyagi

Gongenmori

Gongenmoriyama, Imozawa, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

15-minute walk from Rikuzen-Ochiai Station on the JR Senzan Line (Mukaida entrance). Or take Sendai City Bus Route 880 from Stop 13 of the Sendai Station West Exit bus pool, get off at Minami-Yoshinari 4-chome, and walk 20 minutes (Katsugyuji entrance).

Banzan

Oritate 5-chome to the vicinity of Shimoaiko, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Bus Pool Stop 10 at the West Exit of Sendai Station, take a Sendai City Bus Route 760 bus (bound for Moniwadai, etc.) and get off at Daibaiji-mae.

Taihakuzan Nature Observation Forest (Around Taihakuzan)

Moniwa, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Shogen Scenic Park

Shogen 8-chome, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Station

From Izumi-Chuo Station on the Subway Namboku Line, take a Miyagi Kotsu bus from Stop No. 6 bound for "Shogen Danchi" and get off at "Shogen 8-chome". The park is right there.