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Sendai

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Sendai boasts a wonderful balance of beautiful nature and academic research. The city is the political and economic core of the Tohoku region and is devoting energy toward attracting and hosting conventions. In addition to easy access from Tokyo (around 90 minutes on the Tohoku Shinkansen), the new Sendai Subway Tozai Line has made it even easier to move around the city center. Sendai has gained global attention as the host city of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015 and the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting in 2016. The city has ideal venues for a variety of events, from the Sendai International Center for large-scale conventions to city hotels for urban conventions and the Akiu and Sakunami hot spring districts for resort-style conventions. Many language service volunteers are also available to provide support for your international conference.

Access

Sendai Airport→JR Sendai Station：17 min. or more by train (Sendai Airport Line)
JR Tokyo Station→JR Sendai Station：91 min. or more by train (Tohoku Shinkansen)

Venues overview

	Facility	Rooms
Hotel	135	31,422
Ryokan	73	4,139
Total	208	35,561

Contact

Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association (SenTIA)

〒980-0804, Japan, 6F Higashinihon Fudosan Sendai Ichibancho Bldg, 3-3-20 Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
See the map
+81-22-268-9603
+81-22-268-6252
http://www.sentia-sendai.jp/conventionnavi-en/
conv@sentia-sendai.jp

Pre-/Post-Convention Programs

Earthquake Disaster Ruins at Arahama Elementary School

Earthquake Disaster Ruins at Arahama Elementary School
Arahama Elementary School, which was used as a disaster evacuation facility at the Great East Japan earthquake, has been preserved as a disaster ruin and is now open to the public. Visitors can walk through the school, where classrooms have been turned into exhibit rooms displaying photos, videos and lessons on how to prepare for disasters. Visitors can learn about the true power and danger of tsunami
Various Experience Programs
Escape to the quiet retreat of the Akiu district for a resort-style convention at a hotel with hot spring baths, and enjoy popular hands-on experiences like painting kokeshi wooden dolls. Matsushima, a group of islands designated as one of the top three scenic sites of Japan, is a place to enjoy a cruise of the bay, take walks through history, and experience making Buddhist prayer beads.

Recent Trends in Regional Industry and Research in Sendai

Medicine: Medical Equipment

Tohoku University, Miyagi Prefectural Government, Sendai City, and the Tohoku Economic Federation are taking the lead in initiatives aimed at making the region a center for the production of medical equipment.
Tohoku University is playing a core role in the project and has established Japan’s first and only Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering. Using its wealth of research seeds in the medical equipment sector, it is building strong ties with industry, other academic institutions, government and finance, with a view to making the region a center for development and production of medical equipment.
At the same time, the university is collaborating with the business and finance communities to attract domestic and international companies to the region in the aim of creating employment and a medical equipment industry cluster.

Manufacturing

In recent years prominent Japanese manufacturers including Toyota and Tokyo Electron have set up factories and other facilities.
Sendai has implemented a range of initiatives to promote ties between industry and academia, including efforts to strengthen the manufacturing SMEs that support the regional economy, enhance research techniques and development capabilities with a view to creating new industries, and conduct trials that utilize the intellectual resources of universities.
Another joint industry-academia initiative aims to create a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) cluster. It has established a MEMS Park consortium and is working to develop such a cluster in Sendai in collaboration with partners including Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft of Germany.

Disaster Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction

As part of recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake, Sendai is focusing on the fields of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction.
Tohoku University’s International Research Institute of Disaster Science is leading various research and development projects related to disasters and their prevention.
R&D initiatives aim to shape practical disaster science, and projects are under way in a wide range of fields including disaster risk, regional and urban revitalization, disaster science, disaster medicine, and information management.
In 2015, Sendai hosted the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, adopting the Sendai Framework, a global framework for disaster risk reduction. In order to take the lead in this Framework and share the findings of various projects, World Bosai Forum/International Disaster Risk Conference began in 2017 to be held in Sendai every two years.

Support Programs for Convention

Support for bidding process
Category	Type of Support	Availability	Languages
Site inspection	Arranging an inspection trip for site selection	✓	English, Chinese
Support for hosting/preparation
Category	Type of Support	Availability	Languages
PR	Support for encouraging participation in the event	✓	English, Chinese, Korean
PR	Supporting other PR activities	✓	English, Chinese
Conference and event preparation	Providing information on PCOs, travel agencies and event management companies	✓	English, Chinese
	Providing information on reception venues (including unique venues)	✓	English, Chinese
	Providing information on related programs (local attractions, traditional performing arts, post-convention programs, sightseeing and hands-on experiences with Japanese culture for persons accompanying conference participants)	✓	English, Chinese
	Providing tourism information	✓	English, Chinese
	Requesting nominal support	✓	English, Chinese
	Coordinating with relevant organizations	✓	English, Chinese
Conference and event operation	Arranging reception venues (including unique venues)	✓
	Arranging volunteers	✓	English
	Setting up an information desk	✓	English, Chinese
	Providing maps/guidebooks for participants	✓	English, Chinese, Korean
	Arranging shuttle buses	✓
	Providing convention bags	✓	English, Chinese
Hospitality	Welcome posters and digital signage	✓	English
	Welcome message by the head of the local government	✓	English
	Providing discount tickets to tourist facilities	✓	English
	Providing discounts on public transportation
	Dispatching tourism ambassadors	✓
Related programs	Making arrangements for attractions and traditional performing arts	✓	English
	Making arrangements for post-convention programs	✓	English
	Making arrangements for sightseeing and hands-on experiences of Japanese culture for persons accompanying conference participants	✓	English
	Arranging tour interpreters and guides	✓	English

Support Programs for Incentive Travel

Support for Promoting Incentive Travel
Type of Support	Availability
Site inspection support (provision of accommodation, food, tourist activities)	-
Creation of draft proposals, providing information	-
Support During Incentive Travel
Type of Support	Availability
Accommodation	✓
Airport transfer services	-
Welcome banners	✓
Chartered transport (e.g. coaches)	✓
Prepaid cards for public transport	✓
Venues (MICE facilities, unique venues)	✓
Event management services	-
Recruiting volunteers to assist at events	-
Excursions, technical visits etc.	✓
Attractions, entertainment etc.	✓
Experience programs	✓
Local cuisine, traditional cuisine	✓
Greeting at airport or station	✓
Greeting or welcome letter from local government head	-
Travel brochures	✓
Discount coupons	-
Giveaways	-