It reads せんだいし — Sendai Shi.
This place is one of 1,651 in Chimei, our Japan city game. Read the kanji, then pin it on the map.
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Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Sendai.
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仙台市 is read せんだいし (Sendai Shi). It is a city in Miyagi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Sendai has a population of 1,070,757 across 786 km², making it the 11th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 31 in Miyagi.
The closest municipalities to Sendai are Rifu Cho (10 km), Natori Shi (11 km), Tagajo Shi (12 km).