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Hapina Nakakecho Shopping Arcade
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Hapina Nakakecho Shopping Arcade
Sendai's covered shopping street beside the station, with about 250 shops, beef tongue restaurants and the main venue of the Tanabata Festival.
Hapina Nakakecho is a covered, rain-or-shine arcade about three minutes' walk from Sendai Station, reached by the pedestrian deck from the west exit. It holds roughly 250 shops: chain restaurants, cafes, drugstores, kamaboko and craft shops, plus Sendai specialties such as grilled beef tongue and sushi. It joins CLIS Road at its far end. Hours vary by shop. In early August (6 to 8) it is the main venue of the Sendai Tanabata Festival, one of Tohoku's three great festivals, when the arcade is hung with huge paper streamers.
