SENDAI ACCESS INFORMATION

Sendai is located at latitude 38 degrees north and longitude140 degrees east, just about the same latitude as Washington D.C. and the same longitude as Melbourne, Australia.

Sendai City is situated in the southeastern part of the Tohoku Region, and is approximately 300 km away from Tokyo. The shortest trip from Tokyo by the Tohoku Shinkansen takes 96 minutes.
Sendai Airport has regular domestic flights serving major cities throughout Japan and regular international flights serving seven destinations.

■Sendai Airport Flight Information

●International Flights

Route	Airline	Flights/week
Seoul	Asiana Airlines	7 round trips
Beijing	Air China	5 round trips
Shanghai	Air China	3 round trips
Dalian	Air China	2 round trips
Changchun	China Southern Airlines	2 round trips
Taipei	EVA Airways	2 round trips
Guam	Continental AirlinesAirlines	4 round trips

●Domestic Flights

Route	Airline	Flights/day or week
Sapporo	ANA / JAL / JEX	10 round trips/day
Narita	ANA / IBEX / NAL	2 round trips/day
Komatsu	ANA	1 round trips/day
Nagoya	ANA / JAL	5 round trips/day
Osaka (Itami)	ANA / IBEX / JEX	12 round trips/day
Okayama	JAL	4 round trips/day
Hiroshima	ANA	1 round trips/day
Takamatsu	JAL	3 round trips/week
Fukuoka	ANA / JAL	5 round trips/day
Naha	ANA	1 round trip/day

(As of November 2004)
ANA: All Nippon Airways/IBEX: IBEX Airlines/JAL: Japan Airlines/JEX: JAL Express/
NAL: Naka Nihon Air Line (Air Central)

■Access to Sendai

●From Narita

(1)	Take the JR Narita Express and get off at Tokyo Station (53 minutes). Transfer to the Tohoku Shinkansen and get off at Sendai Station (approximately 96 to 120 minutes).
(2)	Take the Airport Limousine at Narita Airport and get off at Tokyo Station (90 to 110 minutes). Then, take the Tohoku Shinkansen and get off at Sendai Station (approximately 96 to 120 minutes).
(3)	Take the Keisei Skyliner and get off at Keisei Ueno Station (51 minutes). Transfer to the Tohoku Shinkansen at JR Ueno Station and get off at Sendai Station (approximately 90 to 115 minutes).
(4)	Take the Polar Star night express bus from Narita Airport and get off at the bus stop in front of Sendai Station (approximately 7.5 hours).
(5)	Take a flight (ANA/IBEX/NAL) to Sendai Airport (approximately 60 minutes).

●	From Tokyo Station Take the Tohoku Shinkansen and get off at Sendai Station (approximately 96 to 120 minutes).

●	From Sendai Airport to downtown Sendai Take the Airport Limousine and get off at Sendai Station (approximately 40 minutes).

Note: Listed approximate time required is as of January 2004.