Tohoku Times Shopping Page

The Shopping page introduces places to go shopping in the Tohoku region. We want to introduce places that are not featured very much in the normal tourist publications. If you know of places you would like to recommend, please send us information by clicking here.
Links to pages that provide information on shopping in Sendai are provided on the right.

Maruzen, Sendai

丸善、仙台

Maruzen is a very large bookstore situated conveniently very close to Sendai Station. It is probably the biggest bookstore in the Sendai area. They stock a very good range of English books. These include books published in the United States and the United Kingdom. As well as a large number of novels they also have lots of non-fiction books, including art books and a variety of reference books, as well as popular non-fiction. If you are looking for English language children's books then your will find a lot to choose from here. Also, for English teachers there are lots of text books and other books related to English teaching. In particular they have a good range of books for teaching children, as well as games. There is also a good range of books on Japan, in addition to travel guides and maps. Maruzen's range of English books is no doubt the best in Sendai and probably in the whole Tohoku region. If you like books then this is a good place to spend some time.

Opening Hours : 10:00am to 9:00pm

Home Page (Japanese)

How to get there

Located right near Sendai Station. Leave the station from the main Aoba Dohri side exit (West Exit) on the first (ground floor). Turn to the right and follow the sidewalk around past the Sendai Parco building (follow the elevated pedestrian walkway. You will see some traffic lights. Do not cross the wide road but cross the narrow street and you will see Maruzen on your right.

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2009/07/18 Fujisaki First Tower - Sendai (Fashion Building)

2009/07/11 Jupiter Import Foods - Sendai, Aomori, Morioka, Fukushima (Imported Food)

2009/07/04 Tam Tam Models - Izumi (Model Shop)

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These links are provided for your convenience and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information on these sites.
if you know of any English language sites with information on places to go in the Tohoku region please let us know and we will include it here.

Sendai Shopping Guide

pdf file shopping guide to Sendai provided by the Miyagi Toursit Bureau

Fujisaki Department Store
English information for customers of Fujisaki Department Store

Parco Sendai
English information for customers of Parco Sendai

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