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Urban Facilities ■Trunk Road Network (As of December 31，2019)

City Planning Roads Major National and Prefectural Roads Meanwhile, the city planning road network was reviewed in January 2011 due to Roads Sendai’s need to become a functionally integrated city that can address such social changes as the declining population and aging society as well as to solve various Roads are not only used for human and vehicle traffic, but also to house public utilities issues including prolonged building restrictions. In December 2016, the alteration or Izumi (water, sewerage, etc.), for disaster prevention, and to create communities. abolishment of 33 road construction plans was completed. Ward Office They provide a valuable multipurpose space in our cities. Roads are the most basic and As of the end of March 2019, the number of city planning roads was 156, spanning a fundamental facility in urban infrastructure. Cities therefore include especially important total length of 430.40 km, of which approximately 366.31 km (85.1%) have been roads that form the urban framework within the city plan as urban facilities and carry out constructed. The city will continue to work to complete all the planned roads. Namboku planned development. Subway Line Sendai planned its first city planning roads in June 1927, beginning with 38 roads that Tohoku Expressway ran 104.6 km. The network of city planning roads has evolved and expanded as the city itself grew. The current modern road network in Sendai was, after the large-scale road Tohoku Line network review due to post-war reconstruction, built in March 1966 in line with the major ■Determined City Plan for City Planning Roads and Their revision of the new industry city construction plan. Under said plan, it was decided that, Development Status (as of end of March 2019) as a base for the road network, two ring roads and 11 radial roads would be Senzan Line Senseki Line Route 45 Sendai Port Determined city plan Already developed Miyagi General Branch Aoba Ward Office Miyagino Ward office constructed. Under numerous projects since then and as a result of the incorporation of Type of Road Sendai City Hall nearby municipalities into Sendai, the number of city planning roads had increased No. of routes Extension(km) (km) Highway 3 23.0 23.0 Sendai to 156 with a total length of 504.45km by the end of FY2009. Station Trunk road 143 401.99 338.87 Tozai Subway Line District road 1 0.32 0.32

Special road 9 5.09 4.12 Wakabayashi Ward Office Total 156 430.40 366.31 Route 4 Bypass ■Development of City Planning Roads

1927 105km （38 Roads） Route 286 Taihaku Ward Office Initial Plan

50km Legend 1946 18.2 Sendai ％ （25 Roads） Nambu Road Replanned to Match Postwar Reconstruction Plan Built 1954 193km Planned 9.5％ （71 Roads） Plan Refined After Expanding Planning Area 1966 Major Revision Accompanying 284km 11.5％ （76 Roads） the New Industrial City Construction Plan 1971 306km 16.6％ （80 Roads） Revised in Relation to the Tohoku Expressway 1979 322km 28.3％ （85 Roads） Planned the Route 4 Bypass

355km 1985 31.7％ Planned the Higashi Bypass （106 Roads） 479km 1987 39.2％Built Incorporated Surrounding Local Governments （124 Roads） 483km 1990 Revised in Relation to the Sendai Port 42.5％Built Hinterland Land Readjustment Project （130 Roads）

515km End of FY 2003 59％Built （150 Roads）

502km End of FY 2005 62.9％Built （152 Roads）

502km End of FY 2007 66.9％Built （154 Roads）

504km End of FY 2009 68.1％Built （156 Roads）

End of FY 2012 486km 72.7％Built （158 Roads） Altered after Revising the City Planning Road Network Miyazawa-Nenoshiroishi Road (Urata construction area) 436km End of October 2013 81.1％Built Altered after Revising the City Planning Road Network （158 Roads） 435km End of FY 2016 83.8％Built （157 Roads）

430.4㎞ End of FY 2019 85.1％Built （156 Roads）

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Motoderakoji-Fukumuro Road (Gorin construction area)

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Urban Facilities ■Trunk Road Network (As of December 31，2019)

City Planning Roads Major National and Prefectural Roads Meanwhile, the city planning road network was reviewed in January 2011 due to Roads Sendai’s need to become a functionally integrated city that can address such social changes as the declining population and aging society as well as to solve various Roads are not only used for human and vehicle traffic, but also to house public utilities issues including prolonged building restrictions. In December 2016, the alteration or Izumi (water, sewerage, etc.), for disaster prevention, and to create communities. abolishment of 33 road construction plans was completed. Ward Office They provide a valuable multipurpose space in our cities. Roads are the most basic and As of the end of March 2019, the number of city planning roads was 156, spanning a fundamental facility in urban infrastructure. Cities therefore include especially important total length of 430.40 km, of which approximately 366.31 km (85.1%) have been roads that form the urban framework within the city plan as urban facilities and carry out constructed. The city will continue to work to complete all the planned roads. Namboku planned development. Subway Line Sendai planned its first city planning roads in June 1927, beginning with 38 roads that Tohoku Expressway ran 104.6 km. The network of city planning roads has evolved and expanded as the city itself grew. The current modern road network in Sendai was, after the large-scale road Tohoku Line network review due to post-war reconstruction, built in March 1966 in line with the major ■Determined City Plan for City Planning Roads and Their revision of the new industry city construction plan. Under said plan, it was decided that, Development Status (as of end of March 2019) as a base for the road network, two ring roads and 11 radial roads would be Senzan Line Senseki Line Route 45 Sendai Port Determined city plan Already developed Miyagi General Branch Aoba Ward Office Miyagino Ward office constructed. Under numerous projects since then and as a result of the incorporation of Type of Road Sendai City Hall nearby municipalities into Sendai, the number of city planning roads had increased No. of routes Extension(km) (km) Highway 3 23.0 23.0 Sendai to 156 with a total length of 504.45km by the end of FY2009. Station Trunk road 143 401.99 338.87 Tozai Subway Line District road 1 0.32 0.32

Special road 9 5.09 4.12 Wakabayashi Ward Office Total 156 430.40 366.31 Route 4 Bypass ■Development of City Planning Roads

1927 105km （38 Roads） Route 286 Taihaku Ward Office Initial Plan

50km Legend 1946 18.2 Sendai ％ （25 Roads） Nambu Road Replanned to Match Postwar Reconstruction Plan Built 1954 193km Planned 9.5％ （71 Roads） Plan Refined After Expanding Planning Area 1966 Major Revision Accompanying 284km 11.5％ （76 Roads） the New Industrial City Construction Plan 1971 306km 16.6％ （80 Roads） Revised in Relation to the Tohoku Expressway 1979 322km 28.3％ （85 Roads） Planned the Route 4 Bypass

355km 1985 31.7％ Planned the Higashi Bypass （106 Roads） 479km 1987 39.2％Built Incorporated Surrounding Local Governments （124 Roads） 483km 1990 Revised in Relation to the Sendai Port 42.5％Built Hinterland Land Readjustment Project （130 Roads）

515km End of FY 2003 59％Built （150 Roads）

502km End of FY 2005 62.9％Built （152 Roads）

502km End of FY 2007 66.9％Built （154 Roads）

504km End of FY 2009 68.1％Built （156 Roads）

End of FY 2012 486km 72.7％Built （158 Roads） Altered after Revising the City Planning Road Network Miyazawa-Nenoshiroishi Road (Urata construction area) 436km End of October 2013 81.1％Built Altered after Revising the City Planning Road Network （158 Roads） 435km End of FY 2016 83.8％Built （157 Roads）

430.4㎞ End of FY 2019 85.1％Built （156 Roads）

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Motoderakoji-Fukumuro Road (Gorin construction area)

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◆Line 2: East Japan Railway Company Senseki Line (JR Senseki Line) ■Map of Parking Lot Development District with Urban Rapid Transit The JR Senseki Line Multiple Overpass Project (a project to move the line City Planning Parking Lots underground) was carried out to develop city center functions in the area east of JR Parking Lot Development District: Approximately 330 ha The City of Sendai is trying to establish a comprehensive transportation network where Sendai Station. The project was carried out with a land readjustment project, and the city planning road network and subway/JR line railroads are linked to create an removed railway crossings to create a continuous district, making it more convenient to organic structure. Four railroad lines are included in the city plan as urban rapid transit change trains. The project was included in the city plan in July 1984, went through three lines. revisions in May 1988, June 1995, and July 1998. The train service finally began Kita-Yobancho ◆Line 1: Sendai City Namboku Subway Line operation on the new line on March 11th, 2000. Futsukamachi Yakushido Station Parking for Bicycles In order to deal with traffic problems that were emerging with rapidly increasing car ◆Line 3: East Japan Railway Company Senseki Line (JR Senseki Line) Parking Lot Miyagi Prefectural traffic, the city planned a subway that would run from Yaotome Station to Tomizawa ■ Office Tagajo City, which is located next to Sendai, is attempting to elevate the JR Senseki ● Station (16 stations, 13.59 km) in March of 1981. This subway successfully began Sendai City Hall● Sendai Station East Exit Line Tagajo Station. The project is being carried out with a land readjustment project, Kotodai Park Underground Kotodai-Koen Station Plazas ■ Namboku Underground Bicycle Parking operation on July 15th, 1987. In March of 1989, the plan was modified and the subway Subway Line Parking Lot e removing railway crossings to create a continuous district, and strengthening venu ori A was extended 1.2 km to the city’s northern sub-center, Izumi-chuo. The line became nji-d transportation hub functions. The project, which spans 3.78 km, was included in the city Joze Station plazas not only provide connections between rail transport, cars, and operational on July 15, 1992. The subway serves approximately 195 thousand Motokajicho-koen■ plan in March 1999, and a 0.36 km portion is located in Sendai City. Underground Parking pedestrians, but also provide a valuable shared space in our increasingly crowding passengers a day (as of FY 2018). for Bicycles edori ◆Line 4: Sendai City Tozai Subway Line Hiros Hirose-dori cities. It is therefore necessary to recognize that plazas function as gateways to The Tozai Subway Line has been developed to provide the city with a cross-shaped Higashi Nibancho-dori communities, and pay consideration to their landscaping in addition to their essential ■Sendai's Urban Rapid Transit Systems Underground Parking for Bicycles■ ■ major transportation axis which runs through all four cardinal directions, along with the Omachi Sendai functions- the ability to ensure smooth transfers and handle large amounts of traffic. Izumi-chuo Nishi-koen Tozai Station nue Subway Line ri Ave In Sendai, 23 station plazas for JR and subway stations were included in the city plan Namboku Subway Line, and to improve the current unbalanced transportation a-do ue Higashi-Nibancho-dori Avenue Aob i Aven hi-dor Miyagino-dori mimac as of the end of December 2019, of which 21 plazas are already in use. environment in the city. It also aims to contribute to the construction of Functionally H Mina ir Chuo Post Office ● o Sendai High Court● s

Integrated City that has various city functions, including railways and other public e

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e The Tozai Subway Line runs from Yagiyama Zoological Park Station to Arai Station r (approximately 13.9 km with double track; 13 stations). The project received permission from the national government in 2003 and a construction permit in 2005, and was Itsutsubashi included in the city plan in the same year. Construction of the Tozai Line began in 2006. The major construction work, including the construction of tracks, was almost Namboku Subway Line completed as of the end of March 2015, and the subway started its operation on Atagobashi Yagiyama Aobadōri Nigatake December 6, 2015. Zoological Park It serves approximately 77,000 passengers per day. (As of FY 2018)

Sendai JR Senseki Line Yakushido Station Plaza Arai

Tozai Subway Line Motor Vehicle Terminals

■Station Plazas Included in the City Plan (As of December 31, 2019) Motor vehicle terminals gather departing and arriving trucks in one location, making it Name of Railway No. Station (Plaza) Name Area（ m2） ●indicates developed plazas possible to smoothly move goods within and between cities, creating efficient freight transportation. In Sendai, one truck terminal (80 berths) has been constructed under the ●1 Izumi-chuo Station 10,900 city plan and is currently in use. Namboku Line 2 Yaotome Station 3,900 Sendai City Rapid Transit ● ●3 Dainohara Station 2,700 Tomizawa Izumi-chuo ●4 Kita-Sendai Station 3,400 1 Rifu Town Nagamachi-minami Station 5 5,000 Shin-Rifu ● 2 Izumi Ward Yaotome Tomizawa Station ●6 4,000 Tohoku Line (Rifu Line) 10 Tozai Line 7 Yagiyama Zoological Park Station 8,500 Kuromatsu ● Iwakiri Tozai Subway Line Yakushido Station Rikuzen-Sanno ●8 5,200 Asahigaoka

Tohoku Line 9 Arai Station 4,800 3 Tagajo City Namboku Subway Line ● Dainohara Kitayama Iwakiri Station Tohoku Fukushi- 4 10 2,300 dai-mae Station ● Senzan Line Kita-Sendai TohokuMiyagino Shinkansen Line Ward Tōshōgū ◆ Higashi-Sendai Station (West) Expressway Tohoku 23 11 18 Nakanosakae20 Bike Parking 11 3,000 Subway LineNamboku Fukudamachi JR Tohoku Lin e ● Kunimi Ayashi Rikuzen-Ochiai Kozurushinden Parking Rikuzen- Bicycles and motorcycles are widely used for daily transportation. However, abandoned Sendai Station (West) Kita-Yobancho Higashi-Sendai Senseki Line ●12 26,100 21 22 Umeda River 19 Takasago Kotodai-koen Route 45 bicycles have become a major problem for pedestrians and residents around train Kuzuoka Aoba-dori 17 Sendai Station (East) Rikuzen-HaranomachiNigatake Nanakita River ●13 15,000 Ichibancho ◆Car Parking Hirose-dori 12 Sendai stations and commercial areas. Sendai established three ordinances in 1987: the Sendai-Miyagi I.C. Route 48 Nagamachi Station Kawauchi 13 14 6,100 Tsutsujigaoka Roadside parking and lines of cars waiting to park can cause traffic jams, lead to Bicycle Etc. Abandonment Prevention Ordinance, the Bicycle Etc. Parking Ordinance, ● Aoba Ward Omachi Aobadōri Sendai Miyaginohara Aobayama International Nishi-koen Miyagino-dori Minami-Sendai Station (West) Tozai Subway Line accidents, and obstruct firefighting and emergency vehicles. This is a major issue and the Bicycle Etc. Parking Installation and Construction Promotion Ordinance. The ●15 3,000 Center Itsutsubashi Atago-bashi Rembo 8 Oroshimachi Rokuchonome that prevents smooth urban transportation. To solve the issue of parking in the urban city has been aggressively implementing measures to deal with abandoned bicycles Minami-Sendai Station (East) 9 ●16 3,000 Hirose River Yakushido Arai Sendai-Higashi I.C. Kawaramachi zone, the City of Sendai has made it an obligation to create parking spaces for newly JR Senseki Line 7 ever since, and is committed to protect pedestrians and road functions, remove factors Rikuzen-Haranomachi Station ●17 3,600 Yagiyama Zoological Park built and newly extended buildings over a certain size not only in car park development that obstruct emergency activities, and maintain pleasant urban landscapes. As of the Kozurushinden Station Nagamachi-Itchome ●18 3,600 Route 4 districts, but also in designated areas in commercial and neighboring commercial end of March 2019, there were 70 parking areas with spaces for about 33,000 bicycles, Nagamachi Nagamachi Wakabayashi Ward Rikuzen-Takasago Station Taihaku Ward districts. In addition, under the city plan, it was decided that three car parks would be of which the city plan decided on three located in the city center (underground areas at ●19 4,000 Nagamachi-minami 14 built, two of which (with a combined total of 900 parking spaces) have been made Nakanosakae Station 5 Higashi-Nibancho-dori, Sendai Station east exit, and Motokajicho Park), as well as two ●20 2,600 Sendai-Minami I.C.

JR Senzan Line Taishido available for use. Efforts are also being made to fully utilize existing car parks, including along the Tozai Subway Line (Yagiyama Zoological Park Station and Yakushido 6 21 Ayashi Station 3,000 Route 286 ● Tomizawa Sendai Nambu Road Sendai Tobu Road one at the Izumi Ward Office, which is open at a cost on weekends and holidays. Station). Imaizumi I.C. Rikuzen-Ochiai Station Sendai-Wakabayashi JCT ●22 3,000 15 16 Natori City Natori River Minami-Sendai ●23 Kita-Sendai Station 2,300

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◆Line 2: East Japan Railway Company Senseki Line (JR Senseki Line) ■Map of Parking Lot Development District with Urban Rapid Transit The JR Senseki Line Multiple Overpass Project (a project to move the line City Planning Parking Lots underground) was carried out to develop city center functions in the area east of JR Parking Lot Development District: Approximately 330 ha The City of Sendai is trying to establish a comprehensive transportation network where Sendai Station. The project was carried out with a land readjustment project, and the city planning road network and subway/JR line railroads are linked to create an removed railway crossings to create a continuous district, making it more convenient to organic structure. Four railroad lines are included in the city plan as urban rapid transit change trains. The project was included in the city plan in July 1984, went through three lines. revisions in May 1988, June 1995, and July 1998. The train service finally began Kita-Yobancho ◆Line 1: Sendai City Namboku Subway Line operation on the new line on March 11th, 2000. Futsukamachi Yakushido Station Parking for Bicycles In order to deal with traffic problems that were emerging with rapidly increasing car ◆Line 3: East Japan Railway Company Senseki Line (JR Senseki Line) Parking Lot Miyagi Prefectural traffic, the city planned a subway that would run from Yaotome Station to Tomizawa ■ Office Tagajo City, which is located next to Sendai, is attempting to elevate the JR Senseki ● Station (16 stations, 13.59 km) in March of 1981. This subway successfully began Sendai City Hall● Sendai Station East Exit Line Tagajo Station. The project is being carried out with a land readjustment project, Kotodai Park Underground Kotodai-Koen Station Plazas ■ Namboku Underground Bicycle Parking operation on July 15th, 1987. In March of 1989, the plan was modified and the subway Subway Line Parking Lot e removing railway crossings to create a continuous district, and strengthening venu ori A was extended 1.2 km to the city’s northern sub-center, Izumi-chuo. The line became nji-d transportation hub functions. The project, which spans 3.78 km, was included in the city Joze Station plazas not only provide connections between rail transport, cars, and operational on July 15, 1992. The subway serves approximately 195 thousand Motokajicho-koen■ plan in March 1999, and a 0.36 km portion is located in Sendai City. Underground Parking pedestrians, but also provide a valuable shared space in our increasingly crowding passengers a day (as of FY 2018). for Bicycles edori ◆Line 4: Sendai City Tozai Subway Line Hiros Hirose-dori cities. It is therefore necessary to recognize that plazas function as gateways to The Tozai Subway Line has been developed to provide the city with a cross-shaped Higashi Nibancho-dori communities, and pay consideration to their landscaping in addition to their essential ■Sendai's Urban Rapid Transit Systems Underground Parking for Bicycles■ ■ major transportation axis which runs through all four cardinal directions, along with the Omachi Sendai functions- the ability to ensure smooth transfers and handle large amounts of traffic. Izumi-chuo Nishi-koen Tozai Station nue Subway Line ri Ave In Sendai, 23 station plazas for JR and subway stations were included in the city plan Namboku Subway Line, and to improve the current unbalanced transportation a-do ue Higashi-Nibancho-dori Avenue Aob i Aven hi-dor Miyagino-dori mimac as of the end of December 2019, of which 21 plazas are already in use. environment in the city. It also aims to contribute to the construction of Functionally H Mina ir Chuo Post Office ● o Sendai High Court● s

Integrated City that has various city functions, including railways and other public e

R

i transportation systems. v

e The Tozai Subway Line runs from Yagiyama Zoological Park Station to Arai Station r (approximately 13.9 km with double track; 13 stations). The project received permission from the national government in 2003 and a construction permit in 2005, and was Itsutsubashi included in the city plan in the same year. Construction of the Tozai Line began in 2006. The major construction work, including the construction of tracks, was almost Namboku Subway Line completed as of the end of March 2015, and the subway started its operation on Atagobashi Yagiyama Aobadōri Nigatake December 6, 2015. Zoological Park It serves approximately 77,000 passengers per day. (As of FY 2018)

Sendai JR Senseki Line Yakushido Station Plaza Arai

Tozai Subway Line Motor Vehicle Terminals

■Station Plazas Included in the City Plan (As of December 31, 2019) Motor vehicle terminals gather departing and arriving trucks in one location, making it Name of Railway No. Station (Plaza) Name Area（ m2） ●indicates developed plazas possible to smoothly move goods within and between cities, creating efficient freight transportation. In Sendai, one truck terminal (80 berths) has been constructed under the ●1 Izumi-chuo Station 10,900 city plan and is currently in use. Namboku Line 2 Yaotome Station 3,900 Sendai City Rapid Transit ● ●3 Dainohara Station 2,700 Tomizawa Izumi-chuo ●4 Kita-Sendai Station 3,400 1 Rifu Town Nagamachi-minami Station 5 5,000 Shin-Rifu ● 2 Izumi Ward Yaotome Tomizawa Station ●6 4,000 Tohoku Line (Rifu Line) 10 Tozai Line 7 Yagiyama Zoological Park Station 8,500 Kuromatsu ● Iwakiri Tozai Subway Line Yakushido Station Rikuzen-Sanno ●8 5,200 Asahigaoka

Tohoku Line 9 Arai Station 4,800 3 Tagajo City Namboku Subway Line ● Dainohara Kitayama Iwakiri Station Tohoku Fukushi- 4 10 2,300 dai-mae Station ● Senzan Line Kita-Sendai TohokuMiyagino Shinkansen Line Ward Tōshōgū ◆ Higashi-Sendai Station (West) Expressway Tohoku 23 11 18 Nakanosakae20 Bike Parking 11 3,000 Subway LineNamboku Fukudamachi JR Tohoku Lin e ● Kunimi Ayashi Rikuzen-Ochiai Kozurushinden Parking Rikuzen- Bicycles and motorcycles are widely used for daily transportation. However, abandoned Sendai Station (West) Kita-Yobancho Higashi-Sendai Senseki Line ●12 26,100 21 22 Umeda River 19 Takasago Kotodai-koen Route 45 bicycles have become a major problem for pedestrians and residents around train Kuzuoka Aoba-dori 17 Sendai Station (East) Rikuzen-HaranomachiNigatake Nanakita River ●13 15,000 Ichibancho ◆Car Parking Hirose-dori 12 Sendai stations and commercial areas. Sendai established three ordinances in 1987: the Sendai-Miyagi I.C. Route 48 Nagamachi Station Kawauchi 13 14 6,100 Tsutsujigaoka Roadside parking and lines of cars waiting to park can cause traffic jams, lead to Bicycle Etc. Abandonment Prevention Ordinance, the Bicycle Etc. Parking Ordinance, ● Aoba Ward Omachi Aobadōri Sendai Miyaginohara Aobayama International Nishi-koen Miyagino-dori Minami-Sendai Station (West) Tozai Subway Line accidents, and obstruct firefighting and emergency vehicles. This is a major issue and the Bicycle Etc. Parking Installation and Construction Promotion Ordinance. The ●15 3,000 Center Itsutsubashi Atago-bashi Rembo 8 Oroshimachi Rokuchonome that prevents smooth urban transportation. To solve the issue of parking in the urban city has been aggressively implementing measures to deal with abandoned bicycles Minami-Sendai Station (East) 9 ●16 3,000 Hirose River Yakushido Arai Sendai-Higashi I.C. Kawaramachi zone, the City of Sendai has made it an obligation to create parking spaces for newly JR Senseki Line 7 ever since, and is committed to protect pedestrians and road functions, remove factors Rikuzen-Haranomachi Station ●17 3,600 Yagiyama Zoological Park built and newly extended buildings over a certain size not only in car park development that obstruct emergency activities, and maintain pleasant urban landscapes. As of the Kozurushinden Station Nagamachi-Itchome ●18 3,600 Route 4 districts, but also in designated areas in commercial and neighboring commercial end of March 2019, there were 70 parking areas with spaces for about 33,000 bicycles, Nagamachi Nagamachi Wakabayashi Ward Rikuzen-Takasago Station Taihaku Ward districts. In addition, under the city plan, it was decided that three car parks would be of which the city plan decided on three located in the city center (underground areas at ●19 4,000 Nagamachi-minami 14 built, two of which (with a combined total of 900 parking spaces) have been made Nakanosakae Station 5 Higashi-Nibancho-dori, Sendai Station east exit, and Motokajicho Park), as well as two ●20 2,600 Sendai-Minami I.C.

JR Senzan Line Taishido available for use. Efforts are also being made to fully utilize existing car parks, including along the Tozai Subway Line (Yagiyama Zoological Park Station and Yakushido 6 21 Ayashi Station 3,000 Route 286 ● Tomizawa Sendai Nambu Road Sendai Tobu Road one at the Izumi Ward Office, which is open at a cost on weekends and holidays. Station). Imaizumi I.C. Rikuzen-Ochiai Station Sendai-Wakabayashi JCT ●22 3,000 15 16 Natori City Natori River Minami-Sendai ●23 Kita-Sendai Station 2,300

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The City of Sendai is promoting various improvements for each type of park. As well as Park and Greenery Facilities currently promoting maintenance projects in locations such as Kaigan Park and Takasago-chuo Park, the City of Sendai is also promoting the redevelopment of Nishi ◆Sendai City Basic Green Plan Park, which is one of the city’s first planned parks, due to changes in circumstances Parks and green areas bring people a comfortable lush environment and provide surrounding the city’s parks. necessary open spaces for leisure activities. These areas also play extremely important roles in cities in terms of preservation of nature, improvement of landscapes and ◆Cemeteries guaranteeing people’s safety at the time of a disaster. Kitayama Cemetery, the first city planning cemetery in Sendai, was planned during the The Sendai City Basic Green Plan is intended to bring together citizens, citizen’s war reconstruction land readjustment project. The plan was to move and rearrange groups, business operators, and the local government under the basic vision of ’Getting cemeteries in the project area, which were owned by three temples and the Miyagi Together to Create a City of Trees Sustainable for Next 100 Years’ to make the city Prefecture Shinto Priest Association. The cemetery (5.2 ha) was written into the city even greener. plan on November 20th, 1951, and developed in the Kitayama hilly areas. The plan includes the development of a ’green framework’ consisting of the Ou The second city planning cemetery, the Kuzuoka Cemetery, was planned because Mountains and the coastal and agricultural areas, as well as the hills and rivers Kitayama Cemetery became full, and also because it was necessary to move connecting them. Also included is a plan to create a green network of areas along the cemeteries in the Shinterakoji and Sendai Station East land readjustment project areas. edge of the urban zone, green disaster prevention area and historical and cultural green The cemetery (99.3 ha) was written into the city plan in 1963, completed in 1982, and areas, thus creating a green urban zone in residential and commercial areas. All of this ceased to offer new lots in 2000. is designed to enhance ‘the function of greenery’ such as natural conservation of the The third city planning cemetery, the Izumi Cemetery, was planned in turn, because the environment, landscape creation and disaster prevention. The plan also aims, Kuzuoka Cemetery became full. The cemetery (266.1 ha) was written into the city plan particularly at the city center, to enhance a distinctive character and lush greenery on December 13th, 1996, and is now under development. The cemetery is scheduled to worthy of the alias ‘City of Trees’ while making the most of the city’s historical and provide lots for approximately 60 years, beginning in 2001. cultural resources.

◆Parks and Greenery Nishi Park When Sendai's war reconstruction land readjustment project was decided in 1946, 12 parks and 1 greenery area were included as Sendai's first city-planned park and greenery areas. The plans underwent additions and alterations and as of the end of December 2019, 410 parks (1,230.11 ha in total) and 29 green areas (385.71 ha in total) had been, or were planned to be constructed under the city plan. Jozenji-dori Avenue Greenery Area

■Future Vision for the‘City of Trees 100 Year Plan’

Legend

Green urban zone urban Green Green framework framework Green Core green areas Green residential areas Green axes along water systems Green urban areas Green mountain and hill areas Green industrial areas

Green agricultural areas Green hubs Kaigan Park Takasago-chuo Park Asuto Nagamachi-chuo Park Green network Green Mt.Izumigatake Green areas connecting nature and the urban zone Tomiya Hill Ou Mountains Green areas along the edge of the urban zone ■Outline of City Planning Parks ■Changes of Urban Park Development Green historical and cultural areas (As of December 31, 2019) (As of March 31, 2019)

Green disaster prevention coastal areas 2 Classifications Number Area (ha) 18ｍ 1,800ha

Nanakita Dam 2 Urban Area Parks 328 94.25 16ｍ 1,600ha 15.47 Nanakita/Kunimi Hill Neighborhood Parks 52 99.40 Developed Urban Parks (ha) 14ｍ2 1,400ha Sakunami Izumi-chuo Station Park Area per Capita 1637.99ｈａ Okura Dam District Parks 8 59.40 12.80 12.52 12.34 2 1315.37ha 12ｍ 1,200ha Nanakita River General Parks 5 110.10 1292.71ha Hirose River 1230.30ha Sports Parks 1 32.90 10ｍ2 1,000ha Umeda River 9.49 Sendai Port Banzan/Aobayama Hill Ayashi Sendai Station Special Parks 15 282.86 926.02ha 8ｍ2 7.67 800ha

Regional Parks 1 551.20 726ha Mt.Taihaku 6.29 2 Arai Station 6ｍ 5.41 560ha 600ha Akiu Total 410 1230.11 Natori River 4.42 3.94 Coastal area of 2 379ha 400ha Sendai Port Greenery Areas 29 385.71 4ｍ Tomizawa Station 292ha Tsubonuma Hill 242ha 2ｍ2 200ha

Area Developed Mountain recesses Urban area Coastal area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Area

Satoyama (natural woodland near populated areas) Rural area

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The City of Sendai is promoting various improvements for each type of park. As well as Park and Greenery Facilities currently promoting maintenance projects in locations such as Kaigan Park and Takasago-chuo Park, the City of Sendai is also promoting the redevelopment of Nishi ◆Sendai City Basic Green Plan Park, which is one of the city’s first planned parks, due to changes in circumstances Parks and green areas bring people a comfortable lush environment and provide surrounding the city’s parks. necessary open spaces for leisure activities. These areas also play extremely important roles in cities in terms of preservation of nature, improvement of landscapes and ◆Cemeteries guaranteeing people’s safety at the time of a disaster. Kitayama Cemetery, the first city planning cemetery in Sendai, was planned during the The Sendai City Basic Green Plan is intended to bring together citizens, citizen’s war reconstruction land readjustment project. The plan was to move and rearrange groups, business operators, and the local government under the basic vision of ’Getting cemeteries in the project area, which were owned by three temples and the Miyagi Together to Create a City of Trees Sustainable for Next 100 Years’ to make the city Prefecture Shinto Priest Association. The cemetery (5.2 ha) was written into the city even greener. plan on November 20th, 1951, and developed in the Kitayama hilly areas. The plan includes the development of a ’green framework’ consisting of the Ou The second city planning cemetery, the Kuzuoka Cemetery, was planned because Mountains and the coastal and agricultural areas, as well as the hills and rivers Kitayama Cemetery became full, and also because it was necessary to move connecting them. Also included is a plan to create a green network of areas along the cemeteries in the Shinterakoji and Sendai Station East land readjustment project areas. edge of the urban zone, green disaster prevention area and historical and cultural green The cemetery (99.3 ha) was written into the city plan in 1963, completed in 1982, and areas, thus creating a green urban zone in residential and commercial areas. All of this ceased to offer new lots in 2000. is designed to enhance ‘the function of greenery’ such as natural conservation of the The third city planning cemetery, the Izumi Cemetery, was planned in turn, because the environment, landscape creation and disaster prevention. The plan also aims, Kuzuoka Cemetery became full. The cemetery (266.1 ha) was written into the city plan particularly at the city center, to enhance a distinctive character and lush greenery on December 13th, 1996, and is now under development. The cemetery is scheduled to worthy of the alias ‘City of Trees’ while making the most of the city’s historical and provide lots for approximately 60 years, beginning in 2001. cultural resources.

◆Parks and Greenery Nishi Park When Sendai's war reconstruction land readjustment project was decided in 1946, 12 parks and 1 greenery area were included as Sendai's first city-planned park and greenery areas. The plans underwent additions and alterations and as of the end of December 2019, 410 parks (1,230.11 ha in total) and 29 green areas (385.71 ha in total) had been, or were planned to be constructed under the city plan. Jozenji-dori Avenue Greenery Area

■Future Vision for the‘City of Trees 100 Year Plan’

Legend

Green urban zone urban Green Green framework framework Green Core green areas Green residential areas Green axes along water systems Green urban areas Green mountain and hill areas Green industrial areas

Green agricultural areas Green hubs Kaigan Park Takasago-chuo Park Asuto Nagamachi-chuo Park Green network Green Mt.Izumigatake Green areas connecting nature and the urban zone Tomiya Hill Ou Mountains Green areas along the edge of the urban zone ■Outline of City Planning Parks ■Changes of Urban Park Development Green historical and cultural areas (As of December 31, 2019) (As of March 31, 2019)

Green disaster prevention coastal areas 2 Classifications Number Area (ha) 18ｍ 1,800ha

Nanakita Dam 2 Urban Area Parks 328 94.25 16ｍ 1,600ha 15.47 Nanakita/Kunimi Hill Neighborhood Parks 52 99.40 Developed Urban Parks (ha) 14ｍ2 1,400ha Sakunami Izumi-chuo Station Park Area per Capita 1637.99ｈａ Okura Dam District Parks 8 59.40 12.80 12.52 12.34 2 1315.37ha 12ｍ 1,200ha Nanakita River General Parks 5 110.10 1292.71ha Hirose River 1230.30ha Sports Parks 1 32.90 10ｍ2 1,000ha Umeda River 9.49 Sendai Port Banzan/Aobayama Hill Ayashi Sendai Station Special Parks 15 282.86 926.02ha 8ｍ2 7.67 800ha

Regional Parks 1 551.20 726ha Mt.Taihaku 6.29 2 Arai Station 6ｍ 5.41 560ha 600ha Akiu Total 410 1230.11 Natori River 4.42 3.94 Coastal area of 2 379ha 400ha Sendai Port Greenery Areas 29 385.71 4ｍ Tomizawa Station 292ha Tsubonuma Hill 242ha 2ｍ2 200ha

Area Developed Mountain recesses Urban area Coastal area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Area

Satoyama (natural woodland near populated areas) Rural area

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◆Waste Incineration Plants Utility Facilities Our daily lives and industrial activities always produce waste. Safe and efficient waste ◆Sewerage treatment is necessary to obtain a functional and pleasant living environment, especially Sendai's sewerage facilities began in 1892, which made Sendai the third city in Japan in cities with a dense population. to build sewerage facilities, after Tokyo and Osaka. However, since these pre-war In Sendai, recycling is currently implemented at two recycling centers, and sewerage facilities directly dumped sewerage in to rivers without any treatment, river non-recyclable waste is incinerated at three waste incineration plants constructed under pollution progressed after World War II, because of changes in lifestyles and rapid the city plan and sent to the Ishizumori landfill site for final stage of disposal. urbanization. The city promotes waste reduction and recycling with cooperation from individuals and The city therefore decided to include the Sendai City Public Sewerage (Minami Gamo companies. The city also promotes proper treatment for unrecyclable waste by treatment district covering approximately 3,900 ha) in its city plan in 1958, and began to improving and replacing its incinerators to reduce dioxin emissions. develop new treatment facilities. The city plan now includes seven treatment districts that treat 18,645 ha, after incorporating surrounding local governments and going through many plan revisions. Sendai’s public sewerage development project was almost completed in 2009, reaching 98.2% of the population of the city (as of March 31, 2018). When including other Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant: operation of new water treatment facility has started wastewater treatment facility development projects, such as the rural community Matsumori Waste Incineration Plant sewerage development project, this figure reaches 99.7% of the population of the city. The Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 caused tremendous damage to sewerage facilities in the city, including the Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant, which had been processing approximately 70% of the sewage generated in the ■Location of Waste Incineration Plants ■Changes in Total Waste Disposal city. At the end of FY 2014, facilities and sewage pipes have largely been restored, 500,000t excluding those in areas affected by the tsunami. New water treatment facilities at the Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant began operation in April 2016. 425,000 409,000 413,000 Future focus will be placed on a renovation and renewal project for aging sewerage 390,000 Izumi Ward 400,000t 381,000 378,000 facilities, a rainwater treatment project to reduce flood damage associated with the 367,000 Matsumori progress of urbanization, and a combined sewerage system improvement project to reduce the overflow of untreated sewage from combined sewerage systems when it 300,000t Kuzuoka rains. Efforts will also be made to conduct projects to meet social needs, such as Miyagino Ward effective utilization of resources, earthquake countermeasures, and countermeasures Aoba Ward against global warming. 200,000t Tsurumaki Pumping Station for inundation protection Taihaku Ward Wakabayashi Ward ■Map of City Planned Sewage Treatment Area（As of April, 2019） 100,000t Imaizumi

Jogi Wastewater Treatment Plant 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Kamiyagari Wastewater Treatment Plant Other Facilities ◆Education and Culture Facilities Sendai promotes health and welfare in its residents by developing education and culture facilities to popularize sports and recreation. Two gymnasiums have been developed under the city plan and they are currently used for citizens' sports activities and various events. ◆ Hirosegawa Wastewater Markets and Slaughterhouses Treatment Plant Sendai's Central Wholesale Market opened in 1960 as the first central market in the Kamei Arena Sendai (Sendai City Gymnasium)

Minami-Gamo Tohoku region, and moved to its current location in 1973. The flower and plants Wastewater Treatment Plant marketplace was separated into a different location in 1988. The Central Wholesale 1975 （Treatment Ratio 50％） 30.8 Market functions as a center of distribution for fresh foods, and its three divisions—

1980 （59％） 39.8 Akiu Onsen fisheries, flower and plants, and fruits and vegetables—handled products worth 129.6 Wastewater Treatment Plant 1985 （62％） billion yen in 2018. 42.4 The meat division opened in 1975 as a meat marketplace, handling products worth 20.9 1990 （79％） 70.6 billion yen in 2018 and supplying meat throughout the Tohoku and Kanto regions. 1998 （92％） 83.9 Legend ◆Other 2002 （94％） 95.5 Sendai City Public Sewerage Sendai also operates a crematorium, which was added to the city plan in 1968 as a 2005 （97％） 99.1 Sen-En (Sendai-Shiogama) River Network Related Public Sewerage facility necessary to support daily lives. Abukuma River Lower Reach Related Public Sewerage 2010 （98％） 101.0 ■Population Served by Sewerage System Wastewater Treatment Plant 2015 （98％） 103.0 (10 thousand people) (As of March 31, 2019) Pump Facilities 2018 （98％） 103.9 Pipe Trunk (10 thousand people) Sendai City Central Wholesale Market 20 40 60 80 100

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◆Waste Incineration Plants Utility Facilities Our daily lives and industrial activities always produce waste. Safe and efficient waste ◆Sewerage treatment is necessary to obtain a functional and pleasant living environment, especially Sendai's sewerage facilities began in 1892, which made Sendai the third city in Japan in cities with a dense population. to build sewerage facilities, after Tokyo and Osaka. However, since these pre-war In Sendai, recycling is currently implemented at two recycling centers, and sewerage facilities directly dumped sewerage in to rivers without any treatment, river non-recyclable waste is incinerated at three waste incineration plants constructed under pollution progressed after World War II, because of changes in lifestyles and rapid the city plan and sent to the Ishizumori landfill site for final stage of disposal. urbanization. The city promotes waste reduction and recycling with cooperation from individuals and The city therefore decided to include the Sendai City Public Sewerage (Minami Gamo companies. The city also promotes proper treatment for unrecyclable waste by treatment district covering approximately 3,900 ha) in its city plan in 1958, and began to improving and replacing its incinerators to reduce dioxin emissions. develop new treatment facilities. The city plan now includes seven treatment districts that treat 18,645 ha, after incorporating surrounding local governments and going through many plan revisions. Sendai’s public sewerage development project was almost completed in 2009, reaching 98.2% of the population of the city (as of March 31, 2018). When including other Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant: operation of new water treatment facility has started wastewater treatment facility development projects, such as the rural community Matsumori Waste Incineration Plant sewerage development project, this figure reaches 99.7% of the population of the city. The Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 caused tremendous damage to sewerage facilities in the city, including the Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant, which had been processing approximately 70% of the sewage generated in the ■Location of Waste Incineration Plants ■Changes in Total Waste Disposal city. At the end of FY 2014, facilities and sewage pipes have largely been restored, 500,000t excluding those in areas affected by the tsunami. New water treatment facilities at the Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant began operation in April 2016. 425,000 409,000 413,000 Future focus will be placed on a renovation and renewal project for aging sewerage 390,000 Izumi Ward 400,000t 381,000 378,000 facilities, a rainwater treatment project to reduce flood damage associated with the 367,000 Matsumori progress of urbanization, and a combined sewerage system improvement project to reduce the overflow of untreated sewage from combined sewerage systems when it 300,000t Kuzuoka rains. Efforts will also be made to conduct projects to meet social needs, such as Miyagino Ward effective utilization of resources, earthquake countermeasures, and countermeasures Aoba Ward against global warming. 200,000t Tsurumaki Pumping Station for inundation protection Taihaku Ward Wakabayashi Ward ■Map of City Planned Sewage Treatment Area（As of April, 2019） 100,000t Imaizumi

Jogi Wastewater Treatment Plant 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Kamiyagari Wastewater Treatment Plant Other Facilities ◆Education and Culture Facilities Sendai promotes health and welfare in its residents by developing education and culture facilities to popularize sports and recreation. Two gymnasiums have been developed under the city plan and they are currently used for citizens' sports activities and various events. ◆ Hirosegawa Wastewater Markets and Slaughterhouses Treatment Plant Sendai's Central Wholesale Market opened in 1960 as the first central market in the Kamei Arena Sendai (Sendai City Gymnasium)

Minami-Gamo Tohoku region, and moved to its current location in 1973. The flower and plants Wastewater Treatment Plant marketplace was separated into a different location in 1988. The Central Wholesale 1975 （Treatment Ratio 50％） 30.8 Market functions as a center of distribution for fresh foods, and its three divisions—

1980 （59％） 39.8 Akiu Onsen fisheries, flower and plants, and fruits and vegetables—handled products worth 129.6 Wastewater Treatment Plant 1985 （62％） billion yen in 2018. 42.4 The meat division opened in 1975 as a meat marketplace, handling products worth 20.9 1990 （79％） 70.6 billion yen in 2018 and supplying meat throughout the Tohoku and Kanto regions. 1998 （92％） 83.9 Legend ◆Other 2002 （94％） 95.5 Sendai City Public Sewerage Sendai also operates a crematorium, which was added to the city plan in 1968 as a 2005 （97％） 99.1 Sen-En (Sendai-Shiogama) River Network Related Public Sewerage facility necessary to support daily lives. Abukuma River Lower Reach Related Public Sewerage 2010 （98％） 101.0 ■Population Served by Sewerage System Wastewater Treatment Plant 2015 （98％） 103.0 (10 thousand people) (As of March 31, 2019) Pump Facilities 2018 （98％） 103.9 Pipe Trunk (10 thousand people) Sendai City Central Wholesale Market 20 40 60 80 100

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