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Gyutan in Sendai

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Gyutan in SendaiA gyutan set at Tsukasa, Nakakecho, Sendai1 / 2

Gyutan in SendaiPhoto: くろふね / CC BY 4.0

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Gyutan is said to have started at a Sendai yakitori shop in 1948; the usual story is that the tongues came from beef the occupation forces' kitchens did not use.

Round trip
2 hr 30 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 4.5-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
Taxi + train ~30 min
¥300 a ride · day pass ¥700 (from 1 Oct 2026)
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve

Checked · Visited in person · times from official timetables and operators · Takumi Yamada

Why we send people here

Thick-cut beef tongue grilled over charcoal, with barley rice and oxtail soup: Sendai’s own dish since the late 1940s. Gyutan Street on the station’s third floor puts several of the best-known houses side by side.

Before you count on it
  • 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Where to have it

Three places, three different answers

PlaceWhat you get
The famous oneAji no Gyutan Kisuke, Sendai StationOn Gyutan Street, 3F. 10:00–21:30, no fixed closing day.
Where locals goGyutan Sumibiyaki Rikyu, NishiguchiFour minutes from the West Exit. 11:30–15:00 and 17:00–22:30, open daily.
Closest to the berthUmami TasukeAn old Kokubuncho counter. 11:30–20:00; closed Mondays.

Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.

Where it is

Gyutan in Sendai and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 2 hr 30 min goes

The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.

Out30 minTaxi + train ~30 min
There1 hr 30 minWhat you came for
Back30 minTo the gangway

If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 30 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Finished days timed from the official timetables, with this stop in them.

The rainy-day Sendai, Sendai–ShiogamaThe rainy-day SendaiA wet day · ~4h door to doorWet weather — the station floors and the covered arcades
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day
Matsushima: Godaido, the bay and Zuiganji, Sendai–ShiogamaSee · ~5h

Matsushima: Godaido, the bay and Zuiganji

Some 260 pine-topped islets in a shallow bay, counted as one of Japan’s three classic views since the 17th century.

See the detailShiogama Shrine, Sendai–ShiogamaSee · ~2.5h

Shiogama Shrine

The head shrine of the region, up 202 stone steps on a hill over the harbour, with a vermilion gate and a view of the bay.

See the detail
Build a tuna bowl at Shiogama marketEat · ~2.5h
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Sendai–Shiogama plan page.
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