Sendai Castle Kenbunkan is a guidance facility located at the Sendai Castle Honmaru Ruins. The history and highlights of Sendai Castle are clearly displayed through panels, replicas, and videos. We encourage you to visit, as it is highly recommended. Please see below for more information in English.

• Facility Overview, Access, and Barrier-free Information

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: Sendai Castle Kenbunkan

  Address: 1-11, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi ( located at the Sendai Castle Honmaru Ruins, on the west side of the Date Masamune Equestrian Statue)

  Telephone Number:  022-214-8892 (Board of Education, Cultural Heritage Division)

  Opening Hours: 9am - 5:00pm

  Closed: Open Year Round

  General Admission Fee: Free

  Home Page URL:https://www.city.sendai.jp/bunkazai-kanri/kennbunnkann.html (Japanese only)

  Access

  Nearest Station/Bus Stop: 20 minutes by bus from the JR Sendai Station West Exit bus pool (get off at the "Sendai Castle Ruins" stop on the Loople Sendai bus).

  Barrier-free Information

  ・The site of Sendai Castle itself is flat. Be careful of the pillar ruins at the Honmaru Ruins site, as there are some steps.  ・“Sendai Barrier-Free Tour Center,” a non-profit organization, conducted a survey in 2008 and found that electric wheelchairs are allowed to enter the facility. The entrance is a little narrow.
• Accessability

  Suitable in All Weather: Not good for rainy days, Mostly outdoors

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 3 hours for whole Koyasan area

  Parking for those with Disabilities: Available, see photos

  Mulitlingual Guidance Available: Yes

  Map of Wheelchair accesible paths Available: None

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: Kongobuji temple entrance:15cm/Monk's dormitory entrance:23cm/The main hall of a Buddhist temple entrance:5-23cm/Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum entrance:19-21cm/Okunoin entrance:15cm

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: N/A

  Elevator: None

  Nursing Room Available: None

  First Aid Room: None but there is a clinic in Koyasan area

  Babysitting/Childcare: None

  Sensory Room: None

  Prayer Room:​ ​None

  Service Dogs Allowed:　Yes

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Yes

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental: No

  Audio Guide Rental: Available at Koyasan Tourist Information Centre

  Other Available Rentals: No