Access to the Campus

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The city of Sendai sits at the shore of the Pacific Ocean, 350 kilometers to the north of Tokyo. It takes about two hours from Tokyo to Sendai by the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train. By air, Sendai International Airport can be reached directly from several cities in Asia and the Pacific, such as Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Taipei, Hongkong and Guam.

The Faculty of Arts and Letters is within the "Kawauchi Campus, Tohoku University". It is located about 2.5 kilometers west of the JR Sendai station along "Aoba Street". The faculty can be reached easily by the public bus system boarded in JR Sendai station bus terminal. "Tohokudai Kawauchi Kyanpasu" is the nearest bus stop.

Useful Web Sites

• Tohoku University
• Sendai City Home Page
• Sendai City Transportation Bureau
• Miyagi Prefecture Committee for International Student Exchange
• Miyagi International Association
• Sendai Internationl Relations Association
• Japan Information Network
• Japan National Tourist Organization
• East Japan Railway Company
• Sendai Airport

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