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Sendai / Japan
Founded in 1688 as official sake purveyor to the Date clan of Sendai, Katsuyama still brews in Izumi-ku by methods handed down with the house. Its junmai and ginjo sell through its own shop online and a network of listed retail partners.
Best for Sake brewery, Sendai sake
Sendai / Japan
Abe Kamaboko-ten has made kamaboko fish cakes in Sendai since 1935, including its signature sasa-kamaboko, and the company's products have repeatedly won the Ministry of Agriculture's award for quality, including in 1954 according to its company history. Its products are sold through an online shop and at a network of physical stores that customers can locate on the company's site.
Best for Fish cake / kamaboko
Sendai
Atelier.AKIKO is a Sendai atelier where designer Akiko Takeda has custom-tailored women's wear and wedding dresses for over 40 years, alongside running an in-house dressmaking school at the same address. Clients can browse past commissions in the atelier's project galleries before booking a made-to-order piece.
Best for Custom Womenswear & Bridal
Sendai / Japan
Endo Mochi-ten is a mochi shop in Sendai's Miyamachi district known for its zunda-mochi made from Miyagi-grown edamame, along with kurumi-mochi, anko-mochi and celebratory issho-mochi for a child's first birthday. Its rice cakes and bean pastes are made fresh from Miyagi's prized Miyakogane glutinous rice, and orders can be placed online or picked up at the storefront.
Best for Zunda, walnut and red-bean mochi
Sendai / Japan
Since 1947, Kanezaki has turned Sendai's signature sasa-kamaboko fish cakes using additive-free surimi, running five directly-owned shops across Miyagi plus a dedicated sasakama museum-store at its Wakabayashi-ku headquarters. Visitors can watch craftsmen at work and order online or by mail through the company's own shop.
Best for Fish cake, Kamaboko, Sendai souvenir
Sendai / Japan
Kokeshi no Shimanuki has sold kokeshi dolls and Tohoku folk crafts from its shop on Sendai's Ichibancho arcade since it was founded in the Meiji era, and visitors can try hand-painting their own kokeshi in the store. Its online shop carries kokeshi cans, lacquerware and Sendai glass alongside the physical storefront near Sendai Station.
Best for Kokeshi dolls / crafts
Sendai / Japan
Monmaya has built Sendai tansu chests at its original workshop site for 140 years, and its showroom occupies a registered cultural property building over a century old. The by-appointment showroom sells and restores Sendai tansu furniture, alongside a companion Garage Store selling one-off slab and solid-wood furniture.
Best for Tansu chests / woodworking
Sendai / Japan
Tsutsumi-yaki Kenba Kiln has fired Sendai's 300-year-old Tsutsumi pottery tradition using locally sourced clay and glazes, working from a kiln and exhibition hall in Izumi-ku on the edge of Sendai. Visitors can buy hand-thrown pieces directly at the exhibition hall, which is open daily, and arrange a look at the working kiln by request.
Best for 300-year-old Tsutsumi pottery tradition
Sendai / Japan
Sake brewer Saura has crafted Urakasumi in the port town of Shiogama for three centuries, most famous for developing the widely used Association No. 12 yeast strain. The company runs its own "Urakasumi Sake Gallery" storefront alongside a dedicated online shop for its junmai ginjo and seasonal releases.
Best for Junmai ginjo and seasonal sake from a historic brewery
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