AreaSendai
資福寺 | Shifukuji Temple
Follow a flower-lined path to the temple entrance
Photo by Sanicha Yaklai
Photo by Sanicha Yaklai
Photo by Sanicha Yaklai
Photo by Sanicha Yaklai
Shifukuji is a quiet temple located in the hilly Kitayama neighborhood of Sendai. For most of the year, it attracts few sightseers. Come the end of June, however, locals flock here to see the ajisai (hydrangeas) in bloom. Tall bushes of the beautiful blue and violet flowers grow in large numbers along the path leading to the temple and in the temple garden, making the grounds feel like heaven’s doorstep.
Sendai
ADDRESS
1 Chome-1-13-1 Kitayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0931
ACCESS BY PUBLIC TRANSIT
By subway: 15-minute walk from Kita-Sendai Station (Sendai Subway Namboku Line)
By bus: 5-minute walk from Kitayama Ichichome (北山一丁目) bus stop. See timetable here.
ADMISSION
Free
LANGUAGES
Japanese only
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
No
HOURS
Always open
RESERVATION
Not necessary
CLOSED DAYS
None
PHONE
022-234-5730