Sendai Christmas Market 2026 Confirmed
仙台クリスマスマーケット — Sendai, Miyagi (Tohoku)
Last updated: Thu, September 24, 2026
🎟️ Busy days: ticket required ↓
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- Runs
- Fri, Dec 4 – Fri, Dec 25, 2026
- Venue
- Nishikicho Park (錦町公園)
- Tickets
- Free entry except on designated days, when an entry ticket (a 'cooperation fee' funding crowd-safety security) is required: 2026 designated days Dec 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25. In 2025 the advance ticket was ¥1,500 including an original mug (¥1,800 with a 'Hikaring' add-on); elementary-school age and under free with a guardian; 2-hour entry slots. 2026 prices not yet announced.
- Official site
- sendai-christmas.com
Book before you go
Free on most days, but on the eight designated busy days (Dec 11–13, 18–20, 24–25 in 2026) an entry ticket with a time slot is required.
Sendai Christmas Market fills Nishikicho Park with about 40 wooden huts brought from Germany, around one of the largest Christmas trees in the Tohoku region. It runs during the city's SENDAI Pageant of Starlight illumination on Jozenji-dori.
Background
The market used to be held in Kotodai Park's Civic Plaza (2022) and later moved to Nishikicho Park. In 2025 it ran jointly with the SENDAI Pageant of Starlight, with extra stalls at Kotodai Park. The mug design changes every year.
Getting there
About 10 min walk from JR Sendai Station (West Exit); about 5 min from Kotodai-koen Station (Namboku Line, Park Exit 1) or Hirose-dori Station (Namboku Line, East Exit 2); 1 min from 'Nishikicho-koen-mae' stop on the Machinori Chocotto loop bus.
Tips
- Entry is free except on eight designated busy days (December 11–13, 18–20, 24 and 25 in 2026), when a ticket is required. In 2025 that ticket cost ¥1,500 including a mug, with 2-hour entry slots. 2026 prices had not been announced.
- Hours: weekdays 4:00–10:00 PM, Saturdays noon–10:00 PM, Sundays noon–9:00 PM.
- Walk on to Jozenji-dori after dark for the SENDAI Pageant of Starlight illumination.
Maintained by Tetsu Yamamoto · Last verified against the official source: Thu, September 24, 2026