Information

Events

Hiyoshi Sanno Jinja Shrine festival

Apr 18, 2010 (Third Sunday in April)

Shiogama Minato Festival

Jul 19, 2010(Third Monday in July)

The Memorial ceremony of Hiyokuzuka

(August 6)

Zuiganji Light Road

(August 6 – 8)

Zuiganji Osegakie(It's a Buddhist ceremony)

(August 16)

Matsushima Fireworks Festival

(August 17)

Autumn of Moon in Kanrantei

Sep　23, 2010 - Sep 25, 2010 (Weekend closest to the Harvest Moon)

Garden Tea Ceremony in Matsushima

Oct　3, 2010 (First Sunday in October)

Matsushima Colored Leaves Lighted Up at Night

(Late October - Late November)

Oyster Festival in Isojima Island

(November 23)

Zuiganji korin-sama

Feb　5, 2011 - Feb 6, 2011(December 31)

Matsushima Oyster Festival

Feb　5, 2011 - Feb 6, 2011(first Saturday & Sunday in February)

Leisure

Kyouhei Fujita Museum of Glass

Kyouhei Fujita Museum of Glass

This display of glass exhibits is laid out in accordance to the theme of "a museum of oceans, glass, and gardens." One hundred works created by Mr. Fujita, who was elected as a Person of Cultural Merits in 1997, are on display at any one time.

http://www.ichinobo.com/museum/

Admission Hours
General: ¥1,000 April – October:
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Elementary/junior high/
high school students: ¥500		 November – March:
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Michinoku Date Masamune Historical Museum

Date Masamune Historical Museum

A historical museum about the life of Date Masamune, one of the heroes of Japan's Warring States period. Date's eventful life is faithfully recreated using over 200 life-sized wax figures in order to act out twenty-five famous scenes.

http://www.date-masamune.jp

Admission Hours
Adults: ¥1,000 Hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Junior high/high school students: ¥600 Winter Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Elementary school students: ¥500
¥500 for Adults and Children
if passport shown.

Belgium Orgel Museum

Belgium Orgel Museum

134 orgels (music boxes) acquired directly from the National Museum of Belgium are exhibited at this gallery. On the second floor exhibition hall, giant music boxes (automated orchestras) made in Medieval Europe perform one after the other.

http://www.belgium-orgel.jp

Admission Hours
Adults: ¥800 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Elementary/junior high school students: ¥400
Children younger than elementary school age may enter free of charge

Matsushima Retro Hall

Matsushima Retro Museum

View countless traditional Japanese toys such as menko (cards), marbles, and tin toys! With an interior that resembles a tamatebako (a cube-shaped origami model) straight out of the Taishō and Shōwa eras, this shop recreates the atmosphere of a bygone era.

http://ww35.tiki.ne.jp/~akinomiya-m/

Admission Hours
Adults: ¥350 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Junior high/high school students: ¥250
Elementary school students: ¥150

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium

A wide variety of fish and ocean-dwelling mammals collected from all over the world. The aquarium features round 4,000 specimens of nearly 300 different varieties of marine life for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.marinepia.co.jp/

Admission Hours
Adults: ¥1,400 March – October: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
(Weekends and holidays: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM)
Elementary/junior high school students: ¥700 November – February: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM
(Weekends and holidays: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM)
Children: ¥350

Aihara Shōten Bicycle Rental

Aihara Shoten Bicycle Rental

http://aiharashowten.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Cost Hours
¥200 per hour 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
A deposit of ¥1,000 is also required, which will be given back upon return of the bicycle
Sightseeing Boats

Regular roundtrip around-the-bay course

Regular roundtrip around-the-bay course (starts and ends at Matsushima)

Matsushima Shimameguri Kankosen Kigyo Kumiai

Regular roundtrip course between Matsushima Bay and Shiogama Bay

Regular roundtrip course between Matsushima Bay and Shiogama Bay

Marubun Matsushima Kisen

Matsushima Bay Cruise

New Matsushima Kankosen

Roundtrip cruises between Oku-Matsushima and Sagakei

Roundtrip cruises between Oku-Matsushima and Sagakei (Matsushima-Sagakei-Matsushima)

Matsushima Bay Cruise

* Each company offers a number of different cruises. Please check their respective sites for more information.

Matsushima Shimameguri Kankosen Kigyo Kumiai http://www.matsushima.or.jp/
Marubun Matsushima Kisen http://marubun-kisen.com//
Matsushima Bay Cruise http://www.matsushimawan.co.jp/
New Matsushima Kankosen http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~newmatsu