How far is Sendai from the sea?
Sendai is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 12 km (7.2 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Miyagi, Japan.
To the coast
12 km
7.2 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
None
Japan has no land border
Setting
Near the coast
655th farthest from the sea of 861 cities
SendaiNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the sea?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Sendai at a glance
- Coordinates
- 38.2667° N, 140.8667° E
- Region
- Miyagi, Japan
- Distance to the coast
- 12 km (7.2 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 38.2700° N, 140.9985° E (Miyagi, Japan)
- Nearest land border
- None: Japan has no land border
- Among Japan's cities
- 4th farthest from the sea of the 11 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Sendai from the sea?
Sendai is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 12 km (7.2 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Miyagi, Japan.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 12 km (7.2 miles) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Sendai from the nearest border?
Japan has no land border with another country, so the nearest foreign territory is across the sea.
Where in Sendai is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (38.2667° N, 140.8667° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.