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Minamimachi-dori: Sendai

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Sunset · Friday, 30 October 2026

04:33 PM GMT+9 · Look toward W (252°)

Sendai: sunset bearing across the year vs Minamimachi-dori

240°250°260°270°280°290°300°S2026ONDJ2027FMAMJJASstreet axis 251.9°30 Oct12 Febtoday30 Oct: sun sets at 253.3°, 1.4° off Minamimachi-dori
The dashed line is the street. Where the sun's curve touches it are the henge days. Drag across the year to move the sun.

This is where the rising or setting sun lines up with Minamimachi-dori in Sendai.

The date above is the next time it happens, computed from the street's geometry. The windows further down list the full range of days the alignment holds.

Sunset alignment windows

Sunrise alignment windows

Street corridors

  • Local reporting covers the setting sun aligning along Minamimachi-dori and the Marble Road Omachi axis west of Sendai Station.

Reported by: newsdig.tbs.co.jp

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Sun alignment dates for Minamimachi-dori: Sendai