The town in which "Wake Up, Girls!" anime is set is Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
In the Edo period, Sendai prospered under leadership of Masamune Date, a daimyo (powerful regional lord) as the castletown of Sendai (Aoba) Castle. In the present, because of the beautiful green scenery with the stream of Hirose River, Sendai is called "City of Trees". Tanabata festival, famous as one of the three biggest festival in Tohoku area, is held in August. Sakunami and Akiu hot spring resorts stands along Senzan Line in its mountain side.
In 2013, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a baseball team based at "Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi" in the city, first became the Japanese baseball champion since its establishment in 2005, which exited many persons.
In 2015, linear-moter railway Sendai Municipal Subway Tozai Line is newly opening.
Transferring Sendai Municipal Subway Nanboku Line, you can go to some places where appeared in the anime show, such as Kotodai Park and Kita-yobancho, where Cafe Bigou and Kumagaiya confectionery store stand.
Would you like to go to Sendai?
If you go, I highly recommend Rakuten Travel
's package tour collaborating with JR East
including Shinkansen fare
(you can choose only "Yamabiko" express)
. If you buy regular Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Sendai, it costs \10,590
.
However, if you use the package tour staying atHotel Metropolitan Sendai, it cost 29,900 (the lowest, differ from day to day) including Shinkansen return fare, one night stay, and breakfast
. (You can pay only with credit card)
The comparison with the package tour and regular fare and hotel rate is the table below.