Far - about 550kilometers/341miles
Driving takes about 6hours if the highway isn't packed and you almost double the speed limit (which is only 80k/h so most people do). About 8000yen in tolls if I recall correctly.
Plane takes about 1 1/2 hours. About 13000yen from JAL/ANA sites
Shinkansen takes about 2 1/2 hours. About 13000yen for reserved seats, unreserved seats or standing is cheaper.
Sendai
Tokyo and Sendai.
305 kilometers or about 190 miles
225 miles
Fukushima, Tokyo, Sendai.
Cities along the Pacific coast of Japan were most affected by the tsunami that followed the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Some of the most severely impacted cities included Sendai, Ishinomaki, and Kamaishi.
Sendai was created in 1600.
There is about 65 million people displaced and rising because of the exclusion zone were there are unsafe levels of radiation Tokyo is and has been slowly moving people to Nagoya and are considering abandoning the Capital, Tokyo to one of several Prefectures.......
The last time Tokyo was hit by a big earthquake was in 1923, which had a 7.9 magnitude.The March 2011 earthquake that hit off the coast of Sendai was magnitude 9.0 and it triggered a massive tsunami.Researchers at the University of Tokyo's earthquake research institute said "there was a 75% probability that a magnitude seven quake would strike the region in the next four years" as reported in BBC News.
Tokyo is ON the sea... Look at a map.
Japans major cities are Tokyo,Yokohama,Osaka,Kyoto,Nagoya,Sapporo,kobe,Fukuoka,Kawasaki,Hiroshima, Saitama,Kitakyushu,Sendai.
It's about 466 miles (750 km).