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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is December 15th?

The day Sendai Station opened

Sendai Station
Sendai Station

Sendai Stationas a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line operated by the Nippon Railway (later Japanese National Railways)December 15, 1887 (Meiji 20)opened on

using intercity stagecoachesthree nights and four daysthe journey between Tokyo and Sendai tookapproximately 12 hours and 20 minuteswas reduced to

As of 2026, the station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen, Tohoku Main Line, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Joban Line, Senseki Tohoku Line, Sendai Airport Access Line, Abukuma Express Line, Rikuu East Line, and Sendai Municipal Subway

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The day Fukushima Station opened

Fukushima Station East Exit
Fukushima Station East Exit

Fukushima StationopenedDecember 15, 1887 (Meiji 20)on

As of 2026, five lines run through the area: JR East's Tohoku Shinkansen, Tohoku Main Line, and Ou Main Line, as well as the Abukuma Express - Abukuma Express Line and Fukushima Transportation - Iizaka Line

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