By plane
Sendai Airport SDJ (http://www.sdj-airport.co...) mainly functions as a domestic airport with regular flights to Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Okinawa and Kanazawakomatsu. However, there are also a few international flights to neighboring countries, such as South Korea, Taiwan and China.
The airport is linked to the city with the Sendai Airport Access (http://www.senat.co.jp/in...) railway, which takes 17-25 minutes to JR Sendai Station and costs ¥630.
The airport was hit by the tsunami on 11th March 2011, but has since resumed limited domestic service. Limited international services have now resumed.
By bus
Many highway buses run to Sendai from various locations in the Tohoku region.
JR Bus Tohoku and Tohoku Kyuko bus operate highway bus service to Sendai from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. There are five daytime trips and one overnight trip. Each run takes 5 1/2 hours at a cost of ¥6,210.
An overnight bus service also runs directly from Yokohama and Shinagawa, costing ¥6,500 from Yokohama 6 1/2 hours and ¥6,200 from Shinagawa 5 3/4 hours.
Kintetsu runs an overnight bus service, the Forest, from Osaka and Kyoto to Sendai. The one-way ride costs approximately ¥12,000 and takes 12 1/4 hours from Osaka and 10 3/4 hours from Kyoto.
Willer Express (http://www.willerexpress.com) is a company with nightly bus services to Sendai from Tokyo. With English online booking service.
Meitetsu runs an over night bus service from Sendai to Nagoya. Departure time is 9:30PM and arrival in Nagoya is 7AM.