Sustainability certification Richmond Hotel Premier Sendai Ekimae

Richmond Hotel Premier Sendai Ekimae is a hotel in Sendai with a sustainability certification, a 24-hour front desk and rooms with free WiFi throughout. It sits on the fifth floor of the Sendai Toho Building in Aoba-ku Chuo, a 3-minute walk from JR Sendai Station. Rooms are simply decorated and air conditioned, and breakfast is served on site.

Location
The property stands in the central Chuo district of Aoba-ku, close to JR Sendai Station and within easy reach of the city's main sights. Zuihōden, the mausoleum of the Date clan, is about 1.6 km away, and Sendai City Museum and the site of Sendai Castle lie roughly 2 km from the hotel. Miyagi Baseball Stadium is around 2.1 km away, while Yurtec Stadium Sendai is about 6.5 km from the property. Sendai Airport is reached in about 30 minutes by subway on the Sendai Airport access express train, and Matsushima is a 40-minute train ride away.

Rooms
All rooms are air conditioned and carpeted, with a private bathroom including bath, shower, bidet, hairdryer and slippers. Each has a flat-screen TV, refrigerator, electric kettle, alarm clock and socket by the bed, plus a Tempur-Pedic pillow. They suit solo travellers and couples.

Facilities
Breakfast is a Japanese-Western buffet with unlimited freshly baked bread, harako rice made from Miyagi-grown Hitomebore rice, bamboo kamaboko and tastes of Tohoku and Sendai. Daily housekeeping, concierge and wake-up service are provided, along with a coin launderette, vending machines for drinks and a shared lounge with TV. Meeting and banquet facilities, dry cleaning and fax or photocopying carry an extra charge. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out from 11:00. Non-smoking rooms and facilities for disabled guests are available, and there is a designated smoking area.