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Sendai, Japan

Landing Point · JP Japan

1 Connected Cables 38.2667°N 140.8667°E Japan
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Connected Cables
JP
Country
38.27°
Latitude
140.87°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
Japan Information Highway (JIH) 5,150 km 1999 Active

About Sendai, Japan

Sendai, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 38.2667°, 140.8667°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
Japan Information Highway (JIH)19995,150 kmKDDI

Connectivity profile

From Sendai, Japan, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Japan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Sendai, Japan in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

  • Japan Information Highway (JIH) (1999) — Japan Information Highway (JIH) is a domestic submarine cable network within Japan, connecting 9 coastal and island locations including Akita, Chikura, Ibaraki, Ishikari, Miyazaki, and 4 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.

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Landing Point

  • CountryJP Japan
  • Coordinates38.2667°N 140.8667°E
  • Connected Cables1

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