Ii Heya Net "Livability & Desirable Towns" Ranking 2026 <Miyagi Prefecture Edition>

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kei Takeuchi) conducted its largest-ever resident satisfaction survey and compiled the "Ii Heya Net Livability Ranking 2026 <Miyagi Prefecture Edition>" and "Ii Heya Net Desirable Towns Ranking 2026 <Miyagi Prefecture Edition>".

* If two or more adjacent stations are combined, "A" (area) is appended to the station name.

* [Kōtōdai-kōen A] Kōtōdai-kōen, Hirose-dōri; [Ōmachi-nishi-kōen A] Ōmachi-nishi-kōen, Aoba-dōri Ichiban-chō; [Sendai A] Sendai, Aoba-dōri, Miyagino-dōri; [Kawauchi A] Kawauchi, Kokusai-Center

* The "Livability (Station) Ranking" is compiled for stations where there are 30 or more respondents living within a 15-minute walk. The "Livability (Municipality) Ranking" is compiled for municipalities with 50 or more respondents.

* The "Livability Ranking" accumulates responses from 5 years (2022-2026). However, if the number of respondents for a municipality or station does not meet the criteria with the cumulative data from 2022-2026 (less than 50 respondents for municipalities, less than 30 for stations), responses from 2021 are also accumulated. If the criteria are still not met even with the addition of 2021 data, responses from 2020 are accumulated, and if still insufficient, responses from 2019 are accumulated. There is no overlap in respondents.

* The "Desirable Towns (Station) Ranking" compiles rankings for stations in the Tohoku area based on responses from Miyagi Prefecture residents in 2026. The "Desirable Towns (Municipality) Ranking" compiles rankings for municipalities nationwide based on responses from Miyagi Prefecture residents in 2026.

* In the "Desirable Towns Ranking," administrative wards are aggregated into a single municipality, but Sendai City's administrative wards are compiled separately.

Overall Assessment

Top in Livability (Station) is Nagamachi-Minami

The top spot is Nagamachi-Minami (Sendai City Subway Namboku Line), located in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, moving up from 2nd place last year. Second place is Morisekinoshita (Sendai Airport Transit), located in Natori City. Third place is Tomizawa (Sendai City Subway Namboku Line), located in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, rising from 5th place last year to enter the top 3. Within the top 10, Arai (Sendai City Subway Tozai Line) at 5th place (11th last year) and Rifu (JR Tohoku Main Line) at 8th place (23rd last year) have risen in rank from last year to enter the top 10. Rifu is located in Rifu Town, Miyagi District, and is the only station in the top 10 located in a "county town."

Top in Livability (Municipality) is Tomiya City for the 8th consecutive year

Tomiya City, a bedroom community of Sendai City, achieved a high evaluation with a deviation value in the 70s, ranking first for the 8th consecutive year. Second place, for the second consecutive year, is Rifu Town, Miyagi District, the only "town" in the top 10 belonging to a county area. Third place, also for the second consecutive year, is Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.

Top in Desirable Towns (Station) is Sendai A for the 8th consecutive year

Sendai A (combining Sendai, Aoba-dōri, and Miyagino-dōri) has ranked first for 8 consecutive years. Second place, also for the 8th consecutive year, is Nagamachi (JR Tohoku Main Line), located in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City. Third place is Natori (JR Tohoku Main Line) for the 4th consecutive year. Fourth place is Nagamachi-Minami (Sendai City Subway Namboku Line) for the 3rd consecutive year. In addition to Tagajō (JR Senseki Line) ranking for the 2nd consecutive year at 5th place, three stations, Tomizawa, Kita-Sendai, and Rifu, have newly ranked tied.

Top in Desirable Towns (Municipality) is Aoba Ward, Sendai City for the 8th consecutive year

Aoba Ward, Sendai City, has ranked first for 8 consecutive years. Second place is Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, for the second consecutive year, and third place is the 23 Wards of Tokyo. Four of the top 5 are administrative wards of Sendai City.

Livability of Towns (Station) Ranking 2026 <Miyagi Prefecture Edition> Top 20 Stations & Top 5 Factors

● Looking at the top 10, stations with high rankings tend to receive high evaluations for the "Liveliness" factor as well.

● For the "Quietness & Safety," "Liveliness," and "Disaster Prevention" factors, many stations located in or adjacent to Aoba Ward, Sendai City, are ranked.

● Within the top 20, most stations are located in or adjacent to administrative wards of Sendai City. The only stations located outside the administrative wards of Sendai City are Morisekinoshita (2nd place) in Natori City, Rifu (8th place) in Rifu Town, Miyagi District, and Shimo-no-ba (17th place) in Tagajō City.

● Among the 11th to 20th places, Tōhoku Fukushi-dai-mae at 16th place has particularly risen from 29th place last year to enter the top 20.

"Stations" Outside Top 20: Factor Ranking Topics

● Second place for administrative services was Kawauchi A (Sendai City Subway Tozai Line).

● First place for quietness & safety was Kawauchi A (Sendai City Subway Tozai Line), and third place was Kogota (JR Tohoku Main Line).

● Third place for approachability was Kawauchi A (Sendai City Subway Tozai Line).

● Third place for liveliness was Sendai A (JR Tohoku Main Line).

● First place for price & rent was Tatekoshi (JR Tohoku Main Line), second place was Aiko (JR Senzan Line), and third place was Tsukume (JR Rikū-tō Line).

● First place for disaster prevention was Aiko (JR Senzan Line), and second place was Kunimi (JR Senzan Line).

* If the deviation value is less than 50 for a factor ranking, it is displayed as "-".

Livability of Towns (Municipality) Ranking 2026 <Miyagi Prefecture Edition> Top 14 Municipalities & Top 5 Factors

● Tomiya City, ranked first, received high evaluations in the five factors of "Administrative Services," "Quietness & Safety," "Approachability," "Price & Rent," and "Disaster Prevention." It also ranked 2nd in "Living Convenience" and 3rd in "Liveliness," and 7th in "Transportation Convenience," ranking in the top 10 for all factors. Notably, the three factors of "Quietness & Safety," "Approachability," and "Disaster Prevention" received extremely high evaluations in the 70s deviation value range.

● Municipalities ranking high in the "Livability (Municipality)" ranking also rank in the top 10 for the five factors of "Living Convenience," "Transportation Convenience," "Administrative Services," "Approachability," and "Liveliness." In particular, the municipalities in the top 10 for the "Approachability" factor and the "Livability (Municipality)" ranking are all the same, albeit with different rankings.

● For the "Liveliness" factor, which relates to the richness of facilities such as large commercial complexes and restaurants, Aoba Ward, Taihaku Ward, and Wakabayashi Ward in Sendai City, as well as Rifu Town, Miyagi District, and Tomiya City located around Sendai City, received high evaluations, consistent with the top 5 municipalities in the "Livability (Municipality)" ranking.

* If the deviation value is less than 50 for a factor ranking, it is displayed as "-".

* Municipalities with "-" for last year's rank are displayed as "-" because their deviation value was less than 50 last year and their rank was not published.

Survey Overview

◇ Survey Method

Survey questionnaires were distributed and collected via the internet from registered monitors of Macromill, Inc.

◇ Respondents

Compiled from a total of 14,789 respondents aged 20 and over residing in Miyagi Prefecture (some responses from 2021-2019 were also included).

[Gender Ratio] Male 46.5% : Female 53.5%

[Marital Status] Unmarried 40.5% : Married 59.5% [Children] None 44.3% : Yes 55.7%

[Age Group Ratio] 20s 14.6%, 30s 21.2%, 40s 24.5%, 50s 22.0%, 60s 13.1%, 70s 4.6%

◇ Survey Period

February 10 (Tue) - March 22 (Sun), 2026: 2026 Survey (Number of respondents: 3,333)

February 21 (Fri) - March 10 (Mon), 2025: 2025 Survey (Number of respondents: 3,029)

February 21 (Wed) - March 14 (Thu), 2024: 2024 Survey (Number of respondents: 2,891)

February 17 (Fri) - March 15 (Wed), 2023: 2023 Survey (Number of respondents: 2,994)

March 8 (Tue) - March 29 (Tue), 2022: 2022 Survey (Number of respondents: 2,256)

March 17 (Wed) - March 30 (Tue), 2021: 2021 Survey (Number of respondents: 118 *Only some responses used)

March 17 (Tue) - April 3 (Fri), 2020: 2020 Survey (Number of respondents: 109 *Only some responses used)

March 26 (Tue) - April 8 (Mon), 2019: 2019 Survey (Number of respondents: 59 *Only some responses used)

Total 14,789

◇ Survey Structure

Survey planning, question design, analysis: Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. Rental Future Research Institute, Ken So (Fellow); Questionnaire distribution and collection: Macromill, Inc.

◇ Response Method

The Livability Ranking is created from the average score of "Overall current regional evaluation (Very Satisfied: 100 points, Satisfied: 75 points, Neither: 50 points, Dissatisfied: 25 points, Very Dissatisfied: 0 points)" for the currently inhabited town. The Desirable Towns Ranking is created by counting votes from a free-word suggestion method where multiple candidates are displayed and selected based on the entered municipality and station names.

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