Radio3 Sendai

Radio3 Sendai is not your typical Japanese station. Based in the Tohoku region, it channels Sendai's personality, part traditional, part forward-looking. The music programming skips predictable J-pop for a wider palette: ambient, electronic, jazz, folk. You might hear Ryuichi Sakamoto's piano work followed by an obscure local band's lo-fi recording. The DJs speak calmly, letting the tracks breathe. No rushed ad breaks. The stream at 425kbps captures detail most radio misses, the crackle of a vinyl record, the space in a live recording. It's a listener's station for those who want discovery ove…