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Natori's educational facilities include a private university (Shokei Gakuin University). The city has eleven public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped and two technical schools. The Natori City Library has a collection of approximately 140,000 books (two books for every person in the city) as of 2002. The Cultural Meeting Center (文化会館) has a medium sized hall and rehearsal room, a music room, a cultural centre which includes an exhibition gallery, a professional concert hall and stage, catering facilities and meeting rooms, and other general purpose facilities for communal use. The structure was designed by Fumihiko Maki and is considered a local attraction. Additionally, Natori is home to a Media Resource Centre, a community gym, the Miyagi Cycling Centre, and several public beaches and swimming pools.

The Natori Summer Festival is held in early August, and is a town celebration of summer. The celebration is marked by fireworks and traditional Japanese festival foods, such as yakisoba and yakiniku. The Sapporo Beer Festival is held at the Sapporo Beer Factory. The factory opens to the public for tours of the factory and other events including free beer tasting. The Donto sai Festival is held at the height of winter. Men and women wear only sparse, white clothing and walk silently through the town, receiving sake from local residents along the way. The event culminates in a communal purification ritual and bonfire at Takekoma Shrine.

The Natori Sports Park, constructed by Tohoku Electric, is a public area used for various sports meetings and other community events, such as open air markets.

The Nakazawa Family Estate ([[:ja:住宅), ancestral home of the Nakazawa Clan of bushi warriors, has been designated a National Treasure under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. It was constructed in the late 18th century and has an historically important design, including a thatched roof. The Raijinyama Kofun (雷神山古墳) is a keyhole tumulus constructed sometime circa the 4th and 5th centuries CE, located in an archaeological park. The park contains numerous other tumuli of varying age, both keyhole and circular. It is a National Historic Site. Natori contains many kofun tumuli, including the Iinozaka Kofun Cluster (飯野坂古墳群), which is also a National Historic Site. Natori is home to several sites and artifacts related to Date Masamune, the founder of Sendai Domain. These include 300 year old pine trees standing by the Natori River dike, which are decorated with paper lanterns and are said to have been planted by Masamune himself.

Natori, as a coastal town, has open local fresh fish markets. These markets are open in the port district, every Sunday throughout most of the year.

Because of the Japanese tradition of gift giving, most cities in Japan have something considered a "local specialty" to be used as omiyage. Natori's main omiyage specialty is kamaboko, a fish paste boiled in bamboo grass. Another local specialty is "beer tella", a form of castella sponge cake that has been made with brewer's yeast rather than baker's yeast. As one might expect, "beer tella" smells strongly of beer, and is made at the Sapporo Beer Factory.