Ishinomaki, Miyagi

Ishinomaki (Jap.石 巻 市, -shi ) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Ishinomaki is located south of Kesennuma and north of Sendai on the Pacific Ocean. The Kitakami flows through the city.

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Higashi- Matsushima
  • Onagawa

History

The community of Ishinomaki was established on April 1, 1889 during the introduction of the modern Japanese community structures and was a district town ( chō ) in Oshika County. On 1 April 1993, the appointment would come to the independent city ( shi). Today's church was established on 1 April 2005 from the union of the old church with the cities of Ishinomaki Monou, Kanan, Kahoku, Kitakami, Ogatsu, the district Monou and Oshika district Oshika. This led to the dissolution of the district Monou while the Oshika district consisted of only one municipality ( Onagawa ).

Ishinomaki was hit on March 11, 2011 after the Tōhoku earthquake, a 7.7 -meter-high tsunami. Nearly 17,000 residents were evacuated. May 20, 2964 deaths were recorded in 2770 and were reported missing. 28,000 buildings were completely destroyed. This Ishinomaki was at this time the most affected community.

Traffic

  • Train: JR Senseki line
  • JR Ishinomaki Line
  • JR Kesennuma Line
  • Sanriku Jukan highway
  • National Road 45,108,398

Twinning

  • Japan Hitachinaka, Japan
  • Japan Kahoku, Japan
  • Italy Civitavecchia, Japan
  • China People's Republic of Wenzhou, People's Republic of China
  • United States Everett, United States

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Minister Jun Azumi (* 1962), politician
  • Shiga Naoya (1883-1971), one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century
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