Kurihara, Miyagi

Kurihara (Japanese栗 原 市, -shi ) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Kurihara is located south of Ichinoseki and north of Sendai.

History

The city was on 1 April 2005 from the small towns Tsukidate (筑 馆 町, machi ), Wakayanagi (若 柳 町, machi ), Kurikoma (栗 驹 町, machi ), Shiwahime (志 波 姫 町, machi ), Takashimizu (高 清水 町, machi ), Ichihasama (一 迫 町, machi ), Semine (瀬 峰 町, machi ), Uguisuzawa (莺 沢 町, machi ), kannari (金 成 町, machi ) and the village Hanayama (花 山村, -mura ) of the district Kurihara founded. The county was thereupon be dissolved.

When Tohoku Earthquake of 11 March 2011, the highest seismic activity in Japan was measured in Kurihara with the step 7 on the JMA scale.

Traffic

  • Street: Tōhoku Expressway
  • National Road 4, to Tokyo and Aomori
  • National Road 398.457
  • JR Tohoku Shinkansen: Train station Kurikoma - Kōgen
  • JR Tōhoku Main Line

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Miyagi Prefecture Tome
  • Ōsaki
  • Yuzawa
  • Higashinaruse
  • Ichinoseki

Twinning

  • Japan Akiruno, Japan, since 1985
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