Tome (Miyagi)
Tome (Japanese登米 市, -shi ) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Geography
Tome is located about 70 km north of Sendai, the prefectural capital. The Kitakami flows through the city.
History
The city was on 1 April 2005 from the communities Toyoma (登米 町, machi ), Towa (东 和 町, machi ), Nakada (中 田 町, machi ), Toyosato (豊 里 町, machi ), Yoneyama (米 山 町, machi ), Hasama (迫 町, machi ), Ishikoshi (石 越 町, machi ), Minamikata (南方 町, machi ) of the district Tome and Tsuyama (津 山founded町, machi ) of the district Motoyoshi. The county Tome was thereupon be dissolved.
Traffic
- Street: Tōhoku Expressway
- National Road 4, to Tokyo and Aomori
- National Road 45,342,346,398,456
- JR Tōhoku Main Line
Sons and daughters of the town
- Shotaro Ishinomori ( manga artist )
- Katsuhiro Otomo ( manga artist )
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Kurihara
- Ishinomaki
- Ōsaki
- Ichinoseki