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Wakayanagi, Miyagi
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Kurihara District, Miyagi, Kurihara District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 14,149 and a population density of 269.20 persons per km². The total area is 52.56 km². On April 1, 2005, Wakayanagi, along with the towns of Ichihasama, Miyagi, Ichihasama, Kannari, Miyagi, Kannari, Kurikoma, Miyagi, Kurikoma, Semine, Miyagi, Semine, Shiwahime, Miyagi, Shiwahime, Takashimizu, Miyagi, Takashimizu, Tsukidate, Miyagi, Tsukidate and Uguisuzawa, Miyagi, Uguisuzawa, and the village of Hanayama, Miyagi, Hanayama (all from Kurihara District, Miyagi, Kurihara District), was merged to create the city of Kurihara, Miyagi, Kurihara. Wakayanagi is located in the north of the Miyagi prefecture and the Sendai plain. The Hasama River runs through toward the southeast. The town had developed as a crossing point of the river. Wakayanagi Station (Ishikoshi Station) of the Kurihara Denen Railway had been near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiwahime, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurihara Denen Railway
The was a rural rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, abandoned on March 31, 2007. Running from Ishikoshi Station in Tome, Miyagi with a connection to the Tōhoku Main Line, extending westward to inland Hosokura Mine Park Mae Station in Kurihara, along central Kurihara. This line used to be called for short because the preceding name of the operator was the . The line was initially constructed to transport ore from Uguisuzawa's which was closed in 1988. Description As of 2007 *Distance: *Rail gauge: *Stations: 16 *Track: Single *Power: Internal combustion (Diesel) *Block System: **Staff Block (Ishikoshi - Wakayanagi, Kurikoma - Hosokura Mine Park Mae) **Tablet Block (Wakayanagi - Kurikoma) Infrastructure The operator introduced diesel multiple units (DMU) during the reorganization in 1995, but the old 750 V DC electric installation remained for economic reasons. It was one of few railways then in Japan that operated with an obsolete semaphore signal system and non-automa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurihara, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanayama, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uguisuzawa, Miyagi
was a town located in Kurihara District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. On April 1, 2005, Uguisuzawa, along with the towns of Ichihasama, Kannari, Kurikoma, Semine, Shiwahime, Takashimizu, Tsukidate and Wakayanagi, and the village of Hanayama (all from Kurihara District), were merged to create the city of Kurihara. Geography Uguisuzawa was located on the border between the Ōu Mountains and the Sendai plain. The Nihasama River starts here and runs through the town. The Namari River, a branch of the Nihasama also runs through Uguisuzawa. Demographics In October 1999, the town had an estimated population of 3,246. The population as calculated in previous National Censuses was as follows. History The village of Uguisuzawa dated back to the Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukidate, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashimizu, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semine, Miyagi
Kurihara City Hall is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,565, and a population density of 83 persons per km2 in 24,994 households. The total area of the city is . Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Geography Kurihara covers a part of the northwestern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. It is mostly rice farmland, and small mountain ridges, the largest of which cluster around Mount Kurikoma, the tallest mountain in Kurihara, which is located at the furthest northwestern point of Miyagi Prefecture. In summer, the lotus on Lake Izunuma bloom. In fall, Mount Kurikoma is covered in fall colors and in winter migrating swans and geese come in flocks to spend the season on Kurihara's lakes. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture * Tome * Ōsaki Akita Prefecture * Yuzawa * Higashinaruse Iwate Prefecture *Ichinoseki Climate The climate of Kurihara is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... References {{reflist External links "Large_City_System_of_Japan";_graphic_shows_towns_compared_with_other_Japanese_city_types_at_p._1_[PDF_7_of_40/nowiki>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurikoma, Miyagi
was a town in Kurihara District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1955 with the consolidation of six municipalities, it was abolished in a merger forming the larger Kurihara City in 2005. The municipal area was 244.36 km2 and the population was 13,736 in 2005. Geography Kurikoma was located on the northwest border of Miyagi Prefecture with Iwate Prefecture and Akita Prefecture. Kurikoma covered a narrow east–west area. Mount Kurikoma sat at the northwest border with Iwate Prefecture. It was the origin of the name of the municipality. The largest town of the area was Iwagasaki, which was 23 kilometers east of the mountain. Later Iwagasaki was often called Kurikoma because the municipal office was built there. The western half of the municipality covered a part of the Ōu Mountains. This area is less populated but a ski and spa resort is located southeast of Mount Kurikoma. Two rivers, Nihasama and Sanhasama, run toward the southeast from the mountain. Both ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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