Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Ishinomaki (石巻市; -shi) is a
city located in
Miyagi,
Japan.
As of 2003, the area that the current city occupies had an estimated
population of 171,068 and the
density of 308.04 persons per
km². The total area is 555.35 km².
The city was founded on
April 1,
1933.
On
April 1,
2005, Ishinomaki
merged with six towns, Kahoku, Kanan, Kitakami, Monou, and Ogatsu of the former Monou district, and Oshika from Oshika district to more than quadruple its area and added nearly 60,000 people to its population.
Before the merger, the town of Ogatsu was famous for its
inkstones and had a
scallop festival.
Ishinomaki boasts the Eastern Hemisphere's second-largest fish market.
The city also hosts a full-size replica of the
Japanese warship San Juan Bautista, a ship commissioned in 1613 by
Date Masamune,
Daimyo of
Sendai, to transport an embassy to the
Pope in
Rome.
Train stations
*
JR East**
Senseki Line:
Hebita -
Rikuzen-Yamashita -
IshinomakiHighways
*
Sanriku Expressway (Ishinomaki-kanan and Kahoku interchanges)
*
Route 45,
Route 108,
Route 398*
Official website*
American Friendship Doll at Monou Elementary School
