 Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県, Miyagi-ken) - A
prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū
island. The capital is Sendai.
Miyagi Prefecture is located in the central part of Tōhoku,
facing the Pacific Ocean, and contains Tōhoku's largest
city, Sendai. There are high mountains on the west and along
the northeast coast, but the central plain around Sendai is
fairly large.
Matsushima is known as one of the three most scenic views of
Japan, with a bay full of 260 small islands covered in pine
groves.
Oshika Peninsula projects from the northern coastline of the
prefecture.
 Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu.
Date Masamune built a castle at Sendai as his seat to rule
Mutsu. In 1871, Sendai Prefecture was formed. It was renamed
Miyagi prefecture the following year.
Although Miyagi has a good deal of fishing and agriculture,
producing a great deal of rice and livestock, it is
dominated by the manufacturing industries around Sendai,
particularly electronics, appliances, and food processing.
Sendai was the castle town of the daimyo Date Masamune. The
remains of Sendai Castle stand on a hill above the city.
Miyagi Prefecture boasts one of Japan's three greatest
sights. Matsushima, the pine-clad islands, dot the waters
off the coast of the prefecture.
The following are also noted as attractions:
Aoba Castle
Ichibanchō
Akiu Hot Spring
Iwai Point
Kinkasan Islet
Matsushima Bay
Naruko Hot Spring
Rikuchu Coast
Okama Crater Lake
Zao Botanical Garden
Zao Hot Spring
Thirteen cities are located in Miyagi Prefecture:
Higashimatsushima
Ishinomaki
Iwanuma
Kakuda
Kesennuma
Kurihara
Natori
Ōsaki
Sendai (capital)
Shiogama
Shiroishi
Tagajō
Tome
Information source: “Miyagi Prefecture.” wikipedia.org. Article
date: 18 Jan. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Mar. 2008 <Miyagi Prefecture>. |
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