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Ishinomaki City
Miyagi Prefecture · City
Official websiteMiyagi Prefecture page
Ishinomaki City is the second largest city in the prefecture, a port town at the mouth of the Kitakami River that includes the Oshika Peninsula. It is one of Japan's leading fishing cities, near the fishing grounds off Kinkasan, and offshore lie Kinkasan, a sacred island, and Tashirojima, known as "cat island." It also has the Ishinomori Manga Museum and the Ishii Lock, and its six-row barley production ranks 4th in Japan.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
IslandTashirojimaisland in Miyagi, Japan
LandmarkKinkasanisland in Miyagi, Japan
MuseumIshinomori Manga Museummuseum in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
IslandAjishimaisland in Miyagi, Japan
GardenSaito Gardengarden in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineKoganeyama ShrineShinto shrine in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
LakeLake Mangokuuralake in Japan
Shopping centerAEON MALL Ishinomaki
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Jobonnosatoroadside station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kenjo no Sato Ogatsuroadside station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Miyagi Prefecture
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