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Kesennuma City
Miyagi Prefecture · City
Official websiteMiyagi Prefecture page
Kesennuma City is a port town on the Sanriku Coast at the northeastern end of Miyagi Prefecture. Around Kesennuma Fishing Port, a base for coastal, offshore and deep-sea fishing, the fishing industry is concentrated, from shipbuilding to seafood processing, and the city is known for bonito and shark fin. Kesennuma Oshima Island, Cape Iwai and Kugunarihama, a beach of "singing sand," are also sights.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
IslandOshimaisland in Miyagi, Japan
MuseumRuins of the Great East Japan Earthquake Kesennuma City Memorial MuseumDisaster memorial museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi, dedicated to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
PortKesennuma Fishing Port
BridgeKesennuma Oshima Ohashibridge in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan
BridgeKesennuma Bay Crossing Bridgeroad bridge in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan
GardenEn'unkan Garden
Shinto shrineHayama ShrineShinto shrine in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Oyakaiganroadside station in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan
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Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
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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