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Higashimatsushima City
Miyagi Prefecture · City
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Higashimatsushima City is in central Miyagi Prefecture and faces Matsushima Bay and Ishinomaki Bay. In Oku-Matsushima, east of Matsushima, one of the Three Views of Japan, lies Miyato Island, where the Jomon-period Satohama Shell Mound remains. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Matsushima Air Base is known as the home of the Blue Impulse aerobatic team.
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
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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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