Yamamoto Town

Miyagi Prefecture · Town

Yamamoto Town is at the southeastern end of Miyagi Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean and bordering Fukushima Prefecture. Its land is divided into mountains in the west, a plateau of fields and orchards in the middle and low paddy fields in the east, and it is known for strawberries. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Yamashita Station and Sakamoto Station on the Joban Line were moved inland and reopened.

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Population: 11,197 1,128th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −7.0% 864th in Japanfrom 12,046 in 2020
Area: 64.58 km² 1,187th in Japan
Population density: 173 people/km² 873rd in Japan

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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