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Osato Town
Miyagi Prefecture · Town
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Osato Town is almost in the center of Miyagi Prefecture, with fields along the Yoshida River. Shinainuma, once the largest lake in the Sendai Domain, was here, but it disappeared through land reclamation that began in the Edo period. The town is said to be linked to Hasekura Tsunenaga of the Keicho Embassy to Europe, and it has a memorial park.
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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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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