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Kakuda City
Miyagi Prefecture · City
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Kakuda City is in southern Miyagi Prefecture, and the Abukuma River flows through it from south to north. In the Edo period it was ruled by the Kakuda Ishikawa clan. It has a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and factories for electrical equipment and auto parts are also located here. The city has Kozo-ji Temple, known for its Amida Hall, and soybeans and plums are widely grown.
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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