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Tagajo City
Miyagi Prefecture · City
Official websiteMiyagi Prefecture page
Tagajo City borders Sendai to the northeast and takes its name from Tagajo, where the provincial government of Mutsu was placed in the Nara period. The Tagajo Stele, a National Treasure, stands on the vast Tagajo site, and at the Tohoku History Museum visitors can learn about ancient Tohoku. The city also has Sue no Matsuyama, a place famous in classical poetry (utamakura).
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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