Shikama Town

Miyagi Prefecture · Town

Shikama Town is a farming town on the Osaki Plain in northwestern Miyagi Prefecture, and to the west it extends to Mt. Funagata in the Ou Mountains. Rice growing is central, and the town also grows egoma (perilla) as a crop in converted rice paddies. It is an old place: the name "Shikama Stockade" appears in the Nara-period chronicle "Shoku Nihongi." The town also has Shikama Falls.

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Population: 5,982 1,357th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.7% 401st in Japanfrom 6,698 in 2020
Area: 109 km² 936th in Japan
Population density: 55 people/km² 1,254th 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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