Kurihara, Miyagi

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Kurihara (栗原市; -shi) is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 81,798 and a density of 101.62 persons per km². The total area is 804.93 km².

Previously a district consisting of nine towns and one village, on April 1, 2005, the towns and village merged to form a new city. The new city hall is located at Tsukidate.

Contents 1 Transportation 1.1 Train stations 1.2 Major roads 2 Former towns and villages

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Train stations

• JR East
  • Tōhoku Shinkansen: Kurikoma-Kōgen
  • Tōhoku Main Line: Semine, Arikabe
• Kurihara Den'en Railway (scheduled to be decommissioned in 2007): Ishikoshi - Aramachi - Wakayanagi - Yachihata - Ōokashōmae - Ōoka - Sawabe - Tsukumo - Sugihashi - Toyasaki - Kurikoma - Kurihara Tamachi - Omatsu - Uguisuzawa - Uguisuzawa Kōgyōkōkō Mae - Hosokura Mine Park Mae

[edit] Major roads

• Route 4, Route 398, Route 457

[edit] Former towns and villages

• Hanayama
• Ichihasama
• Kannari
• Kurikoma
• Semine
• Shiwahime
• Takashimizu
• Tsukidate
• Uguisuzawa
• Wakayanagi

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Miyagi Prefecture
Cities
Higashimatsushima | Ishinomaki | Iwanuma | Kakuda | Kesennuma | Kurihara | Natori | Ōsaki | Sendai (capital) | Shiogama | Shiroishi | Tagajō | Tome
Districts
Igu | Kami | Katta | Kurokawa | Miyagi | Motoyoshi | Oshika | Shibata | Toda | Watari
See also: Towns and villages by district edit