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| Location of Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture | |||
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Ishinomaki City
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| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Miyagi Prefecture | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Hiroshi Kameyama | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 555.36 km2 (214.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (January 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 164,294 | ||
| • Density | 295.83/km2 (766.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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| - Tree | Japanese Black Pine | ||
| - Flower | Azalea | ||
| Phone number | 0225-95-1111 | ||
| Address | 14-1 Kokucho, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken 986-8501 |
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| Website | www.city.ishinomaki.lg.jp | ||
Ishinomaki (石巻市 Ishinomaki-shi) is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
As of January 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 164,294 and a population density of 295.83 persons per km². The total area is 555.35 km².
A rice-shipping port founded in the 4th century, Ishinomaki is known for its large fish market, a museum devoted to manga, and a replica of the Statue of Liberty on a small island in the Old Kitakami River.
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The city was founded on April 1, 1933.
On April 1, 2005, Ishinomaki was merged with six towns, Kahoku, Kanan, Kitakami, Monou and Ogatsu, all from the former Monou District, and Oshika, from Oshika District, to more than quadruple its area and add nearly 60,000 people to its population.
The town of Ogatsu is regionally famous for its inkstones and has an annual scallop festival in the summer. The city was a base for several ships in Japan's whaling fleet.
The city also hosts a full-size replica of the Japanese warship San Juan Bautista, a ship commissioned in 1613 by Date Masamune, Daimyo of Sendai, to transport an embassy to the Pope in Rome.
Ishinomaki Station area roughly corresponds to Manga Road, along with Ishinomori Manga Museum in town are celebrating Shotaro Ishinomori's manga legacy.
Ishinomaki includes Tashirojima (aka Manga Island), Ajishima, and Kinkasan, three islands off the south coast of Oshika Peninsula.
The city was among the most seriously affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1][2] A tsunami about 10 meters high traveled 600 meters inland and destroyed around 80% of the 700 houses in the coastal whaling port of Ayukawa and district of Kadonowaki.[3][4] Approximately 46% of the city was inundated by the tsunami.[5]
One elementary school, Okawa Elementary, was completely destroyed, killing 75 of 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff. The teachers and students were evacuating from the school and were swept away by the tsunami while crossing a nearby river bridge. One of the teachers who survived later committed suicide.[6][7][8][9]
As of 17 June 2011[update], a total of 3,097 deaths had been confirmed in Ishinomaki due to the tsunami, with 2,770 unaccounted for.[10] Approximately 29,000 city residents lost their homes.[11]
The earthquake shifted the city southeast and downward, lowering it by as much as 1.2 m in some areas and causing it to flood twice daily at high tide.[12]
Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School (大川小学校) was one of the schools worst affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. When the earthquake occurred, the staff and students evacuated the school, but were hit by the subsequent tsunami. Of the 108 registered students, 77 are missing or presumed to be dead.[13]
Daily scheduled intercity buses bound for the following cities on the Sanriku Expressway are served from Ishinomaki Station.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ishinomaki,_Miyagi Ishinomaki, Miyagi] at Wikimedia Commons
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