Misato, Miyagi Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Misato is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

History The area of present-day Misato was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period by the Emishi people. During the Kofun period, a settlement existed in what later became the village of Kogota. During later portion of the Heian period, the area was ruled by the Northern Fujiwara. During the Sengoku period, the area was contested by various samurai clans before it came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate.

The villages of Kogota and Nangō were established on June 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kogota was raised to town status on April 1, 1907. It annexed the town of Fudodo and the villages of Kitaura and Nakazone on April 1, 1954 and the village of Shikitama on August 1, 1954. Nangō was raised to town status on July 1, 1954. Misato was formed on January 1, 2006 by the merger of the towns of Kogota and Nangō.

Geography Misato is located in north-central Miyagi Prefecture in the flatlands of the Ōsaki Plains.

Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture: • Ishinomaki • Higashimatsushima • Ōsaki • Wakuya • Matsushima.

Economy The economy of Misato is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice.

Railway East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Main Line • Kogota East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Ishinomaki Line • Kogota East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Rikuu East Line • Kogota - Kitaura - Rikuzen-Yachi.

Highway • National Route 108 • National Route 346.