Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Ōsaki is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Ōsaki is a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities.

Geography Ōsaki is in north-central Miyagi Prefecture in the northern Sendai Plain. The Furukawa area in the centre of the city is a base for commercial and service industries in the northern portion of Miyagi Prefecture, and the Naruko area in the north-western of the city is noted for hot spring tourism. The Kashimadai and Matsuyama districts in the south-eastern part of the city are within the commuting zone of Sendai.

Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture: • Tome • Kurihara • Misato • Wakuya • Ōsato • Ōhira • Shikama • Kami • Matsushima; Yamagata Prefecture: • Mogami; Akita Prefecture: • Yuzawa.

History The area of present-day Ōsaki was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period by the Emishi people. During the Nara period, gold was discovered in the area. 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 the area came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate.

The town of Furukawa was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on December 15, 1950.

The city of Ōsaki was established on March 31, 2006, from the merger of the city of Furukawa absorbed the towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko (both from Tamatsukuri District), the towns of Kashimadai, Matsuyama and Sanbongi (all from Shida District), and the town of Tajiri (from Tōda District).

Economy The economy of Ōsaki is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice and soybeans. Industry includes electronics, precision machining and construction materials.

Transport: Rail East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Shinkansen • Furukawa

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Main Line • Kashimadai - Matsuyama-Machi - Tajiri

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Rikuu East Line • Furukawa - Tsukanome - Nishi-Furukawa - Higashi-Ōsaki - Nishi-Ōsaki - Iwadeyama - Yūbikan - Kaminome - Ikezuki - Kawatabi-Onsen - Naruko-Gotenyu - Naruko-Onsen - Nakayamadaira-Onsen.

Transport: Road • Tōhoku Expressway - Furukawa IC; Chōjahara PA • National Route 4 • National Route 47 • National Route 108 • National Route 346 • National Route 347 • National Route 457.

Local attractions • Yūbikan, former Date clan school and gardens; registered National Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty • Miyazawa Site, ruins of early Heian-period fort; National Historic Site • Yamahata Cave Tomb Cluster, National Historic Site • Daikichiyama Tile Kiln Site, National Historic Site • Nakazawame Shell Mound, National Historic Site • Kido Tile Kiln Site, National Historic Site • Myōdate Kanga ruins, National Historic Site • Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass, National Historic Site • Nippon Kokeshi Museum. as known well for museum at Miyagi Prefecture.