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Shikama, Miyagi

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Country
  
Japan

District
  
Kami

Phone number
  
0229-65-2111

Population
  
7,209 (May 2014)

Prefecture
  
Miyagi Prefecture

Region
  
Tōhoku

- Tree
  
Sakura

Area
  
109.2 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 9:57 PM

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NE at 14 km/h, 90% Humidity

Shikama (色麻町, Shikama-chō) is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2014, the town had an estimated population of 7,209 and a population density of 66 persons per km². The total area was 109.23 km².

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Map of Shikama, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Geography

Shikama is located in west-central Miyagi Prefecture, bordered by the Ōu Mountains to the west.

Neighboring municipalities

  • Miyagi Prefecture
  • Sendai, Miyagi
  • Ōsaki, Miyagi
  • Kami, Miyagi
  • Taiwa, Miyagi
  • Ōhira, Miyagi
  • Yamagata Prefecture
  • Obanazawa, Yamagata
  • History

    The area of present-day Shikama was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jomon period by the Emishi people. Per the Shoku Nihongi, following a huge earthquake in the year 715 AD, a large number of people migrated to this area from the southern Kantō region, forming numerous fortified settlements. The name of “Shikama” appears in Nara period records as one of these settlements. 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 modern village of Shikama was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the municipalities system. Shikama was raised to town status on April 1, 1978. A motion to merger with the neighboring three towns of Miyazaki, Nakaniida, and Onoda, all from Kami District, was defeated by a local referendum in April 2003.

    Economy

    The economy of Shikama is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice and Perilla frutescens.

    Railway

    Shikama is not currently served by any railway lines.

    National highways

  • National Route 457
  • Noted people from Shikama

  • Susumu Ojima – entrepreneur
  • References

    Shikama, Miyagi Wikipedia