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Template:Japanese city Ishinomaki (石巻市, Ishinomaki-shi) is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

As of January 1, 2010, the area that the current city occupies 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 fourth century, Ishinomaki is known for its huge fish market, a museum devoted to manga and a replica of the Statue of Liberty on a small island in the Kitakami River.

History

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.

Ishinomaki has the Eastern Hemisphere's second-largest fish market.^{[citation needed]}

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.

2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsidence

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 Hiyorigaoka.^[3]^[4] Approximately 46% of the city was inundated by the tsunami.^[5] One elementary school, Okawa Elementary, was completely destroyed, killing 74 of 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff.^[6]^[7]^[8]

As of 9 April 2011^[update], a total of 2,482 deaths had been confirmed in Ishinomaki due to the tsunami, with 2,643 unaccounted for. By 16 April, the death toll had risen to 2,750.^[9]^[10]^[11]

The earthquake shifted the city southeast and downward, lowering it by as much as 1.2m in some areas and causing it to flood twice daily at high tide.^[12]

Sister/friendship cities and entities

International sister/friendship cities and entities

Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
the Port of Everett: Everett, Washington (State), United States

Japanese sister/friendship cities

Education

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]

Transportation

Railway stations

JR East: The central station is Ishinomaki Station.
- Senseki Line: Hebita - Rikuzen-Yamashita - Ishinomaki
- Ishinomaki Line: Maeyachi - Kakeyama - Kanomata - Sobanokami - Ishinomaki - Rikuzen-Inai - Watanoha - Mangoku-ura - Sawada

Intercity Bus

Daily scheduled intercity buses bound for following cities through Sanriku Expressway are being served from JR Ishinomaki Station.

Sendai (78-90min. long): via AEON Ishinomaki Shopping Center (Mall), by Miyakou Bus Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Miyagi Transportation (Miyagi Kotsu) Co., Ltd. Reservation is not required.
Shinjuku, Tokyo through Shibuya(7h10-45min. long; over night): via Sendai, co-operated by Miyagi Transportation (Miyagi Kotsu) Co., Ltd. and Keio Dentetsu Bus Corporation, one of bus-sector subsidiaries of Keio Corporation. Reservation is required in advance.

A replica of the Japanese-built galleon *San Juan Bautista*

Major roads

Sanriku Expressway (Ishinomaki-kanan, Kahoku, Monou-toyosato and Monou-tsuyama interchanges)
National Road Route 45, Route 108, Route 398

Airport

Sendai Airport: the nearest airport, about 70 km SW far from JR Ishinomaki Station.

External links

Media related to Ishinomaki, Miyagi at Wikimedia Commons

References

^ Satellite Photos of Japan Before and After the Quake and Tsunami New York Times, 13 March 2011
^ Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.
^ Kyodo News, "Miyagi coastal whaling port pulverized, little more than memory", Japan Times, 18 March 2011, p. 3.
^ Gihooly, Rob, "'Nothing can prepare you to witness this', Japan Times, 20 March 2011, p. 7.
^ NHK, "Tsunami flooded 100 square kilometers of city land", 29 March 2011.
^ Associated Press, "Loss-staggered school reopens", Japan Times, 19 April 2011, p. 3.
^ Kyodo News, "Loss-hit Ishinomaki school opens", Japan Times, 22 April 2011, p. 2.
^ Kyodo News, "School that lost 70% of its pupils mourns", Japan Times, 29 April 2011, p. 1.
^ NOAA Data 9 April 2011
^ Martin, Alex, and Mizuho Aoki, "Tsunami-ravaged Ishinomaki slowly sets off on long road to recovery", Japan Times, 1 April 2011, p. 1.
^ Ryall, Julian (16 March 2011). "Japan earthquake: the children who have lost their parents - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London: TMG. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
^ Alabaster, Jay (May 9,2011). "Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide". Contra Costa Times/Associated Press. Retrieved May 9, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Lah, Kyung. "In Japan, parents try to go on: 'My child should come home to me'." CNN. March 23, 2011. Retrieved on March 23, 2011.

[1] Satellite Photos of Japan Before and After the Quake and Tsunami New York Times, 13 March 2011

[2] Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.

[3] Kyodo News, "Miyagi coastal whaling port pulverized, little more than memory", Japan Times, 18 March 2011, p. 3.

[4] Gihooly, Rob, "'Nothing can prepare you to witness this', Japan Times, 20 March 2011, p. 7.

[5] NHK, "Tsunami flooded 100 square kilometers of city land", 29 March 2011.

[6] Associated Press, "Loss-staggered school reopens", Japan Times, 19 April 2011, p. 3.

[7] Kyodo News, "Loss-hit Ishinomaki school opens", Japan Times, 22 April 2011, p. 2.

[8] Kyodo News, "School that lost 70% of its pupils mourns", Japan Times, 29 April 2011, p. 1.

[9] NOAA Data 9 April 2011

[10] Martin, Alex, and Mizuho Aoki, "Tsunami-ravaged Ishinomaki slowly sets off on long road to recovery", Japan Times, 1 April 2011, p. 1.

[11] Ryall, Julian (16 March 2011). "Japan earthquake: the children who have lost their parents - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London: TMG. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

[12] Alabaster, Jay (May 9,2011). "Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide". Contra Costa Times/Associated Press. Retrieved May 9, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[13] Lah, Kyung. "In Japan, parents try to go on: 'My child should come home to me'." CNN. March 23, 2011. Retrieved on March 23, 2011.

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 The town of Ogatsu is regionally famous for its [[inkstone]]s and has an annual [[scallop]] festival in the summer.  The city was a base for several ships in Japan's [[Whaling in Japan|whaling fleet]].
-Ishinomaki has the Eastern Hemisphere's second-largest [[fish market]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
+Ishinomaki has the [[Eastern Hemisphere]]'s second-largest [[fish market]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
 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, Miyagi|Sendai]], to transport an embassy to the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]].