Kitakami River

The Kitakami river as it flows through Morioka.

The Kitakami river flowing through Kitakami.

The Kitakami is a river that flows through Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures in northern Japan. At 249 km in length it is the longest river in Tohoku. The Kitakami River is also one of the cleanest rivers in Japan.

Tributaries

In Iwate Prefecture from north to south showing from which direction the water flows and the city where it empties into the Kitakami River.

• Tanto-gawa - from the east (Iwate)
• Matsu-gawa - from the west (Hachimantai)
• Nakatsu-gawa - from the east (Morioka)
• Shizukuishi-gawa - from the west (Morioka)
• Iwasaki-gawa - from the west (Shiwa)
• Takina-gawa - from the west (Shiwa)
• Kuzumaru-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
• Hienuki-gawa - from the east (Hanamaki)
• Sarugaishi-gawa - from the east (Hanamaki)
• Se-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
• Toyosawa-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
• Waga-gawa - from the west (Kitakami)
• Isawa-gawa - from the west (Ōshū)
• Hirose-gawa - from the east (Ōshū)
• Hitokabe-gawa - from the east (Ōshū)
• Koromo-gawa - from the west (Hiraizumi)
• Iwai-gawa - from the west (Ichinoseki)
• Kitetsu-gawa - from the north (Ichinoseki)
• Senmaya-gawa - from the east (Ichinoseki)
• Kinomi-gawa - from the east (Fujisawa)
• Kinryu-gawa - from the west (Ichinoseki)

Popular culture

In Varan the Unbelievable, the movie's title villain was a native of the Kitakami River.

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38°34′36″N 141°27′36″E (mouth) 38°24′27″N 141°18′49″E (former mouth)