Miyagi Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture has served as a cultural and administrative centre within northeastern Japan since the late 19th century. Its principal city, Sendai, grew around Sendai Castle, founded in 1601 by the daimyō Date Masamune, and remains the region’s largest urban hub. To the east, the Pacific shore includes Matsushima Bay, celebrated for its many pine-covered islands; the Kitakami River reaches the sea at Ishinomaki in the north of the prefecture. Inland, farming country rises toward the Ōu Mountains, while the Zao area marks the southern borderland. Local life is also associated with gyūtan, the grilled beef-tongue specialty developed in Sendai after the Second World War. Browse other webcams across Miyagi Prefecture to place this setting in a wider geographic context.

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