Karakuwa (唐桑町; -chō) was a town located the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, bordering Kesennuma to the north-west and Rikuzentakata, part of Iwate Prefecture, to the north, and with Kesennuma Bay including Oshima island to the west, Hirota Bay to the north-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and east.
On March 31, 2006 Karakuwa was merged into the neighboring city of Kesennuma and is no longer an independent municipality.
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Karakuwa (唐桑町; -chō) was a town located the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, bordering Kesennuma to the north-west and Rikuzentakata, part of Iwate Prefecture, to the north, and with Kesennuma Bay including Oshima island to the west, Hirota Bay to the north-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and east.
On March 31, 2006 Karakuwa was merged into the neighboring city of Kesennuma and is no longer an independent municipality.
The highest point in former Karakuwa is Sasanagane-yama (笹長根山 meaning 'bamboo grass with long roots mountain') (520 m), near the border with Rikuzentakata, and the lowest point is sea level.
The local numbers for telephone are 0226-32 and 0226-34. The postal codes are 988-0535 and 988-0512.
Karakuwa's name (唐桑) literally means "China (Tang Dynasty, specifically) Mulberry", and has been used to refer to the area back to the times when it was part of a larger Kesen District in Mutsu Province. According to the story of where the name came from, a Chinese...
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