is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Miyagi Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

, Japan

Japan

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. It was founded on October 1, 1958. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 31,905 and a population density

Population density

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 of 216 persons per km². The total area is 147.58 km².

The city's temples include Kōzō-ji

Kōzō-ji (Kakuda)

is a Buddhist temple founded in 819 in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Amidadō is one of only seven extant Amida halls in the country. Erected by the wife of Fujiwara Shuei in 1177, it is the oldest building in the prefecture. In 1908 it was designated an Important Cultural Property...

.

Sister city

Kakuda is currently in a sister city relationship

Town twinning

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 with Greenfield, Indiana

Greenfield, Indiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,600 people, 5,917 households, and 4,017 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,818.0 people per square mile . There were 6,449 housing units at an average density of 803.0 per square mile...

, United States

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. Each year, a small group of high school students from Greenfield and Kakuda are chosen to travel to each sister city, respectively, and will stay with a host family for ten days, most expenses paid, thanks to local donations. The sister city program began in 1990 and continues today.

Train stations

• Abukuma Express Line
  Abukuma Express Line
  The is a railway line in Japan. It is owned and operated by AbukumaExpress. The line transits from Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture to Tsukinoki Station in Miyagi Prefecture. Both of these stations are also on the Tōhoku Main Line.-Station list:...
  
  : Minami-Kakuda
  Minami-Kakuda Station
  is an AbukumaExpress railway station located in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Surrounding area:The station is located south of the Kakuda Station and southwest of Kakuda city hall. Separated from the city center by a ridge, the station commands a rural view of rice field.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Kakuda
  Kakuda Station
  is an AbukumaExpress railway station located in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Yokokura
  Yokokura Station (Miyagi)
  is an AbukumaExpress railway station located in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Oka
  Oka Station
  is an AbukumaExpress railway station located in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
  

External links

• Official website in Japanese. English version also available.