Kannari [town] - Kannari

Japanese: 金成[町] - かんなり

An old town in Kurihara County in northern Miyagi Prefecture. Blessed with fertile, golden cultivated soil, rice cultivation thrives here. It produces high-quality Hasamamai rice. The main settlement is a former post town on the Ou Kaido Highway. It is served by the Kurihara Rural Railway and the Tohoku Expressway. Sawabe is home to a Genji firefly habitat (a natural monument). In April 2005, it merged with the towns of Tsukidate, Wakayanagi, Kurikoma, Takashimizu, Hitasako, Semine, Uguisuzawa, Shibahime, and Hanayama in Kurihara County to become a city, Kurihara City. 78.45 ^km2 . Population 8,391 (2003).

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Japanese:

宮城県北部，栗原郡の旧町。肥沃な金成耕土に恵まれ，稲作が盛ん。良質の迫米(はさままい)を産する。主集落は奥州街道の旧宿場町。くりはら田園鉄道，東北自動車道が通じる。沢辺にはゲンジボタル発生地（天然記念物）がある。2005年４月栗原郡築館町，若柳町，栗駒町，高清水町，一迫町，瀬峰町，鶯沢町，志波姫町，花山村と合併し市制，栗原市となる。78.45km²。8391人（2003）。

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