Map of Furukawa, Japan

Furukawa is a city in Miyagi, Japan, with a population of about 76,312. It lies at 38.5717°N, 140.9556°E. Furukawa is about 339 km (211 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ōsaki, 2 km to the northeast.

Furukawa at a glance

Where is Furukawa?

• The 6th largest city in Miyagi on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 28 min on the shortest day to 14 h 52 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Furukawa

• Ōsaki — 2 km northeast
• Kurihara — 20 km north
• Tomiya — 21 km south
• Tome — 23 km northeast
• Higashimatsushima — 27 km southeast
• Rifu — 27 km south
• Shiogama — 29 km south
• Tagajō-shi — 30 km south
• Ishinomaki — 35 km southeast
• Sendai — 35 km south

Largest cities in Miyagi

• Sendai — 1,096,704
• Ishinomaki — 140,151
• Ōsaki — 128,763
• Natori-shi — 78,718
• Tome — 77,897
• Kurihara — 66,565
• Tagajō-shi — 62,827
• Kesennuma — 61,147
• Shiogama — 52,662
• Tomiya — 52,433

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Fukuoka — 1,612,392
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.