Map of Kurihara, Japan

Kurihara is a city in Miyagi, Japan, with a population of about 66,565. It lies at 38.7500°N, 141.0000°E. Kurihara is about 359 km (223 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Tome, 14 km to the east.

Kurihara at a glance

Where is Kurihara?

• The 7th largest city in Miyagi on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 27 min on the shortest day to 14 h 53 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kurihara

• Tome — 14 km east
• Ōsaki — 18 km south
• Furukawa — 20 km south
• Ichinoseki — 22 km northeast
• Tomiya — 41 km south
• Higashimatsushima — 41 km south
• Mizusawa — 44 km north
• Ishinomaki — 45 km southeast
• Ōshū — 46 km north
• Rifu — 47 km south

Largest cities in Miyagi

• Sendai — 1,096,704
• Ishinomaki — 140,151
• Ōsaki — 128,763
• Natori-shi — 78,718
• Tome — 77,897
• Furukawa — 76,312
• 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.