Map of Rifu, Japan

Rifu is a city in Miyagi, Japan, with a population of about 36,014. It lies at 38.3309°N, 140.9769°E. Rifu is about 315 km (196 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Tagajō-shi, 4 km to the southeast.

Rifu at a glance

Where is Rifu?

• The 15th largest city in Miyagi on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 29 min on the shortest day to 14 h 50 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Rifu

• Tagajō-shi — 4 km southeast
• Shiogama — 5 km east
• Tomiya — 11 km northwest
• Sendai — 12 km southwest
• Higashimatsushima — 20 km northeast
• Natori-shi — 20 km southwest
• Furukawa — 27 km north
• Iwanuma — 27 km south
• Ōsaki — 29 km north
• Ishinomaki — 30 km east

Largest cities in Miyagi

• Sendai — 1,096,704
• Ishinomaki — 140,151
• Ōsaki — 128,763
• Natori-shi — 78,718
• Tome — 77,897
• Furukawa — 76,312
• Kurihara — 66,565
• Tagajō-shi — 62,827
• Kesennuma — 61,147
• Shiogama — 52,662

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.