Hanamaki

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Hanamaki

Total population

93,193

Air quality index

36Good

Coordinates39.39°, 141.12°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hanamaki is a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 94,691, and a population density of 100 persons per km2, in 37,773 households. The total area of the city is 908.39 square kilometres (350.73 sq mi). Hanamaki is famous as the birthplace of the novelist and poet Kenji Miyazawa and Iwate Prefecture's local specialty, Wanko soba, as well as its hot spring resorts.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Shigeo Yaegashi

Japanese association football player (1933-2011)

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El Samurai

Japanese professional wrestler

Martin Tetsuo Hiraga

Japanese bishop

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Satoshi Taira

Japanese association football player

Takashi Miki

Japanese businessperson (1892-1952)

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Koi Ikeno

Japanese mangaka

Kōzō Satō

Japanese admiral (1871-1948)

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Masanori Ito

Japanese music critic

Kazuhiro Hatakeyama

Japanese former professional baseball player, coach

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Matazō Mimata

Japanese actor, owarai tarento and tarento

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Kazuaki Sasaki

Japanese cyclist

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Mirei Sasaki

Japanese professional volleyball player

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Shūetsu Satō

Satō Shōsuke

Japanese agricultural economist

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Ryūbun Satō

Japanese announcer

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Airō Kitayama

Japanese politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iwate

• Kitakami
  7 mi away · pop. 93,045
• Ishidoriya
  7.4 mi away
• Shiwa
  11.7 mi away · pop. 32,614
• Kanegasaki
  13.3 mi away · pop. 15,895
• Yahaba
  15.1 mi away · pop. 27,678
• Ōshū
  16.9 mi away · pop. 112,937
• Nishiwaga
  18.7 mi away · pop. 5,880
• Morioka
  21.8 mi away · pop. 289,731
• 前潟
  22.3 mi away
• Tōno
  22.5 mi away · pop. 25,366
• Shizukuishi
  22.6 mi away · pop. 16,981
• Takizawa
  24 mi away · pop. 55,579

Browse all places in Iwate →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hanamaki

Hanamaki shishi

Iwate-ken Hanamaki-shi Kyōiku Iinkai · 1982

Hanamaki-shi bunkazai chōsa hōkokusho

Iwate-ken Hanamaki-shi Kyōiku Iinkai · 1980

Flow cytometry and image analysis for clinical applications

International Symposium on Flow Cytometry and Image Analysis for Clinical Applications (1990 Morioka-shi, Japan and Hanamaki-shi, Japan) · 1991

Hanamaki-shi no kyōdo geinō

Iwate-ken Hanamaki-shi Kyōiku Iinkai · 1985

Enmanji kagura

Iwate-ken Hanamaki-shi Kyōiku Iinkai · 1981

Yazawa chiku bunkazai chōsa hōkokusho

Iwate-ken Hanamaki-shi Kyōiku Iinkai · 1989

Hanamaki yori Getō Onsen made ikkenki

1978

Manchōme iseki hakkutsu chōsa hōkokusho

Iwate-ken Bunka Shinkō Jigyōdan Maizō Bunkazai Sentā · 1986

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Autumn Darter

Sympetrum frequens

Seen 2026-06-24

Japanese Ratsnake

Elaphe climacophora

Seen 2026-06-15

Japanese Boar

Sus scrofa leucomystax

Seen 2026-06-08

Monticola solitarius philippensis

Monticola solitarius philippensis

Seen 2026-05-27

common chickweed

Stellaria media

Seen 2026-04-20

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Seen 2026-03-22

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Seen 2026-02-16

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-02-12

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Seen 2026-02-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Hanamaki, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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