Tagajo

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Tagajo

Total population

61,819

Air quality index

47Good

Coordinates38.29°, 141.00°

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

Overview

Tagajō is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2020, the city had an estimated population of 62,869 in 27,869 households, and a population density of 3,200 people per km2. The total area of the city is 19.64 square kilometres (7.58 sq mi). The city was named after Taga Castle, the capital of Mutsu Province from the Nara period.

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).

Notable people from here

H

Hayato Sasaki

Japanese association football player

Kōichi Yamadera

Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator

Y

Yu Hirayama

badminton player

H

Hitomi Takahashi

Japanese singer

M

Motoi Ōkoshi

Japanese baseball player

H

Hisashi Kato

Japanese association football player and manager

Masao Maruyama

Japanese animator

T

Takekazu Suzuki

Japanese association football player and manager

J

Junichi Inagaki

Japanese singer (1953-)

M

Makoto Nakahara

Japanese shogi player

Azuma Konno

Japanese politician (1947-2013)

Haruo Wakō

Japanese communist (1948–2023)

Kota Matsuda

Japanese politician

T

Takemasa Moriya

Japanese bureaucrat

Taiji Ishimori

Japanese professional wrestler

Y

Yugoh Amano

baseball player

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

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 Tagajo

Tagajō urushigami monjo

Miyagi-ken Taga Jōseki Chōsa Kenkyūjo · 1979

Tagajō to kodai Nihon

Miyagi-ken Tagajōseki Chōsa Kenkyūjo · 1975

Tagajō ato chōsa hōkoku

Nobuo Itō · 1970

Tagajō chōshi

Tagajō Chōshi Hensan Iinkai · 1967

Tagajō-machi shi

Tagajō-machi Shi Hensan Iinkai · 1967

Michinoku no miyako Tagajō, Matsushima

Nobuo Irumada · 1992

Tagajō-shi Takasaki Mizuiri iseki hakkutsu chōsa hōkokusho

1982

Taga jōseki

Miyagi-ken Taga Jōseki Chōsa Kenkyūjo · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 167 mi
• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 194 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2026-06-28

Lasius japonicus

Lasius japonicus

Seen 2026-06-28

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Seen 2026-06-27

Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle

Psacothea hilaris

Seen 2026-06-27

Monticola solitarius philippensis

Monticola solitarius philippensis

Seen 2026-06-27

Asian Giant Hornet

Vespa mandarinia

Seen 2026-06-25

Black-tailed Gull

Larus crassirostris

Seen 2026-06-25

Black-eared Kite

Milvus migrans lineatus

Seen 2026-06-25

Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla

Seen 2026-06-25

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

Official Identifiers