Hanamaki
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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Prefecture
- Iwate
- Mayor
- Masaru Obara (小原勝) - from February 2026
- Total
- 908.39 km (350.73 sq mi)
- Density
- 104.24/km (269.98/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0198-24-2111
- Address
- 9-30 Kajo-cho, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-8601
- Climate
- Dfa / Cfa
- Website
- Official website
- Bird
- Ural owl
- Flower
- Hayachina Usukikyo
- Tree
- Kobushi
via Wikipedia infobox
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Hanamaki (花巻市, Hanamaki-shi) 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 km, 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.