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Kakuda is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. As of September 2015, the city had an estimated population of 29,846 and a population density of 202 persons per km². The total area was 147.58sqkm.GeographyKakuda is in southeastern Miyagi Prefecture. The Abukuma River flows through the city.Neighboring municipalitiesMiyagi PrefectureShiroishiWatariYamamotoWakuyaShibataŌgawaraMarumoriHistoryThe area of present-day Kakuda was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and was the location of Kakuda Castle during the Sengoku period, which was ruled by the Ishikawa clan as a subsidiary 10,000 koku domain to Sendai Domain during the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate.