Taiwa

Taiwa is a town placed in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2017, the metropolis had an estimated populace of 28,716, and a populace density of 127 folks per km² in 11,589 households. The general location of the metropolis is 225.49 square kilometres. The location of gift-day Taiwa changed into part of historic Mutsu Province, and has been settled on account that as a minimum the Jomon length with the aid of the Emishi people. Numerous kofun have been constructed in the region in the course of the Kofun length.

During later portion of the Heian duration, the vicinity become dominated via the Northern Fujiwara. During the Sengoku period, the region changed into contested via various samurai clans earlier than the place got here below the control of the Date extended family of Sendai Domain at some stage in the Edo duration, below the Tokugawa shogunate. Yoshioka-juku advanced as a major put up station at the Oshu Kaido for the duration of this time. The modern-day town of Taiwa become created on April 20, 1955, as a result of a merger between the metropolis of Yoshioka, and the villages of Miyatoko, Yoshida, Tsurusu, and Ochiai, all within Kurokawa District.