a city in northeastern Honshu, north of Tokyo.

Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast) region. The city has a population of one million and is one of Japan's fourteen designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyo Date Masamune, and is well known by its nickname, the .

A contageous virus that affects rats and mice and is similar to distemper.