Kamaishi

Kamaishi

Japan
      city, Iwate ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, facing Kamaishi Bay on the Pacific Ocean. Kamaishi was a small fishing village until magnetite was discovered in the area in 1727, and Japan's first European-style blast furnace was constructed in the city in 1857. In 1885 a government-controlled iron foundry was built using coal from Hokkaido and later using ore from China after the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95). Heavy damage was suffered during World War II, but mining revived after 1945, yielding magnetite ore. Iron and steel, mainly from Britain, are imported through Kamaishi's harbour, which is also an important fishing port and part of Rikuchu-kaigan National Park. In the 1970s the port facilities were reconstructed, and a large oil storage and industrial site were built on reclaimed land. The city is on the Tohoku railway line. Pop. (2005) 42,987.

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