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Furukawa

Furukawa (fOOrOO'käwä) [key], city (1990 pop. 64,230), Miyagi prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on the Eai River. It is an agricultural market that specializes in horse trading and in the processing and distribution of rice.

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