Rifu

Rifu is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2017, the city had an predicted population of 36,251, and a population density of 807.5 people consistent with km² in 13,168 families. The total location of the town is 44.89 rectangular kilometres. Rifu is thought for its nashi pears. Recently, wine and candy crafted from nashi pears had been developed inside the town.

The region of present-day Rifu changed into a part of historic Mutsu Province, and has been settled given that as a minimum the Jomon period with the aid of the Emishi people. With the status quo of Tagajo inside the Nara length, Rifu changed into part of the principal Yamato colonization area in the place. During the Sengoku period, the vicinity become contested via various samurai clans earlier than the place got here underneath the manage of the Date extended family of Sendai Domain during the Edo length, below the Tokugawa shogunate.

The village of Rifu turned into set up on June 1, 1889 with submit-Meiji restoration established order of the present day municipalities gadget. It changed into raised to town status on October 1, 1967. The economic system of Rifu is largely based on agriculture, more often than not horticulture and the cultivation of rice. East Japan Railway Company's Rifu has six public elementary schools and 3 public junior excessive schools operated through the metropolis government.