Miyagi Prefecture (Miyagi-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu
island, Japan. The capital is the city of Sendai. There are high mountains
on the west and along the northeast coast, but the central plain around
Sendai is fairly large. Matsushima is known as one of the three most scenic
views of Japan, Sendai became known as The City of Trees (Mori no Miyako)
. This was because the Sendai han encouraged residents to plant trees in
their yards. The most famous festival in Sendai is the Sendai Tanabata
Festival, its main attractions are the intricate Tanabata decorations.
Prefectural Symbols
Miyagi Flower is Miyagi bush clover (Lespedeza thunbergii)
SGI practice Soka Gakkai's particular form of Nichiren Buddhism. Butsudan
Buddhist altar Nichiren taught that by chanting "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo"
to the Gohonzon. SGI practitioners call this process a "human revolution."