Sendai , capital city of Miyagi Prefecture .
10 cities in japan were affected by the earthquake and tsunami. They are Miyako, Ōtsuchi, and Yamada (all in Iwate Prefecture), Namie, Sōma and Minamisōma (all in Fukushima Prefecture) and Onagawa, Natori, Ishinomaki, and Kesennuma (all in Miyagi Prefecture).
Karate is based on older martial arts. The art comes to the world from Japan, but it's origin is in Okinawa. Okinawa was a tribute state of China and therefore the people traded goods. Martial arts made their way from China into Okinawa and developed with some differences in the different regions - Shuri and Naha. Kushanku (died 1762?) was a Ch'uan Fa kung fu master and taught Kanga Sakugawa (1733-1815). His "karate" was called "Te." He in turn taught Sokon Matsumura (1797-1889) who is credited with being the master of Shuri-Te. It was from him that Yasutsune "Anko" Itosu (1830-1916) learned Shuri-Te and became one of the most prominent masters in Okinawa. Wai XinXian (dates and style unknown) taught Seisho Aragaki (1840-1918) whose style became known as "Tode." Wei Shinzan was a Fukien kung fu master and contemporarty to Wai XinXian. It was under both of these Chinese instructors and under Aragaki that Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1915) studied and became recognized as the "Naha-Te" master. Once Japan invaded Okinawa, they became a tribute state of Japan as well. In the early 1900's Okinawan masters began to travel to Japan to share karate. Okinawans had used several names for the art. Originally it was called "Te" "Tode" "Uchinade" or "Ryukyu Kempo." It later became more universally known as "karate." The characters used to write the word meant "Chinese hand." In 1905 Hanashiro Chomo wrote a book called "Karate Kumite" and was the first person to use the characters for karate meaning "empty hand." As the Okinawans began to teach in Japan, they used the characters meaning "empty hand" to get the Japanese public to accept the art as the Japanese hated all things Chinese. In 1930, Chojun Miyagi registered his style, Goju-Ryu, the first official style of karate with the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai - the governing body for martial arts in Japan. Sorry, but ancient history doesn't tell us. Karate has been developing for centuries. It has roots in India and China going back a thousand years. And time has merged and split the arts many times.
Chojun Miyagi
Famous Karate players: Andy Hug, Nicholas Pettas, Francisco Filho, Sam Greco, Glaube Feitosa.
Miyagi Chilombo's birth name is Miyagi Ayohasani Chilombo.
Miyagi Prefecture was created in 1871.
Miyagi Prefecture's population is 2,337,513.
Keisuke Miyagi was created in 1984.
Satoshi Miyagi was born in 1959.
Miyagi University was created in 1997.
The motto of Miyagi University is 'Hospitality and Amenity'.
Hiroiwa Miyagi has written: 'Miyagi Hiroiwa no zubari Okinawa shindan' -- subject(s): Economic conditions
Ōoka Station - Miyagi - was created in 1921.
Ōoka Station - Miyagi - ended in 2007.