Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Hanamaki (花巻市; -shi) is a city located in Iwate, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 72,926 and the density of 189.22 persons per km². The total area is 385.40 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1954. External Links Official website in Japanese This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.