Elementary school(箟岳小学校)) and one public junior high school (Wakuya Middle School(涌谷中学校)) operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Miyagi Prefecturing Board of Education. Transportation Railway East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Ishinomaki Line - East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Kesennuma Line Highway Local attractions Koganeyama Jinja, a Shinto shrine founded in the Nara period (National Historic Site) Wakuya Castle Nagane Shell Mound, Jōmon period shell midden, National Historic Site Sister city relations - Sorø, Zealand, Denmark - Buyeo County, South Korea Noted people from Wakuya Kōji Wakamatsu, film director Saitō Chikudō, Edo-period scholar Kiyono Yasuno, voice actress References External links Official Website Towns in Miyagi Prefecture Wakuya, Miyagi