日本本州东北部太平洋岸钢铁城市。属岩手县。市区西部为山地，东临釜石湾。面积444.8平方公里。人口6.1万（1985）。1937年设市。原为滨海渔村，1727年附近发现磁铁矿。1857年建日本第一个高炉。1934年开港。钢铁工业著名。渔业和水产加工亦甚发达。港口可停万吨海轮，进口铁矿石。
在日本，长寿的人大多生活在像釜石这样的乡村或小城镇里，这些地方的生活节奏比大城市的压力要小得多。
Longevity in Japan is notably more pronounced in the countryside and in small towns such as Kamaishi, where the pace of life is less stressful than in the metropolis.
无论晴雨，Shimokawara先生都坚持完成常规训练，有时在市立体育场，有时在他位于日本东北部地区的家乡釜石。
Rain or sun, Mr Shimokawara sticks to his routine, at the municipal stadium or around his home town of Kamaishi, northeastern Japan.
2011年3月16日，岩手县釜石市，在该地区被里氏9.0级地震和海啸摧毁后数天，日本自卫队员行走在白雪覆盖的废墟中。
Members of the Japan Self Defence force walk through the snow-covered ruins of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 16, 2011.
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