However, the said cities are especially close to each other in all cities, and the centers of the both cities are only about 10km away (The distance of the centers of Yamagata City and Sendai City is about 62km, that of Fukuoka City and Saga City is about 53km).
が、この中でも格段に近接しており、両市の中心部からの距離が約10kmしか離れていない（山形市と仙台市の中心部の距離は約62km、福岡市と佐賀市は約53km）。