Funagata (舟形町, Funagata-machi) is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

[citation needed] Funagata has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.

[1] The area of present-day Funagata was part of ancient Dewa Province and is mentioned in Nara period documents as a location of a fortified settlement on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific coast.

After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture.

[citation needed] Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Funagata peaked around 1950 and has declined by more than half since then.