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Oishida Town
Yamagata Prefecture · Town
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Oishida Town is along the Mogami River in northeastern Yamagata Prefecture and is the only municipality in Kitamurayama District. It prospered with river transport as a river port where cargo was reloaded before the three most difficult places on the Mogami River, and the town center is right beside the river. It is also known as the town where the tanka poet Saito Mokichi lived after World War II.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamagata Prefecture
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