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Kawanishi Town
Yamagata Prefecture · Town
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Kawanishi Town is near the center of the Okitama Basin and occupies the west bank of the Matsukawa River. The Kawanishi Dahlia Garden is a famous spot where many varieties of dahlia bloom, and many kofun (ancient burial mounds), such as the Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster, remain. It is the hometown of the writer Inoue Hisashi, and it has the Chihitsudo Bunko library, which holds his book collection.
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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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