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Kitakata City
Fukushima Prefecture · City
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Kitakata City is in the northern Aizu region and is known as the town of Kitakata ramen and as a "town of storehouses," with many kura (storehouses). It has the Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings of Oazuke and Shingu-Kumano Shrine, known for its Nagatoko hall. The soba (buckwheat noodles) of Yamato and the view of the Iide Mountains are also attractions.
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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Places to visit
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National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture
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