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Minamisoma City
Fukushima Prefecture · City
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Minamisoma City is in the northern Hamadori region and was formed by the merger of Haramachi City, Odaka Town and Kashima Town. It is the center of the Soma Nomaoi (wild horse chase) festival, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan, and the sight of mounted warriors in armor galloping is spectacular. The city is working on recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear accident.
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 Fukushima Prefecture
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