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Kitashiobara Village
Fukushima Prefecture · Village
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Kitashiobara Village is in "Urabandai," at the northern foot of Mt. Bandai, and large and small lakes and ponds, such as Lake Hibara and Goshiki-numa (Five-Colored Ponds), formed by the Meiji-era eruption, are scattered around it. In winter, people fish for wakasagi (pond smelt) on the ice, and in summer hiking and mountain climbing draw crowds. The village also has the Museum of the Mount Bandai Eruption and the Morohashi Museum of Modern Art.
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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Mountains in this village
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this village
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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