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Yugawa Village
Fukushima Prefecture · Village
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Yugawa Village is near the center of the Aizu Basin and is the smallest municipality in the prefecture by area. Shojo-ji Temple, said to have been founded by Tokuitsu in the Heian period, holds a National Treasure seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai (the Medicine Buddha). The village is "a home of rice and culture," with its specialty Aizu Yugawa rice, a Koshihikari variety.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture
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