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Yamato City
Kanagawa Prefecture · City
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Yamato City is a residential city in central Kanagawa where 3 railway lines run: the Odakyu Line, the Sotetsu Line and the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. Naval Air Facility Atsugi, used by the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, extends into the city. "Sirius," a cultural center built around a library, is popular.
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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture
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