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Yamakita Town
Kanagawa Prefecture · Town
Official websiteKanagawa Prefecture page
Yamakita Town is a mountain town at the northwestern end of Kanagawa Prefecture with Lake Tanzawa, and about 90% of its area is mountain forest. Traces remain of a former steam locomotive depot on the Gotemba Line, and the town is a starting point for climbing in West Tanzawa.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
LakeLake Tanzawalake in Japan
WaterfallShasui Fallswaterfall
ValleyYushin Valleyvalley in Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan
CastleKawamura Castlecastle ruins in Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan
MuseumYamakita Railway Parkpark in Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Nakagawa Onsen (Hot spring)building in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineSenmori Inari ShrineShinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineMuro ShrineShinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Yamakitaroadside station in Yamakita, Ashigarakami district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this town
- Mt. Fudonomine1,614 m
- Mt. Onigaiwanoatama1,608 m
- Mt. Hinokiboramaru1,601 m
- Mt. Tanasawanoatama1,590 m
- Mt. Tanzawa1,567 m
- Mt. Kumazasa1,523 m
- Mt. Ryugabanba1,504 m
- Mt. Dokakunoatama1,491 m
- Mt. To1,491 m
- Hittaka1,461 m
- Mt. Usu1,460 m
- Mikagesawa no atama1,421 m
- Mt. Kanyudo1,418 m
- Mt. Omaru1,386 m
- Mt. Komotsurushi1,379 m
- Mt. Ishidana1,351 m
- Mt. Mikuni1,343 m
- Komaru1,341 m
- Myojinyama1,291 m
- Mt. Bentosawanoatama1,288 m
- Mt. Nakanomaru1,280 m
- Suishozawanoatama1,278 m
- Mt. Nabewari1,272 m
- Mt. Daikaigi1,246 m
- Mt. Oishi1,220 m
- Morokubo Sawanoatama1,190 m
- Banginoatama1,180 m
- Bunasawa nokkoshi1,180 m
- Mt. Isezawanoatama1,177 m
- Mt. Osugimaru1,169 m
- Mt. Hinokidakka1,167 m
- Mt. Gongen1,138 m
- Mt. Gongen1,019 m
- Mt. Shirokuranoatama978 m
- Mt. Furo928 m
- Mt. Hikage876 m
- Mt. Ono723 m
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.
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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