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Himi City
Toyama Prefecture · City
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Himi City faces Toyama Bay at the base of the Noto Peninsula. It is a fishing town known for winter yellowtail (kanburi). On clear days, the Tateyama Range can be seen across the sea. It is known as the hometown of the manga artist Fujiko Fujio A, and it has the Yanaidanu-no-Oyama Kofun (burial mound), a national Historic Site.
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 Toyama Prefecture
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