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Namerikawa City
Toyama Prefecture · City
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Namerikawa City is near the center of the Niikawa Plain. It prospered as a post town on the Hokuriku Kaido road and as a base for Toyama's medicine trade. In spring, the swarms of firefly squid glowing blue are compared to a "galaxy in the sea," and the sea surface where they gather is a national Special Natural Monument. The Hotaruika Museum is here.
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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