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Oyabe City
Toyama Prefecture · City
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Oyabe City, in the west of the prefecture, borders Ishikawa Prefecture at Kurikara Pass and was long a key point on the Hokurikudo road. It was the scene of the Battle of Kurikara Pass in the Genpei War. It is known as a "fairy-tale town" with schools and other buildings modeled on famous European architecture. It has the smallest population of any city in the prefecture.
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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