Nyuzen Town

Toyama Prefecture · Town

Nyuzen Town faces the Sea of Japan in the center of the Kurobe River alluvial fan. The "Sugisawa no Sawasugi" cedar forest near the coast is a national Natural Monument, and the town's spring water is listed among Japan's 100 best waters. It produces the large Nyuzen Jumbo Watermelon, and it has an art museum that makes use of a power station.

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Population: 21,340 876th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.5% 421st in Japanfrom 23,839 in 2020
Area: 71.25 km² 1,138th in Japan
Population density: 300 people/km² 681st in Japan

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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