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Wakasa Town
Fukui Prefecture · Town
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Wakasa Town is in the center of the Wakasa region and has the Mikata Five Lakes, a Ramsar wetland. The varves (annual layers) at the bottom of Lake Suigetsu draw worldwide attention as a scale for dating, and can be seen at the Varve Museum. Kumagawa-juku, a post town on the Saba Kaido (mackerel road), is a nationally protected historic district.
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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Places to visit
Place of scenic beautyMikata Five Lakeslake in Wakasa, Japan
Old post townKumagawa-juku
MuseumFukui Prefectural Varve Museumgeological museum in Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
MuseumWakasa Mikata Jomon Museumarcheological museum in Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
Burial mound (kofun)Nishizuka Kofunkofun burial mound in Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Jonozuka Kofunkofun burial mound in Japan
Shinto shrineUwase ShrineShinto shrine in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Wakasa-Kumagawashukuroadside station in Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka district, Fukui prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mikatagokoroadside station in Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka district, Fukui prefecture, Japan
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukui Prefecture
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