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Uenohara City
Yamanashi Prefecture · City
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Uenohara City is at the eastern end of Yamanashi Prefecture, with its center on river terraces of the Sagami River (Katsura River). Traces of Notajiri-juku and Inume-juku, post towns on the Koshu Kaido road, remain. The surrounding mountains are the stage of the "Hasetsune Cup" trail running race.
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.
Live information
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Places to visit
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Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamanashi Prefecture
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