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Minamimaki Village
Nagano Prefecture · Village
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Minamimaki Village consists of the Nobeyama Plateau at the eastern foot of Yatsugatake and the Uminokuchi area along the Chikuma River. Nobeyama has Nobeyama Station, known as the highest JR station, and radio telescopes of the National Astronomical Observatory. Its summer Chinese cabbage output ranks 1st in Japan, and cabbage and lettuce are also widely grown.
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
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Mountains in this village
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 Nagano Prefecture
- Nagano City
- Matsumoto City
- Ueda City
- Okaya City
- Iida City
- Suwa City
- Suzaka City
- Komoro City
- Ina City, Nagano
- Komagane City
- Nakano City, Nagano
- Omachi City, Nagano
- Iiyama City
- Chino City
- Shiojiri City
- Saku City
- Chikuma City
- Tomi City
- Azumino City
- Koumi Town
- Kawakami Village, Nagano
- Minamiaiki Village
- Kitaaiki Village
- Sakuho Town
- Karuizawa Town
- Miyota Town
- Tateshina Town
- Aoki Village
- Nagawa Town
- Shimosuwa Town
- Fujimi Town, Nagano
- Hara Village
- Tatsuno Town, Nagano
- Minowa Town
- Iijima Town
- Minamiminowa Village
- Nakagawa Village, Nagano
- Miyada Village
- Matsukawa Town, Nagano
- Takamori Town, Nagano
- Anan Town, Nagano
- Achi Village
- Hiraya Village
- Neba Village
- Shimojo Village
- Urugi Village
- Tenryu Village
- Yasuoka Village
- Takagi Village
- Toyooka Village, Nagano
- Oshika Village
- Agematsu Town
- Nagiso Town
- Kiso Village, Nagano
- Otaki Village, Nagano
- Okuwa Village
- Kiso Town, Nagano
- Omi Village
- Ikusaka Village
- Yamagata Village, Nagano
- Asahi Village, Nagano
- Chikuhoku Village
- Ikeda Town, Nagano
- Matsukawa Village, Nagano
- Hakuba Village
- Otari Village
- Sakaki Town
- Obuse Town
- Takayama Village, Nagano
- Yamanouchi Town
- Kijimadaira Village
- Nozawaonsen Village
- Shinano Town
- Ogawa Village, Nagano
- Iizuna Town
- Sakae Village, Nagano
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