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Iwata City
Shizuoka Prefecture · City
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Iwata City is a "sports town" in Enshu, home to Jubilo Iwata of the J.League and the Shizuoka BlueRevs rugby team. In ancient times the provincial capital and provincial temple of Totomi were here, and the site of Totomi Kokubun-ji Temple and the Mitsuke School, an early Meiji Western-style school building, remain. Industries such as transport equipment are also active.
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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Shizuoka Prefecture
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