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Toba City
Mie Prefecture · City
Official websiteMie Prefecture page
Toba City is in the northeast of the Shima Peninsula and includes outlying islands such as Toshijima, Sugashima and Kami-shima, the setting of Mishima Yukio's "The Sound of Waves." Mikimoto Pearl Island, where Mikimoto Kokichi succeeded in cultivating pearls, and the Toba Aquarium are popular, and the tradition of ama (women divers) fishing is carried on.
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
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
AquariumToba Aquariumaquarium in Toba, Mie, Japan
IslandKami-shimaisland in Toba, Mie, Japan
IslandToshijimaisland in Mie, Japan
CastleToba Castle
IslandMikimoto Pearl Islandisland in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineIzawa ShrineShinto shrine in Arashima-chō, Toba, Mie, Japan
Shopping centerToba IchibangaiRetail building in Mie, Japan
MuseumToba Sea-Folk Museummuseum in Toba, Mie, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Mie Prefecture
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