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Minamiise Town
Mie Prefecture · Town
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Minamiise Town, in Watarai District, has a jagged coast with inlets such as Gokasho Bay and Nie Bay, and fisheries such as pearl and sea bream farming thrive. It has the Aisu no Yakata, connected with the Aisu clan, who were based at Gokasho Castle in the Warring States period, and the Contemporary Art Museum Ise, overlooking the sea.
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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National parks in this town
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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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