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Kiho Town
Mie Prefecture · Town
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Kiho Town, in Minamimuro District, is at the southern tip of Mie Prefecture and was formed in 2006 by the merger of Kiho Town and Udono Village. It borders Shingu City in Wakayama Prefecture across the Kumano River, and Mifunejima, the island used in the festival of Kumano Hayatama Taisha, floats in the river. The town also has Michi-no-Eki Kihocho Umigame Park (Sea Turtle Park).
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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National parks in this town
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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