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Ritto City
Shiga Prefecture · City
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Ritto City is at a transport hub linking the Keihanshin and Chukyo areas and grew after Ritto Interchange on the Meishin Expressway opened. It is known nationwide for the Japan Racing Association's Ritto Training Center. The south is the granite Konze Mountains, where visitors can see the strange rocks of the Konan Alps and the old temple Konsho-ji.
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 Shiga Prefecture
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