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Konan City
Shiga Prefecture · City
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Konan City is in the south of Shiga Prefecture, with the Yasu River flowing through its center, and despite its name ("south of the lake") it does not face Lake Biwa. Ishibe-juku on the Tokaido road prospered here, and Zensui-ji, Joraku-ji and Choju-ji Temples, whose main halls or three-story pagoda are National Treasures, are called the "Konan Sanzan." It is also an "industrial town" with many industrial parks.
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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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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