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Hino Town
Shiga Prefecture · Town
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Hino Town began as the castle town of the Gamo clan and is known as the home of the Hino merchants, who peddled goods across Japan. The Omi Hino Merchant Museum tells of their lives, and Umamioka Watamuki Shrine stands at the foot of Mt. Watamuki. The hon-shakunage rhododendron community of Kamagake Valley is a national Natural Monument.
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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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