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Kyotanabe City
Kyoto Prefecture · City
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Kyotanabe City is in the south of Kyoto Prefecture near the borders with Osaka and Nara prefectures, between the Kizu River and the Ikoma Mountains. It has Shuon-an (Ikkyu-ji Temple), where the Zen master Ikkyu spent his last years, and Kannon-ji Temple, which holds a National Treasure standing statue of the Eleven-faced Kannon. It produces gyokuro tea and is a commuter town for Kyoto and Osaka.
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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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