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Nose Town
Osaka Prefecture · Town
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Nose Town is a mountain town at the northern tip of Osaka Prefecture, surrounded by mountains such as Mt. Miyama and Mt. Kenbi, with fields and forests. The great zelkova of Noma, a Natural Monument, is a huge tree. As a producer of Nose chestnuts, it has the roadside station Michi-no-Eki Nose "Kuri no Sato," and the tradition of joruri puppet narrative is carried on.
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 Osaka Prefecture
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