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Shin'onsen Town
Hyogo Prefecture · Town
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Shin'onsen Town is at the northwest tip of Hyogo Prefecture, bordering Tottori Prefecture, and has Yumura Onsen, the setting of the TV drama "Yumechiyo Nikki." Its coast is designated "Tajima Mihonoura," a national Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument, and crab fishing thrives at the fishing port of Hamasaka. The Tajima Ranch Park tells the history of Tajima cattle.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this town
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Hyogo Prefecture
- Kobe City
- Himeji City
- Amagasaki City
- Akashi City
- Nishinomiya City
- Sumoto City
- Ashiya City, Hyogo
- Itami City
- Aioi City
- Toyooka City, Hyogo
- Kakogawa City
- Ako City
- Nishiwaki City
- Takarazuka City
- Miki City, Hyogo
- Takasago City
- Kawanishi City, Hyogo
- Ono City, Hyogo
- Sanda City
- Kasai City
- Tamba-Sasayama City
- Yabu City
- Tamba City
- Minami-Awaji City
- Asago City
- Awaji City
- Shiso City
- Kato City
- Tatsuno City, Hyogo
- Inagawa Town
- Taka Town
- Inami Town, Hyogo
- Harima Town
- Ichikawa Town, Hyogo
- Fukusaki Town
- Kamikawa Town, Hyogo
- Taishi Town, Hyogo
- Kamigori Town
- Sayo Town
- Kami Town, Hyogo
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