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Shingu City
Wakayama Prefecture · City
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Shingu City, at the mouth of the Kumano River, is the central city of the Kumano region and prospered as the town in front of Kumano Hayatama Taisha, one of the Kumano Sanzan. It was also a trading center for timber carried by boat on the Kumano River. Highlights include Kamikura Shrine, which worships the huge Gotobiki-iwa rock, Ukijima no Mori (floating island forest), Jofuku Park and the Sato Haruo Memorial Museum.
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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Places to visit
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National parks in this city
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 Wakayama Prefecture
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