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Hokuei Town
Tottori Prefecture · Town
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Hokuei Town in central Tottori Prefecture has the Hojo Sand Dunes along the Sea of Japan, where watermelons, rakkyo (Japanese scallions), Chinese yams, and grapes are grown. The town is the hometown of Aoyama Gosho, creator of "Detective Conan," and has the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory. The Yura battery, a coastal fort from the end of the Edo period, remains.
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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 Tottori Prefecture
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