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Satosho Town
Okayama Prefecture · Town
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Satosho Town is the only town in Asakuchi District and is a commuter town for Kurashiki City and Fukuyama City. It is the hometown of Nishina Yoshio, called the "father of modern physics in Japan," and has the Nishina Memorial Hall. The town has long produced somen noodles and is a quiet town dotted with irrigation ponds.
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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
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Other municipalities in Okayama Prefecture
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