Nagi Town

Okayama Prefecture · Town

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Nagi Town is named after Mt. Nagi, which rises on the border with Tottori Prefecture. The town has the Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Isozaki Arata, and the Nagi Vicarya Museum, which shows fossil sea snails. It is known for the "Hirotokaze," a strong wind blowing down from the mountain, and it actively supports child-rearing.

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Population: 5,088 1,419th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −8.8% 636th in Japanfrom 5,578 in 2020
Area: 69.52 km² 1,151st in Japan
Population density: 73 people/km² 1,163rd in Japan

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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