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Naruto City
Tokushima Prefecture · City
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Naruto City, at the northeastern tip of Shikoku, has whirlpools in the Naruto Strait facing Awaji Island, seen from the Onaruto Bridge walkway. The popular Otsuka Museum of Art shows ceramic copies of famous paintings. Ryozen-ji is Temple No. 1 of the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, and the Bando POW camp is said to be where Beethoven's Ninth premiered in Japan.
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
Place of scenic beautyNaruto Straitstrait
BridgeOnaruto Bridgesuspension bridge in Japan
MuseumOtsuka Museum of Artmuseum in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Historic siteBando prisoner-of-war campJapanese camp for German prisoners during World War I
Buddhist templeRyozen-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineOasahiko ShrineShinto shrine in Naruto, Tokushima prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeGokuraku-ji TempleShingon temple in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 2 of the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
IslandOge Islandisland in Tokushima, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kurukuru Narutoroadside station in Naruto, Tokushima prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Dai9-no-satoroadside station in Naruto, Tokushima prefecture, Japan
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).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
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 Tokushima Prefecture
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