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Sanuki City
Kagawa Prefecture · City
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Sanuki City, in eastern Kagawa Prefecture facing Shido Bay and Tsuda Bay, was formed by the merger of 5 towns. It is the hometown of the Edo-period inventor Hiraga Gennai and has a museum about him. It has Okubo-ji, the final temple of the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, Shido-ji, and Nagao-ji, and the Tsuda pine grove is known.
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
Buddhist templeOkubo-ji TempleShingon temple in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 88 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
Buddhist templeShido-ji TempleShingon temple in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 86 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
Buddhist templeNagao-ji TempleTendai temple in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 87 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
Burial mound (kofun)Tomida Chausuyama Kofunkofun period burial mound in Sanuki, Kagawa, Japan%2C%20haiden.jpg?width=240)
Shinto shrineTawa ShrineShinto shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
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ParkKikaku Prefectural Parkpark in Sanuki, Kagawa, Japan- BayShidowan (Bay)bay in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Tsuda-no-matsubararoadside station in Sanuki, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Nagaoroadside station in Sanuki, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mirokuroadside station in Sanuki, Kagawa 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 Kagawa Prefecture
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