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Naoshima Town
Kagawa Prefecture · Town
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Naoshima Town consists of Naoshima and other islands in the Seto Inland Sea and is known worldwide as an island of contemporary art. The Chichu Art Museum and Benesse House, designed by Ando Tadao, and Kusama Yayoi's pumpkin sculpture are popular. A Mitsubishi Materials smelter is in the north of the island.
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.
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Places to visit
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).
National parks in this town
- 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
Other municipalities in Kagawa Prefecture
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