Nahari Town

Kochi Prefecture · Town

Nahari Town lies at the mouth of the Nahari River in eastern Kochi Prefecture and is the terminus of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Gomen-Nahari Line. It once prospered as a collection point for timber carried from the forests of Yanase, and old streets with storehouses with mizukiri-gawara tiles remain. Fishing is carried out at ports such as Karyogo.

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Population: 2,721 1,570th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.3% 439th in Japanfrom 3,034 in 2020
Area: 28.37 km² 1,473rd in Japan
Population density: 96 people/km² 1,065th 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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PortNahari Port
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