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Imari City
Saga Prefecture · City
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Imari City in the west of the prefecture surrounds Imari Bay on three sides. In the Edo period, porcelain from Hizen was shipped from this port within Japan and abroad and became known as "Ko-Imari" (Old Imari). Kilns are concentrated in Okawachiyama, where the Nabeshima Domain's official kiln was located, and the townscape of this "village of secret kilns" remains.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Saga Prefecture
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