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Yamaga City
Kumamoto Prefecture · City
Official websiteKumamoto Prefecture page
Yamaga City, inland on the Kikuchi River in northern Kumamoto Prefecture, is known for Yamaga Onsen (hot spring) and its Lantern Festival, where women dance with gilded lanterns on their heads. The Yachiyo-za playhouse is an Important Cultural Property. The city has many decorated kofun (burial mounds), a prefectural kofun museum, and ruins of the ancient mountain fortress Kikuchi Castle.
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
CastleKikuchi Castlecastle ruins in kikuchi, Japan
Important Cultural PropertyYachiyo-zakabuki theatre in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Yamaga Onsenbuilding in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Chibusan Kofunkofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound in Japan
MuseumKumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museummuseum in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan- CastleKumabe Clan Yakata
- CastleJomura Castle
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Buddhist templeAira-ji (Temple)
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kahokuroadside station in Yamaga, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mizube-plaza Kamotoroadside station in Yamaga, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kumamoto Prefecture
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