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Misato Town
Kumamoto Prefecture · Town
Official websiteKumamoto Prefecture page
Misato Town is a mountain town in central Kumamoto Prefecture, about 75 percent forest. Reidai Bridge, a stone arch bridge built in the Edo period, is a national Important Cultural Property, and many stone bridges remain in the town. The road to Shaka-in Temple, which has the longest stone stairway in Japan, is also well 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
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 town
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.
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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