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Itsuki Village
Kumamoto Prefecture · Village
Official websiteKumamoto Prefecture page
Itsuki Village is a deep mountain village in the Kyushu Mountains, and forest covers 96.2% of its total area. The village is known as the birthplace of the "Itsuki Lullaby," and the Kawabe River and the Itsuki-Ogawa River cut deep gorges. Because of the plan for the Kawabe River Dam, the center of the village was moved to replacement land.
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 village
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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