Taketa City

Oita Prefecture · City

Taketa City in southwestern Oita Prefecture, surrounded by the Kuju Mountains and Mt. Sobo, is the Oka Domain's castle town. The cliff-top stone walls of Oka Castle are where Taki Rentaro conceived the song "Kojo no Tsuki" (Moon over the Ruined Castle). The city also has hot springs such as Nagayu Onsen, the Taketa springs, and the mountain wetland Bogatsuru.

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Population: 17,657 940th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −13.2% 171st in Japanfrom 20,332 in 2020
Area: 478 km² 221st in Japan
Population density: 37 people/km² 1,378th 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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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 city

Mt. Naka1,791 m
Mt. Kuju1,791 m
Mt. Kuju1,787 m
Mt. Taisen1,786 m
Mt. Inaboshi1,774 m
Mt. Mimata1,745 m
Mt. Kuro1,587 m
Mt. Io1,580 m

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.

National parks in this city

Aso-Kuju National ParkTotal park area 763 km²Spans Kumamoto, Oita

Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks

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Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).

Other municipalities in Oita Prefecture

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Figures come from official Japanese statistics (such as the 2025 Census by the Statistics Bureau of Japan), with the source and year shown next to each one. Photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons; the photographer and license are shown under each photo.

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