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Makurazaki City
Kagoshima Prefecture · City
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Makurazaki City is in the southwest of the Satsuma Peninsula and faces the East China Sea. Makurazaki Fishing Port has one of the largest bonito catches in Japan, and the city is known for katsuobushi (dried bonito) made by traditional methods. The area is also known for frequent typhoons, and Tachigami Rock rises out of the sea offshore.
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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture
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