Noshiro City

Akita Prefecture · City

Noshiro City is in northern Akita Prefecture, at the mouth of the Yoneshiro River, facing the Sea of Japan. It prospered by processing Akita cedar wood and was called "the greatest timber city in the East." Kaneyu, a former traditional restaurant built with plenty of Akita cedar, remains. The city is known as a basketball town because of the success of the former Noshiro Technical High School, and its autumn-winter green onions rank 3rd in Japan.

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Population: 45,437 547th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −9.1% 610th in Japanfrom 49,968 in 2020
Area: 427 km² 261st in Japan
Population density: 106 people/km² 1,027th 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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