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Nakayama Town
Yamagata Prefecture · Town
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Nakayama Town is an almost flat town in the western Yamagata Basin, between the Mogami River and the Sukawa River. In the Edo period it prospered with river transport on the Mogami River, and it is said to be one of the birthplaces of the imoni-kai (outdoor taro stew party). When Nagasaki Town and Toyoda Village merged, the town took its name from the Nakayama family, the former local lords.
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 Yamagata Prefecture
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