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Funagata Town
Yamagata Prefecture · Town
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Funagata Town is in northern Yamagata Prefecture, where the Oguni River joins the Mogami River. In the Edo period it was a shukuba (post town) on the Ushu Kaido road and a key point of travel over the Saruhane Pass. Tomita prospered as a port for river transport on the Mogami River, and the town is also where the National Treasure clay figure "Jomon Venus" was found.
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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Places to visit
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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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