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Yabuki Town
Fukushima Prefecture · Town
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Yabuki Town is in the southern Nakadori region and is said to be one of "Japan's three great reclaimed lands," where wild land was cleared for farming. More than half of the town's area is farmland, and fields spread widely. According to the story of its name, Hachimantaro Yoshiie (Minamoto no Yoshiie) built a shrine with a roof thatched with arrow shafts.
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 Fukushima Prefecture
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