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Ishioka City
Ibaraki Prefecture · City
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Ishioka City is a historic city where the provincial government of ancient Hitachi Province was located. It is famous for the Ishioka Festival, one of the three great festivals of the Kanto region. At the eastern foot of the Mt. Tsukuba range lies the Yasato area, where visitors can pick fruit and go paragliding.
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 Ibaraki Prefecture
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