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Moriya City
Ibaraki Prefecture · City
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Moriya City is a residential city at the southern tip of Ibaraki Prefecture, and its population grew quickly after the Tsukuba Express opened. Surrounded by the Tone River, the Kinu River and the Kokai River, it is known as an easy place to live and is popular with families raising children.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
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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