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Shiraoka City
Saitama Prefecture · City
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Shiraoka City is a relatively new city that changed from a town to a city in 2012, and pear growing is active there. It is a residential area served by the Utsunomiya Line and the Tohoku Shinkansen.
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 Saitama Prefecture
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