Sekigahara Town

Gifu Prefecture · Town

Sekigahara Town is at the western end of the Seino region, bordering Shiga Prefecture. It is known as the site of the decisive Battle of Sekigahara and of the ancient Jinshin War. Visitors can tour the battlefield, dotted with camp sites, starting from the Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum. Sekigahara-juku and Imasu-juku, post towns on the Nakasendo road, were also located here.

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Population: 5,772 1,370th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −12.7% 203rd in Japanfrom 6,610 in 2020
Area: 49.28 km² 1,294th in Japan
Population density: 117 people/km² 999th in Japan

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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Ogaki City
Maihara CityShiga

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