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Kawanehon Town
Shizuoka Prefecture · Town
Official websiteShizuoka Prefecture page
Kawanehon Town, in Haibara District on the upper Oi River, is more than 90% forest. Popular sights include the Yume-no-Tsuribashi suspension bridge over the lake at Sumata-kyo, Sumatakyo Onsen, called the "bath for making beauties," and the Oigawa Railway Ikawa Line, Japan's only Abt-system (rack) railway. It also produces fragrant Kawane tea.
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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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