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Nishio City
Aichi Prefecture · City
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Nishio City, in Nishi-Mikawa on the lower Yahagi River, is known for Nishio matcha tea and Isshiki eel. The area around the Nishio Castle ruins has many temples and shrines and is called the "Little Kyoto of Mikawa." The city has the Iwase Bunko Library, which holds classical books, and Sakushima Island in Mikawa Bay is popular.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Aichi Prefecture
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