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Kitanagoya City
Aichi Prefecture · City
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Kitanagoya City was formed in 2006 by the merger of Shikatsu Town and Nishiharu Town and is a commuter town about 10 minutes from Nagoya Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line. The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum collects everyday tools of the Showa era and is also used for reminiscence therapy for older people. The main hall of the old temple Koden-ji is an Important Cultural Property.
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.
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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 Aichi Prefecture
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