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Iga City
Mie Prefecture · City
Official websiteMie Prefecture page
Iga City, in the northwest of Mie Prefecture, is known as the home of the Iga ninja and the birthplace of Matsuo Basho. In Ueno, once the castle town of the Todo family, Iga Ueno Castle rises on high stone walls, and the city has the Ninja Museum of Igaryu and the Haiseiden. Iga ware, Iga braided cords (kumihimo) and Iga beef are also specialties.
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
Shinto shrineAekuni ShrineShinto shrine in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeKanbodai-ji Templebuilding in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan%2001.JPG?width=240)
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Iga service arearest area in Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan.jpg?width=240)
Important Cultural PropertyHaiseiden
MuseumNinja Museum of Igaryumuseum in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Mihakayama KofunKofun period burial mound in Iga, Japan
Buddhist templeShin-daibutsu-ji Templetemple in Iga, Mie
ParkIga-no-Sato Mokumoku Tezukuri Farm (Park)park in Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Ayamaroadside station in Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan
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Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Mie Prefecture
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