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Watarai Town
Mie Prefecture · Town
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Watarai Town is a mountain town in Watarai District, bordering Ise City to the west, with settlements scattered along the clear Miya River and its tributary, the Ichinose River. Ise tea is widely grown on the slopes, and with the old Kugutsuhime Shrine, it is a town of rivers and tea fields.
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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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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