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Maihara City
Shiga Prefecture · City
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Maihara City is a transport hub where the Nakasendo and Hokurikudo roads split, and it has Maibara Station, the only Tokaido Shinkansen station in the prefecture. Mt. Ibuki, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, is a treasure house of alpine plants, and in the Jizo River flowing through Samegai-juku, baikamo water plants and the harriyo fish can be seen. The Amano River basin is famous for Genji fireflies.
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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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 Shiga Prefecture
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