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Kaizuka City
Osaka Prefecture · City
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Kaizuka City, in Sennan, grew around the temple town of Gansen-ji. It has long produced boxwood combs and is said to be Japan's oldest comb-producing area. It became famous through the Nichibo Kaizuka women's volleyball team, called the "Oriental Witches," and it has Mizuma-dera Temple, the Kannon Hall of Koon-ji Temple, a National Treasure, and Mt. Izumi Katsuragi.
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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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