Kamigori Town

Hyogo Prefecture · Town

Kamigori Town is a mountain town at the western end of Hyogo Prefecture, bordering Okayama Prefecture, with the Chikusa River, one of Japan's 100 best waters, flowing through its center. It has the ruins of Shirahata Castle, where Akamatsu Enshin held out to help Ashikaga Takauji in the Nanboku-cho period. Harima Science Garden City spreads in the northeast, with a University of Hyogo campus.

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Population: 12,808 1,078th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −7.7% 785th in Japanfrom 13,879 in 2020
Area: 150 km² 769th in Japan
Population density: 85 people/km² 1,111th in Japan

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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