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Tawaramoto Town
Nara Prefecture · Town
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Tawaramoto Town is a flat town in the center of the Nara Basin with the Karako-Kagi site, a representative site of the Yayoi period. A reconstructed tower, based on a tower drawn on pottery found there, stands in the historic park, along with a roadside station. There are many old shrines, such as Kagamitsukuri Nimasu Amateru Mitama Shrine, and in the Edo period it was the jin'ya (administrative seat) town of the Hirano family.
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
Historic siteKarako-Kagi sitearchaeological site in Tawaramoto, Japan
Shinto shrineKagamitsukuri Nimasu Amateru Mitama ShrineShinto shrine in Tawaramoto, Shiki district, Nara prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineMuraya-ni-masu-Mifutsuhime ShrineShinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineIkenimasu Asagiri Kihatahime ShrineShinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeJinraku-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeJoshoo-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Tawaramoto-chō, Nara prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Resti karako kagibuilding in Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan- Buddhist templeGokuraku-ji Temple
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Nara Prefecture
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