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Yuasa Town
Wakayama Prefecture · Town
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Yuasa Town is a port town at the back of an inlet and is known for the tradition that soy sauce was born here. It also prospered as a station on the Kumano Kaido road, and the Yuasa townscape, with soy sauce breweries and townhouses with lattice doors, is a nationally protected historic district. The Jin-Buro Museum, an old public bath open to visitors, and Jinsen-ji Temple in the townscape are also highlights.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture
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