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Hirogawa Town
Wakayama Prefecture · Town
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Hirogawa Town lies where the Hirokawa River enters the Kii Channel. It is the setting of "Inamura no Hi": during the Ansei Nankai Earthquake tsunami, Hamaguchi Goryo set rice sheaves on fire to guide villagers to safety. The Hiromura Seawall, built with Goryo's own money, and Inamura-no-Hi no Yakata teach this disaster-prevention history. The buildings of Hiro Hachiman Shrine are also worth seeing.
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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
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