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Hirao Town
Yamaguchi Prefecture · Town
Official websiteYamaguchi Prefecture page
Hirao Town lies on the west side of the Murotsu Peninsula, and Hirao Bay is part of Setonaikai National Park. The view of the Seto Inland Sea from the peninsula is said to be one of the best in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Ancient sites such as Jingayama Kofun and Shiratori Kofun (burial mounds) remain, and the town includes offshore Sago Island.
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
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National parks in this town
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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