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Hisayama Town
Fukuoka Prefecture · Town
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Hisayama Town borders Fukuoka City to the east, and its eastern area is forest in the Sangun Mountains. The town is known as the site of the Hisayama Study, an epidemiological study that has examined residents' health for many years. It has the large shopping complex TORIUS and Ino Tensho Kotai Jingu, a shrine called the "Ise of Kyushu."
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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Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture
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