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Aya Town
Miyazaki Prefecture · Town
Official websiteMiyazaki Prefecture page
Aya Town, near the center of Miyazaki Prefecture, has one of Japan's largest remaining laurel forests (evergreen broadleaf forests). The forest is registered as the Aya UNESCO Eco Park (biosphere reserve), and the Aya Teruha Suspension Bridge overlooks the deep forest. The town promotes itself as an "organic farming town" and is also known as a village of handmade crafts.
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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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Miyazaki Prefecture
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