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Shiiba Village
Miyazaki Prefecture · Village
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Shiiba Village, deep in the center of the Kyushu Mountains, has legends of fleeing Heike warriors. The Tonegawa settlement, with tile-roofed houses on stone walls, is an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, and the Nasu Family Residence is known as "Tsurutomi Yashiki." Shiiba Kagura (sacred dance) and slash-and-burn farming are also handed down.
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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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