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Nagashima Town
Kagoshima Prefecture · Town
Official websiteKagoshima Prefecture page
Nagashima Town, at the prefecture's northwestern tip, consists of Nagashima, Ikara Island, Shishijima, and other islands, linked to the Kyushu mainland by Kuronoseto Bridge. Once part of Amakusa District in Higo Province, the Shimazu clan seized the area in the Warring States period, and it joined Satsuma. It ranks 1st in Japan for autumn-planted potatoes and farms yellowtail.
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
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
Other municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture
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