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Tatsugo Town
Kagoshima Prefecture · Town
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Tatsugo Town, in eastern Amami Oshima Island, faces the East China Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The town has the site of the house where Saigo Takamori lived in exile and is known for Oshima tsumugi silk. Parts of its mountains and coast are in Amamigunto National Park.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
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
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture
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