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Ginoza Village
Okinawa Prefecture · Village
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Ginoza Village, on the east coast of central Okinawa Island, faces the Pacific Ocean. It is known as the spring training camp site of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. During the Battle of Okinawa, civilian camps were set up here, and many people lived in them. The village has Michi-no-Eki Ginoza (a roadside station) and the Ginoza Municipal Museum.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
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