Japan Tatebayashi City

Tatebayashi

Tatebayashi City · Japan
Tatebayashi, Japan
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A city in Gunma Prefecture known for Azalea Hill Park and Morin-ji temple, home to the Bunbuku Chagama — a Japanese folkloric tale of a tanuki that transforms into a tea kettle. Tatebayashi sits in the southeastern part of Gunma, within the greater Kanto metropolitan region, and formed as a city in 1954 through the merger of one town and seven villages.

  • Population81,274
  • Nearest water from center0.7 km
  • Nearest mountain from center20.7 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km2

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