Anjo

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Anjo

Total population

186,468

Air quality index

75Moderate

Coordinates34.95°, 137.08°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Anjō is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 188,693 in 76,087 households, and a population density of 2,193 persons per km². The total area of the city was 86.05 square kilometres (33.22 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Tokugawa Ieyasu

founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

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Ayumi Tanimoto

Japanese judoka

Torii Mototada

Samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Ryo Sakakibara

baseball player

Tohru Fukuyama

Japanese chemist

Kazuchika Okada

Japanese professional wrestler

Hitoki Iwase

baseball player

Matsudaira Nobuyasu

[松平信康] son of Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Ryoka Yuzuki

Japanese actress and voice actress

M

Mami Koyama

Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator

H

Hibiki Tamura

Japanese musician

K

Kaku Yamanaka

Japanese Centenarian (1894–2008)

Masayuki Yamamoto

Japanese singer-songwriter, seiyū and composer

K

Kōen Kondō

Japanese actor

Sankurō Ogasawara

Japanese politician (1885-1967)

H

Hiroyuki Nakano

sprinter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Aichi

• Chiryu
  4 mi away · pop. 71,159
• Kariya
  4.5 mi away · pop. 151,429
• 康生通西
  4.9 mi away
• 康生通東
  5.1 mi away
• Takahama
  5.3 mi away · pop. 47,584
• Okazaki
  5.5 mi away · pop. 385,221
• Kota
  7.2 mi away · pop. 39,549
• Higashiura
  7.4 mi away · pop. 49,230
• Hekinan
  7.7 mi away · pop. 72,076
• Toyoake
  8.1 mi away · pop. 69,127
• Obu
  8.3 mi away · pop. 92,902
• Nishio
  8.7 mi away · pop. 169,352

Browse all places in Aichi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Anjo

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 247 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-06-29

Japanese copper

Lycaena phlaeas daimio

Seen 2026-06-29

Pochazia shantungensis

Pochazia shantungensis

Seen 2026-06-28

Yellow-spotted Stink Bug

Erthesina fullo

Seen 2026-06-28

Jumbo Dragonfly

Anotogaster sieboldii

Seen 2026-06-28

Eastern Japanese Tree Frog

Dryophytes leopardus

Seen 2026-06-28

Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

Seen 2026-06-27

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-06-27

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Seen 2026-06-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Anjo, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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