Asahi

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Asahi

Total population

63,745

Air quality index

42Good

Coordinates35.72°, 140.65°

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

Overview

Asahi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020, the city had an estimated population of 64,690 in 26,510 households and a population density of 500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 129.91 square kilometres (50.16 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

Shoya Tomizawa

Japanese motorcycle racer (1990-2010)

H

Hiromichi Ishige

Japanese baseball player

A

Asashi Saito

N

Nobuko Sakuma

Japanese actor and seiyū

Kan Kase

Japanese politician

J

Jun'ichi Kase

Japanese Shogi player

M

Masakatsu Tsuchiya

Japanese baseball player

Shōta Sugiyama

Japanese baseball player

M

Masayuki Katayama

Japanese mangaka

N

Nobuhisa Endō

Japanese baseball player

E

Eiji Takakura

actor

S

Shigeyuki Takahashi

Japanese baseball player

T

Tetsuya Sugaya

Japanese actor and tarento

K

Kaoru Jitsukawa

Japanese pianist (1989-)

Shō Itō

Japanese baseball player (1999-)

M

Mizuki Kamata

Japanese baseball player

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

Nearby places in Chiba

• Sosa
  4.7 mi away · pop. 35,040
• Tohnosho
  8.2 mi away · pop. 14,152
• Yokoshibahikari Town
  8.8 mi away · pop. 22,655
• 台町
  9.9 mi away
• Tako
  10.1 mi away · pop. 14,724
• Choshi
  10.2 mi away · pop. 61,891
• Nakacho
  11.4 mi away
• Shibayama
  13.2 mi away · pop. 7,431
• Katori
  14.8 mi away · pop. 72,356
• Sanmu
  15.4 mi away · pop. 48,444
• Tomisato
  17 mi away · pop. 49,636
• Kujukuri
  17.3 mi away · pop. 16,510

Browse all places in Chiba →

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 Asahi

Atama o yokusuru no seirigaku (Asahi karucha sosho)

Chiba, Yasunori

Chiba-ken Asahi-shi Bōnoba iseki

1995

Bōsō no hogei

Hideo Kanenari · 1982

Nagaita chūgata, Matsubara Sadakichi, Shimizu Kōtarō, shōaizome, Chiba Ayano

2007

長板中形, 松原定吉, 清水幸太郎, 正藍染, 千葉あやの

2007

Chiba Shūsaku

Chōgorō Kaionji · 1982

"Shi e no junbi" nikki

Atsuko Chiba · 1987

Mirai e no chōsen

Asahi Matsui · 1981

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 45 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 134 mi

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

Official Identifiers