Iwaki

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Iwaki

Total population

346,442

Air quality index

40Good

Coordinates37.05°, 140.89°

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

Overview

Iwaki is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2023, Iwaki had a population of 322,019 in 143,500 households, and a population density of 261 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 1,232.02 square kilometres (475.69 sq mi), making it the largest city in the prefecture and the 10th largest city in Japan (2010) in terms of area. Iwaki is a designated core city, and is also one of the growing number of cities written in hiragana. The present Iwaki City started as the merger of 14 smaller municipalities on October 1, 1966. Every year, Iwaki hosts the Taira Tanabata Festival from 6–8 August.

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

Shinpei Kusano

Japanese poet and writer (1903–1988)

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Yatsuhashi Kengyo

Japanese musician

Yasuhito Uchida

Japanese baseball player

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Toshikazu Katsukura

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Takuya Komine

Japanese association football player

Satoshi Sonobe

Japanese baseball player

Kinuyo Someya

Japanese politician

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Takenori Matsumoto

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Makoto Watanabe

Japanese archaeologist

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Miki Sakai

golf player

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Terumichi Tairako

actor

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Fumio Kusano

Japanese sinologist

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Kuniko Iida

Ei Arakawa

artist (born 1977)

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Mao Ushiroda

Japanese actor

Toyozō Miyamoto

Japanese painter

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

Nearby places in Fukushima

• 常磐上矢田町
  1.9 mi away
• 阿良田
  5.6 mi away
• 田場坂
  5.8 mi away
• 小名浜愛宕上
  6.6 mi away
• 遠野町滝字城ノ内
  9.2 mi away
• 遠野町滝字中井
  9.4 mi away
• 遠野町滝字山下
  9.4 mi away
• 遠野町滝字小久保
  9.5 mi away
• 遠野町滝字島廻
  9.5 mi away
• 遠野町滝字曾ノ木
  9.5 mi away
• 遠野町滝字峰岸
  9.6 mi away
• 遠野町滝字おもて
  9.8 mi away

Browse all places in Fukushima →

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 Iwaki

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 111 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 120 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Japanese Wagtail

Motacilla grandis

Seen 2026-05-05

low smartweed

Persicaria longiseta

Seen 2025-10-13

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Seen 2025-10-13

Chinese evergreen oak

Quercus myrsinifolia

Seen 2025-10-13

Joro Spider

Trichonephila clavata

Seen 2025-10-13

Asiatic dayflower

Commelina communis

Seen 2025-10-13

Japanese Pavement Ant

Tetramorium tsushimae

Seen 2025-10-13

tall goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Seen 2025-10-13

Kudzu Bean

Pueraria montana lobata

Seen 2025-10-13

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

Gallery

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

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