Kasama

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Kasama

Total population

75,698

Air quality index

62Moderate

Coordinates36.35°, 140.30°

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

Overview

Kasama is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Kasama is the home of Kasama ware and known for Japanese chestnuts. As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 73,805 in 29,362 households and a population density of 307 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 32.2%. The total area of the city is 240.400 square kilometres (92.819 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

Hitohiro Saito

Japanese aikidoka

Hiroshi Isoyama

Japanese aikidoka

M

Mayumi Kawasaki

Japanese racewalker

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Tamon Hasegawa

Japanese politician

H

Hidenori Mashiko

Japanese teacher

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Horibe Akizane

samurai; one of 47 Ronin

Onodera Hidekazu

Rin Yamashita

Japanese icon painter (1857-1939)

Kimura Buzan

Japanese painter (1876-1942)

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Sōkyū Shibata

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Setsuko Tanaka

Japanese radio personality

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Kōzō Hasegawa

Japanese politician

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Megumi Takanashi

Japanese singer

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Shinobu Kawashima

Nasa Hataoka

Japanese golfer

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Daichi Nakamura

Japanese shot putter

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

Nearby places in Ibaraki

• ふれあいの里
  7.1 mi away
• Omitama
  7.8 mi away · pop. 50,180
• Ibaraki
  7.8 mi away · pop. 32,921
• Mito
  9.5 mi away · pop. 270,775
• Shirosato
  10.1 mi away · pop. 19,800
• Ishioka
  10.7 mi away · pop. 74,184
• Sakuragawa
  12 mi away · pop. 41,278
• Naka
  12.8 mi away · pop. 53,897
• Hitachinaka
  13.3 mi away · pop. 155,970
• Kasumigaura
  13.7 mi away · pop. 40,087
• Hitachiomiya
  14.9 mi away · pop. 41,342
• Nekoshima
  15 mi away

Browse all places in Ibaraki →

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 Kasama

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers