Kofu

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Kofu

Total population

193,125

Air quality index

23Good

Elevation288 m

Coordinates35.67°, 138.57°

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

Overview

Kōfu is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the city had an estimated population of 187,985 in 90,924 households, and a population density of 880 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 212.41 square kilometres (82.01 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

Takeda Shingen

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

Takeda Katsuyori

daimyo

Shichirō Fukazawa

Japanese writer (1914–1987)

Mitsuo Horiuchi

Japanese politician (1930-2016)

Takeda Nobutora

daimyo who controlled the Province of Kai

Akiyama Nobutomo

samurai

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Natori Shunsen

Japanese artist (1886–1960)

Kōsaka Masanobu

Japanese Takeda retainer

Masao Inoue

Japanese professional wrestler

Karin Ogino

Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol

K

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japanese businessman and criminal

Kō Fuyō

Japanese seal-carver and scholar (1722-1784)

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Shin Nakagomi

baseball player

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Mizuki Tsujimura

Japanese writer and novelist

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Youichi Imamura

Japanese racing driver

M

Miki Kawanishi

Japanese fashion model and YouTuber

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

Nearby places in Yamanashi

• Kai
  3.1 mi away · pop. 74,705
• Showa
  3.3 mi away · pop. 19,505
• Fuefuki
  4 mi away · pop. 68,641
• Chuo
  5.4 mi away · pop. 30,837
• Yamanashi
  6.8 mi away · pop. 33,962
• Minami-Alps
  7.1 mi away · pop. 70,116
• Nirasaki
  7.6 mi away · pop. 30,070
• Ichikawamisato
  7.9 mi away · pop. 15,673
• Koshu
  9.3 mi away · pop. 29,237
• Fujikawa
  9.5 mi away · pop. 15,294
• Hokuto
  11.3 mi away · pop. 44,314
• Narusawa
  14.8 mi away · pop. 2,921

Browse all places in Yamanashi →

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 Kofu

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers