Makinohara

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Makinohara

Total population

44,493

Air quality index

41Good

Coordinates34.74°, 138.22°

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

Overview

Makinohara is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2025, the city had an estimated population of 42,326 in 17420 households and a population density of 379 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 111.69 square kilometres (43.12 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

Umetarō Suzuki

Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943)

Yasunari Takagi

Japanese baseball player

Hideji Katō

professional baseball player

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Toshio Itō

Momoko Katō

Japanese shogi player

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Senpachi Ōishi

Japanese politician and announcer (1935-2011)

H

Hidemasa Ōishi

politician

Kenji Dainagawa

Japanese rikishi

S

Shinpei Miyamura

Japanese businessman (1934-2022)

M

Mika Motosugi

Kazuo Ueda

Japanese economist (1951-)

Sagara Nagayori

M

Matashichi Ōishi

Japanese writer

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Kazu Yuzuki

Japanese mangaka

R

Ryōji Inoue

Japanese accounting academic

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Takuma Terao

Japanese economist

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

Nearby places in Shizuoka

• Yoshida
  2.6 mi away · pop. 29,093
• Susukihara
  4.5 mi away
• 京松原
  4.9 mi away
• 北原
  5.1 mi away
• Niinohara
  5.4 mi away
• Nishihara
  5.5 mi away
• Shimada
  7.2 mi away · pop. 96,478
• 狭間
  7.3 mi away
• 西
  7.5 mi away
• 東
  7.5 mi away
• 春日
  7.5 mi away
• 松島
  7.9 mi away

Browse all places in Shizuoka →

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 Makinohara

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 187 mi

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

Gallery

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

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