Murayama

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Murayama

Total population

22,516

Air quality index

44Good

Coordinates38.48°, 140.38°

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

Overview

Murayama is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the city had an estimated population of 23,643 in 8133 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km². The total area of the city is 196.98 square kilometres (76 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).

Notable people from here

K

Kazushige Abe

Japanese novelist and film critic

Mogami Tokunai

daimyo (1755-1836)

F

Fumio Abe

Japanese politician (1922-2006)

Masatoshi Abe

politician

Tomoaki Honma

Japanese professional wrestler

R

Risa Ashino

Japanese volleyball player

I

Itsurō Ōizumi

Takao Koyama

Japanese politician

A

Akemi Oyamada

Y

Yumiko Okazaki

Japanese poet

K

Kenji Iwatsuki

Japanese biologist

S

Shirō Murayama

Japanese critic (1944-)

K

Kazuhiro Murakawa

Japanese mangaka

R

Rinia Matsuda

Japanese announcer

Susumu Sakurai

Japanese scientist

T

Tomoe Yokoo

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

Nearby places in Yamagata

• Higashine
  3.7 mi away · pop. 47,682
• Kahoku
  5.3 mi away · pop. 18,952
• Oishida
  7.6 mi away · pop. 7,357
• Obanazawa
  8.2 mi away · pop. 14,971
• Tendo
  8.4 mi away · pop. 62,140
• Sagae
  9.1 mi away · pop. 40,189
• Nakayama
  11.7 mi away · pop. 11,363
• Oe
  11.8 mi away · pop. 8,472
• Nishikawa
  13.2 mi away · pop. 5,636
• Funagata
  14.7 mi away · pop. 5,631
• Yamanobe
  14.9 mi away · pop. 14,369
• Yamagata
  15.9 mi away · pop. 247,590

Browse all places in Yamagata →

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 Murayama

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 200 mi
• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 214 mi

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

Recently spotted species

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Seen 2026-06-16

Spring Polypore

Lentinus arcularius

Seen 2026-06-14

Chestnut Tiger

Parantica sita

Seen 2026-06-14

Rhododendron multiflorum

Rhododendron multiflorum

Seen 2026-05-31

Trainwrecker

Neolentinus lepideus

Seen 2026-05-31

Mother-of-thousands

Saxifraga stolonifera

Seen 2026-05-31

pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Seen 2026-05-31

Herb Robert

Geranium robertianum

Seen 2026-05-31

Nigrotrichia kiotonensis

Nigrotrichia kiotonensis

Seen 2026-05-29

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

Gallery

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

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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