Onomichi

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Onomichi

Total population

131,170

Air quality index

53Moderate

Coordinates34.41°, 133.21°

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

Overview

Onomichi is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

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

Honinbo Shusaku

Japanese professional Go player from the 19th century

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Tokuya Higashigawa

Japanese novelist

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Hideto Tanihara

professional golfer

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Japanese voice actor

N

Noritoshi Hirata

Olympic gymnast

K

Koji Sotomura

Olympic gymnast

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Satoshi Miura

Japanese entrepreneur

M

Motoi Yamamoto

Japanese artist

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Dogen Handa

Japanese Go player (1915-1974)

K

Ken Yorii

Japanese association football player

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Judal

Japanese manga artist

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Japanese film director (1938-2020)

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Norihiko Matsumoto

Japanese photographer

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Genichiro Takahashi

Japanese writer (born 1951)

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Hitomi Takagaki

Japanese writer (1898-1983)

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Kenta Hiraishi

Japanese association football player

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

Nearby places in Hiroshima

• 向峠
  1.3 mi away
• 今免
  1.8 mi away
• 太田
  1.8 mi away
• 西新涯
  2 mi away
• 一里塚
  2 mi away
• 大新
  2.2 mi away
• 東新涯
  2.3 mi away
• 関屋
  2.3 mi away
• 阿草上
  2.3 mi away
• 東新涯二丁目
  2.4 mi away
• 東新涯四丁目
  2.5 mi away
• 東新涯三丁目
  2.6 mi away

Browse all places in Hiroshima →

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 Onomichi

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Greater Blue Skimmer

Orthetrum melania

Seen 2026-06-13

Paraglenea fortunei

Paraglenea fortunei

Seen 2026-06-03

Southern Cinnabar Polypore

Trametes coccinea

Seen 2026-05-28

Black-eared Kite

Milvus migrans lineatus

Seen 2026-05-24

White-cheeked Starling

Spodiopsar cineraceus

Seen 2026-05-24

Cephonodes hylas hylas

Cephonodes hylas hylas

Seen 2026-05-17

Red Longicorn Beetle

Purpuricenus temminckii

Seen 2026-05-14

pink knotweed

Persicaria capitata

Seen 2026-05-10

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-05-04

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

Gallery

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

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

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