Shingu

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Shingu

Total population

27,171

Coordinates33.72°, 135.99°

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

Overview

Shingū is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 27,491 in 14649 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 255.23 square kilometres (98.54 sq mi). Shingū literally means 'New Shrine' and refers to Hayatama Shrine, one of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano (See). The 'old shrine' would be Kamikura Shrine.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

George Ohsawa

twentieth century Japanese philosopher (1893–1966)

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Kenji Nakagami

Japanese writer (1946–1992)

Haruo Satō

Japanese writer and poet (1892-1964)

Tomoko Mukaiyama

Japanese pianist

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Yasuyuki Kishino

Japanese association football player and manager

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Takuya Ota

Olympic medalist in wrestling

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Kohei Kato

Japanese association football player

Masato Kiyashiki

Japanese baseball player

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OZA

Japanese musician; guitarist, singer-songwriter and music producer

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Duke Saraie

Japanese teacher

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Shin'ichirō Minami

Japanese baseball player

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Masayo Minami

Japanese announcer

Seinosuke Ōishi

Japanese physician (1867-1911)

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Shin'ya Oda

Japanese baseball player

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Shintarō Yamasaki

Japanese baseball player

Morio Okada

Japanese baseball player

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

Nearby places in Wakayama

• Nachikatsuura
  6.7 mi away · pop. 16,560
• Taiji
  9.5 mi away · pop. 3,187
• Kitayama
  14.5 mi away · pop. 455
• Kozagawa
  16.8 mi away · pop. 3,084
• Kushimoto
  20.3 mi away · pop. 17,584
• Ryujin Onsen
  29.5 mi away
• Susami
  31.1 mi away · pop. 4,494
• Kamitonda
  32.5 mi away · pop. 14,989
• Tanabe
  35.4 mi away · pop. 69,870
• Shirahama
  37.2 mi away · pop. 22,279
• Minabe
  38.7 mi away · pop. 13,129
• Uchio
  39.2 mi away

Browse all places in Wakayama →

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 Shingu

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Freckled Dapperling

Echinoderma asperum

Seen 2026-09-24

Short-tailed Mamushi

Gloydius blomhoffii

Seen 2026-09-24

Southern Cinnabar Polypore

Trametes coccinea

Seen 2026-09-24

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Seen 2026-09-23

Black-eared Kite

Milvus migrans lineatus

Seen 2026-09-23

ivy-leaved morning-glory

Ipomoea hederacea

Seen 2026-09-23

Honshū Sika Deer

Cervus nippon centralis

Seen 2026-09-22

Japanese five-lined skink

Plestiodon finitimus

Seen 2026-09-22

Common Straight Swift

Parnara guttata

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers