Takahama

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Takahama

Total population

47,584

Coordinates34.92°, 136.99°

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

Overview

Takahama is a city located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 48,736 in 20,500 households, and a population density of 3,717 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 13.11 square kilometres (5.06 sq mi).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hiromi Makihara

Japanese baseball player

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Satoru Akahori

Japanese writer

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Ryo Sakakibara

baseball player

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Japanese film director

Nankichi Niimi

Japanese writer (1913–1943)

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Atsushi Harada

Japanese actor

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Keiko Lee

Zainichi Korean jazz singer and pianist (1965-)

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Toshiro Tsuchida

Japanese video game designer

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Eiji Mitsuoka

Japanese martial artist

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Katsuhisa Ban

Japanese military personnel

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Mako Takaha

Japanese mangaka

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Naoki Imoto

Japanese baseball player

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Saburō Ōmiya

Japanese anime producer and radio personality

Fūyō Oguri

Japanese novelist

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Rie Onogi

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Okamoto Sukehiko

painter (1823-1883)

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

Nearby places in Aichi

• Handa
  3.5 mi away · pop. 117,285
• Kariya
  3.8 mi away · pop. 151,429
• Hekinan
  3.9 mi away · pop. 72,076
• Higashiura
  4.1 mi away · pop. 49,230
• Agui
  4.3 mi away · pop. 27,747
• Anjo
  5.3 mi away · pop. 186,468
• Taketoyo
  6.4 mi away · pop. 42,473
• Chiryu
  6.6 mi away · pop. 71,159
• Obu
  6.9 mi away · pop. 92,902
• Chita
  8 mi away · pop. 84,428
• Nishio
  8.2 mi away · pop. 169,352
• Tokai
  8.6 mi away · pop. 113,015

Browse all places in Aichi →

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 Takahama

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-06-29

Japanese copper

Lycaena phlaeas daimio

Seen 2026-06-29

Jumbo Dragonfly

Anotogaster sieboldii

Seen 2026-06-28

Eastern Japanese Tree Frog

Dryophytes leopardus

Seen 2026-06-28

Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

Seen 2026-06-27

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-06-27

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Seen 2026-06-27

Kaempfer Cicada

Planopleura kaempferi

Seen 2026-06-24

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

Gallery

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

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

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