Takasaki

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Takasaki

Total population

370,176

Air quality index

75Moderate

Coordinates36.32°, 139.00°

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

Overview

Takasaki is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 459.16 square kilometres (177.28 sq mi). Takasaki is famous as the hometown of the Daruma doll, theoretically representing the Buddhist sage Bodhidharma and in modern practice a symbol of good luck. Takasaki has been the largest city in Gunma Prefecture since 1990 after overtaking Maebashi.

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

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Yoshiyuki Sato

Japanese ski mountaineer

Uchimura Yoshiyuki

Taneji Yamazaki

(1893-1983)

I

Izumi Muto

Japanese scientist

F

Fujio Nagai

Japanese boxer

Masaumi Shimizu

Japanese baseball player and coach (born 1975)

K

Kayō Senuma

Japanese novelist, translator, teacher

I

Ikuhiro Ubukata

Japanese association football player

Y

Yūka Aiuchi

Japanese announcer

M

Mamoru Aihara

Japanese baseball player

M

Mitsuyoshi Akimoto

Japanese actor

M

Masanori Sasaji

Japanese music producer, composer, arranger, keyboardist (1955-)

A

Akira Hatori

Japanese evangelist and radio pastor

M

Mirai Hanakaze

Japanese actress

R

Ryūichi Yoshikawa

Japanese announcer

Kazumasa Kikuchi

baseball player

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

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 Takasaki

Gunma sangyō isan no shosō

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 2009

Kōdo seichō jidai to Gunma

1987

Gunma-ken shiryōshū

Takemaro Yamada · 1965

Kindai Gunma no shisō gunzō

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 1988

Kindai Gunma no minshū shisō

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 2004

Kindai Gunma no sanshigyō

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 1999

Gunma chiiki bunka no shosō

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 1992

Kuruma ōkoku Gunma no kōkyō kōtsū to machizukuri

Takasaki Keizai Daigaku. Sangyō Kenkyūjo · 2001

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers