Yamato

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Yamato

Total population

232,922

Air quality index

88Moderate

Coordinates35.49°, 139.46°

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

Overview

Yamato is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2024, the city had an estimated population of 244,113 and a population density of 9000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 27.09 km2 (10.46 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).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Akiko Kijimuta

Japanese tennis player

Sho Aranami

Japanese baseball player

N

Naoko Kijimuta

Japanese tennis player

Kazue Itō

Japanese actress

Y

Yuu Kashii

Japanese actress

Mirai Shida

Japanese actress

T

Takashi Akita

Japanese motorcycle racer

Syuri

Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

M

Mitsuyoshi Shinoda

Japanese actor

Koshiro Yamamuro

baseball player

Takashi Ishii

Japanese baseball player

Y

Yoshiki Mizuno

Japanese lyricist, composer and musician

S

Shoeless Joe

Japanese comedian

M

Machin Kakuya

Japanese mangaka

Y

Yūta Nakajima

Japanese association football player

Tokutarō Inoue

Japanese politician (1859-1948)

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

Nearby places in Kanagawa

• Kurihara
  2.4 mi away
• Matsugaecho
  2.7 mi away
• Sōbudai
  2.8 mi away
• Zama
  2.8 mi away · pop. 128,737
• Sōbudai
  3 mi away
• Asahicho
  3.1 mi away
• Sobudai-danchi
  3.1 mi away
• Myoo
  3.2 mi away
• Yutakacho
  3.3 mi away
• Kozono
  3.6 mi away
• Ayase
  3.9 mi away · pop. 83,913
• Yotsuya
  4 mi away

Browse all places in Kanagawa →

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 Yamato

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 109 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 203 mi

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

Gallery

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

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