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Town in Kantō, Japan · Gunma

Kamikoizumi

Ōizumi is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

Kamikoizumi
Kamikoizumi · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Ōizumi is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the town had an estimated population of 41,918 in 19,773 households, and a population density of 2300 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 18.03 km2 (6.96 sq mi). Approximately 20 percent of the total population are foreign citizens, mostly Japanese Brazilians, who work at many factories in the town. Since 1990, Japanese descendants from foreign countries have been permitted to stay in Japan freely. It is estimated that 15 percent of the population speak Portuguese as their native language, and as of 2007, Ōizumi has the highest concentration of Brazilians of any city in Japan. More recently, Nepalese and other Asians have begun settling in the town.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kamikoizumi

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Ōizumi Observatory

    Ōizumi Observatory is a private astronomical observatory in Ōizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

    1.1 km · Japanese private astronomical observatory · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ota Stadium

    Ota Stadium is an athletic stadium in Ota, Gunma, Japan. The stadium has a capacity of 3,223 people.

    3.2 km · athletic stadium in Ota, Gunma, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kangi-in Temple

    Kangi-in is a Buddhist temple in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1179 and is affiliated with the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect of Buddhism.

    3.5 km · Buddhist temple · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Kamikoizumi

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 85 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 91 km · Narita (NRT), 103 km
Stations
Ōta Station, 5.7 km · Higashi-Koizumi Station, 2.5 km · Hon-Nakano Station, 5.9 km · Nishi-Koizumi Station, 1.2 km · Koizumimachi Station, 2 km
  • Tokyo → Kamikoizumi
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · ¥980–1,340
  • Omitama → Kamikoizumi
    85 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · ¥1,310–1,790
  • Narita → Kamikoizumi
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · ¥1,530–2,090
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kamikoizumi

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kamikoizumi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,162 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,233 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,599 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,975 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,155 km

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Around it

Next door to Kamikoizumi

Kamikoizumi is 33 km from Maebashi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Ōta-shicity in Gunma Prefecture, Japan5.5 km
  • Chiyodatown in Ōra district, Gunma prefecture, Japan4.7 km
  • Ōra-machitown in Ora District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan5.2 km
  • Menumadissolved municipality in Ōsato district, Saitama prefecture, Japan (1913-2005)4.2 km