Asahi

town in Shimoniikawa district, Toyama prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1204470
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Asahi

Summary

Asahi is a town of Japan[1]. Asahi ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Asahi is located in Toyama Prefecture[3].
  • Asahi is located in Shimoniikawa district[4].
  • Asahi is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Asahi is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].
  • Asahi's image is recorded as Asahi Town Office.jpg[7].
  • Asahi's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[8].
  • Asahi's flag image is recorded as Flag of Asahi, Toyama.svg[9].
  • Asahi's shares border with is recorded as Kurobe[10].
  • Asahi's shares border with is recorded as Nyūzen-machi[11].
  • Asahi's shares border with is recorded as Hakuba[12].
  • Asahi's shares border with is recorded as Itoigawa[13].
  • Asahi's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Asahi, Toyama.svg[14].
  • Asahi's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Asahi, Toyama.svg[15].
  • Asahi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kamaishi[16].
  • Asahi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251170071[17].
  • Asahi's locator map image is recorded as Asahi in Toyama Prefecture Ja.svg[18].
  • Asahi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85206762[19].
  • Asahi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00276710[20].
  • Asahi's Commons category is recorded as Asahi, Toyama[21].
  • Asahi's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4807818[22].
  • Asahi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[23].
  • Asahi's dantai code is recorded as 163431[24].
  • +1954-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asahi[25].
  • Asahi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.94616666666667, 'lon': 137.55994444444445}[26].
  • Asahi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03j4f5[27].

Body

Geography

Asahi is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Toyama Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Shimoniikawa district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1878[32]. Asahi is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].

Physical Characteristics

Asahi's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+226.30'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10852'}[34], {'amount': '+12246'}[35], and {'amount': '+13651'}[36].

Designation and Status

Asahi's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[8].

History and Context

+1954-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asahi[25].

Why It Matters

Asahi ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Asahi has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . pref.toyama.jp. Retrieved . pref.toyama.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
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    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+226.30'}
    Replaces Tomari, Ōenoshō, Gokashō +5
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:آسہی، تویاما]]"
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