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Minobu (身延町, Minobu-chō) is a Japanese town in Yamanashi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.^[1]

The temple town grew up around Kuon-ji, which is one of the important sites of Nichiren Buddhism. Nichiren's grave is at Minobu.^[1]

The modern village was established in 1889l. It became a town in 1931.

The Fuji River (Fujigawa) runs through the town.^[1]

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• http://www.town.minobu.lg.jp/english/ Archived 2007-02-07 at the Wayback Machine;(in Japanese)

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