Mitsugi (御調町, Mitsugi-chō) was a town located in Mitsugi District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 8,144 and the density of 98.14 persons per km2. The total area was 82.98 km2.

On March 28, 2005, Mitsugi, along with the town of Mukaishima (also from Mitsugi District), was merged into the expanded city of Onomichi.[1]

Mitsugi is divided into seven hamlets: Kamikawabe, Ichi, Kawachi, Imatsuno, Ayame, Yamato and Sugano.

Points of interest in the town include:

  • The bus station, a roadside station
  • The children's library
  • The Entsuba Memorial Museum.

The town's special product is dried persimmons.

The town was founded on February 1, 1955.

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  1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 147.
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