Kakizaki, Niigata


Kakizaki was a town located in Nakakubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,649 and a density of 136.42 persons per km². The total area was 85.39 km².
On January 1, 2005, Kakizaki, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki, Ōshima and Uragawara, the towns of Itakura, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa, and the town of Nadachi, was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.