Mitane Town

The river here is named for three seeds.

Mitane River, origin of the name

Photo by 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Chumon-zukuri

A village-official family's farmhouse,its eaves carried on projecting arms.

A late Edo period farmhouse of the chumon-zukuri type, with a projecting wing, it became an Important Cultural Property in 1973. The Oyama family were village officials for generations, and the house has segai eaves, a construction allowed only to upper-class houses, in which arms stretch from the girder to the eave tip to carry the roof. It also has the latticed windows seen in townhouses and, unusual in Akita, wild grass growing on the ridge.

Late Edo period
Important Cultural Property, 1973
Segai eaves

02 ／ Thirty-three Kannon

Along the trail to the summit,thirty-three Kannon statues are placed.

Bôzyûzan.jpg — Photo by らんで (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mount Boju, 409.2 m high, straddles Mitane and Noshiro. The tourist association says it long thrived as a centre of mountain Buddhism, and that the thirty-three Kannon built in the Edo period still keep their form. The Forestry Agency writes that the gentle faces of the statues along the trail bring peace to climbers. The Mitane River rises on this mountain.

409.2 m
Thirty-three Kannon
Source of the Mitane River

03 ／ Clay whistles

At a likely Jomon seaside settlement,clay whistles resembling sea mammals turned up.

The Takaishino site, excavated in 1982, is thought to be a seaside settlement of the late to final Jomon period. Four clay whistles were found, two of them shaped to suggest a seal or a sea lion. When played for appraisal, they sounded the notes do, fa, sol, la and ti. The preamble of the town charter also speaks of "the tune of clay whistles".

Excavated 1982
4 clay whistles
Do, fa, sol, la, ti

Living here

Akita Station to Moritake Station: about 45 minutes on the Ōu Main Line.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access map shows about 45 minutes on the Ōu Main Line from Akita Station to Moritake Station. The town has four Ōu Main Line stations, Koikawa, Kado, Moritake and Kita-Kanaoka, and rapid and limited express trains stop only at Moritake. Snow falls on 40 to 50 days a year, and in the mountains the snow lies 100 cm deep or more.

People living here: 15,254people
Area: 247.98km²
Households: 5,740households
Rent (average for rentals): 25,178yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 10 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —6 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Mitane Town in Japan40.102°N 140.005°E

Territory of Mitane Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

20.3km

能代市, 大潟村, 五城目町, 八郎潟町, 上小阿仁村, 男鹿市

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Mitane Town isthis kind of town.

01The town is named for the Mitane River, whose name derives from three seeds, those of long life, of fortune and prosperity, and of pleasure; the river rises on Mount Boju and flows into Lake Hachiro
02The Oyama House, a chumon-zukuri farmhouse, is an Important Cultural Property, and statues of the thirty-three Kannon are placed along the trail up Mount Boju
03Four clay whistles have been found at the Takaishino site, thought to be a seaside settlement of the late to final Jomon period

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mitane Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗