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12222 ／あびこし

Abiko City

A study the writer helped design.

Naoya Shiga residence site study

Photo by Asanagi (CC0)

01 ／ Residence

A newspaperman charmed by Lake Teganumawhile covering a duck hunt later moved here.

Sugimura Sojinkan was a newspaperman at the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun. Reporting on duck hunting at Lake Teganuma, he was charmed by the scenery, and later moved to Abiko with his family. The main house, tea house, Sawa no Ie and storehouse are city-designated cultural properties, and the garden has the camellias he loved. He opposed the draining of the lake.

Charmed by Lake Teganuma on a duck-hunting assignment
Four buildings: main house, tea house, Sawa no Ie, storehouse
City-designated in 2010

02 ／ Estate

The estate of a family that joined theTeganuma reclamation has nine buildings.

The former Inoue residence belonged to the Inoue family, known for opening Aijima Shinden. They joined the reclamation of Lake Teganuma carried out as part of the Kyoho Reforms. Nine buildings from the late Edo period to the early Showa era remain; the second storehouse stands on a raised base thought to be a mizuka.

Joined the reclamation, part of the Kyoho Reforms
Nine buildings, late Edo to early Showa
City-designated in 2012

03 ／ Main hall

The main hall built in 1897has carvings on all four walls.

The main hall of Fukiaezu Shrine in Araki was built in 1897. Carvings decorate all four of its walls. The enshrined deity is Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto and others, and the hall was designated a city cultural property in 2012.

Main hall built in 1897
Carvings on four walls
City-designated in 2012

Abiko City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–October 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Tokyo in 39 minutes at best, Ueno in 31.

about 130,000 people

Abiko Station is served by the JR Joban Line and the Narita Line. The fastest daily train takes 39 minutes from Tokyo and 31 from Ueno (October 2026 timetable). City Hall is about 10 minutes by bus from the station's south exit. The city is a long, narrow strip of land between Lake Teganuma and the Tone River.

People living here: 130,510people
Area: 43.15km²
Households: 56,311households
Rent (average for rentals): 56,276yen
Healthcare: 7 hospitals ／ 69 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —18 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Abiko City in Japan35.864°N 140.028°E

to TokyoJR Ueno-Tokyo Line and Joban Line39min
to UenoJR Joban Line31min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（我孫子駅・常磐線の取手・土浦方面〈下り〉。平日 tt0072/0072010.html と土曜・休日 tt0072/0072011.html。時刻表の版は URL の 2610）の列車ページ（train/…）を道具 docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py〈『毎日』だけに絞って〉で数え、東京・上野・品川の発から我孫子の着までを列車ごとに出した。平日と土曜・休日の両方に同じ列車番号・同じ分数で載る列車だけを毎日運転とみなした (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Abiko City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.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

6.6km

Chiba Prefecture: Kashiwa City, Inzai City
Ibaraki Prefecture: Toride City, Tone Town

Abiko City isthis kind of town.

01The study at the Naoya Shiga residence site was designed with the writer deeply involved and built by an Abiko carpenter; it was designated a city cultural property in 2011
02Sugimura Sojinkan's residence has four buildings, a main house, tea house, Sawa no Ie and storehouse, designated as city cultural properties; Sojinkan opposed the draining of Lake Teganuma
03The former Inoue residence belonged to a family that joined the Teganuma reclamation, and the main hall of Fukiaezu Shrine in Araki has carvings on all four walls

See the town as it is now.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Abiko City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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