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12238 ／いすみし

Isumi City

Fudo, said to be pulled from the sea.

Daisho-ji Fudo Hall

Photo by Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Coastal plants

South of Cape Taito, a dune communitystands as a national natural monument.

It lies on a dune along the shore south of Cape Taito, at the southern end of Kujukuri. Waves eroded the coast and it sank into the sea, and part of the designation was lifted in December 1985. The city's tourist center says the Sukashi lily can be seen from June to August.

Part of designation lifted, Dec. 1985
Sukashi lily: June-August (tourist center)
Located in Izumi, Misaki

02 ／ Ritual

On the first day of the autumn festival,parishioners offer seventy-five white-wood trays.

In the Iwafune district, a rite of feasting seventy-five gods has long continued, the city says, citing the town history. Parishioners bring new rice, round rice cakes, hijiki, raw eggplant and bonito flakes, and heap them on the trays. The trays for the twelve who died aboard the ship get no bonito flakes.

Seventy-five white-wood trays
No bonito flakes on twelve trays
Jizo hall chosen as a Fisheries Agency-sponsored 'hundred' (city)

03 ／ Main hall

A construction ledger of 1797records the craftsmen's work on the hall.

The main hall, rebuilt in 1797, is a prefecturally designated tangible cultural property (building). Inside is a transom carving by Takeshi Ihachiro Nobuyoshi, and the city says the ledger records the work and division of labor of the carpenters and carvers.

Prefectural designation, 14 March 1995
Rebuilt in 1797
Construction ledger attached

Isumi 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 April 2023)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

72 minutes from Tokyo on the Limited Express Wakashio.

about 40,000 people
90 min to a city centre

From Tokyo, the Limited Express Wakashio reaches Ohara Station on the JR Sotobo Line in 72 minutes at best on daily trains, with no change (JR East timetable, October 2026). The city says the Ohara government building is about a 12-minute walk from the station.

People living here: 35,544people
Area: 157.5km²
Households: 14,484households
Rent (average for rentals): 43,617yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 20 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

Isumi City in Japan35.254°N 140.385°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Wakashio72min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2610版）の大原駅外房線勝浦・安房鴨川方面（下り）の平日（tt0338/0338010）と土曜・休日（0338011）に載る列車ページから、東京の発→大原の着を数えた（jr_count.py を『毎日』だけに絞って使用）。 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Isumi 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

17.1km

Onjuku Town, Otaki Town, Mutsuzawa Town, Ichinomiya Town, Katsuura City

Isumi City isthis kind of town.

01Daisho-ji Fudo Hall, called Namikiri Fudo, is a thatched hall and a national Important Cultural Property; its Fudo statue is said to have been pulled from the sea by a fisherman's wife
02The Taito coastal plant community on a dune south of Cape Taito is a national natural monument, and the tourist center says the Sukashi lily can be seen from June to August
03At Iwafune, seventy-five white-wood trays are offered on the first day of the autumn festival, and a 1797 construction ledger survives for a temple's main hall

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