Shobo-ji gate, Konishi Danrin, Oamishirasato City
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12239 / おおあみしらさとし

Chiba Prefecture

Oamishirasato City

A shogun gave 200 gold ryo for a gate.

Shobo-ji gate, Konishi Danrin

Photo by 1688 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 / Prefectural office site

A temple that housed a governor's officewas the stage of prefectural government for 2 years 9 months.

Prefectural office site in Oamishirasato City
Photo by Ibaraki101c (CC BY-SA 4.0)

In December of Meiji 1, a governor's office was set up at a temple in Miyazaku, and Miyazaku Prefecture was born the next February. Its jurisdiction centered on old Awa and Kazusa and reached three districts of Shimosa. Until merged into Kisarazu Prefecture in November of Meiji 4, the city says, the temple was the stage of prefectural government for 2 years 9 months.

  • Prefectural historic site (21 Dec 1954)
  • About 372,000 koku
  • 2 years 9 months

02 / Lion dance

A lion dance for two performers each,said to have come from Kayaba village.

The Nagata Asahi-ren lion dance is said to have come from the neighboring village of Kayaba in the Keicho era. Its offering at the 1700 enshrinement ceremony of Yaguchi Shrine was officially recognized, and the city says it is offered at festivals on the second Sunday of January and the third Sunday of October. Its repertoire includes the paired lions and the snake-wrapped lion.

  • City-designated intangible folk cultural property (30 Apr 1980)
  • 1700 (Genroku 13)
  • Twice a year, January and October

03 / Historic site

A Neo-Confucian scholar born in Nihombashiopened his school in Seina-Koya.

Historic site in Oamishirasato City
Photo by heriheri (CC BY 3.0)

Inaba Mokusai was a Neo-Confucian scholar born in Edo's Nihombashi in 1732 and praised as the Mokusai of the East, set beside Kume Teisai of the West. The city says he came to Seina-Koya in 1781, opened the school Koshoan, and left the name of Kazusa Dogaku to history.

  • City-designated historic site (20 Jul 1978)
  • Came in 1781 (Tenmei 1)
  • Died aged 67

Oamishirasato City from the sky

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

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot November 2024)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))

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Living here

45 minutes from Tokyo Station by Limited Express Wakashio.

  • about 50,000 people

Oami Station is 45 minutes from Tokyo Station on Limited Express Wakashio No. 9 (October 2026 timetable; the same train on weekdays and weekends and holidays). The city was formed in 1954 by the merger of two towns and one village, and the city says it has three landscapes: hills, farmland and coast.

People living here
48,129people

2020

Area
58.08km²

49.56km² of it habitable

2024

Households
19,558households

2.5 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
56,265yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
2 hospitals / 36 clinics

7.9 per 10,000 people

2023

Area58.08km²Habitable land49.56km² / 85%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—7 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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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.

Oamishirasato City in Japan35.522°N 140.321°E
OsakaOamishirasato City
Oami Station
大網駅2021
  • to TokyoLtd. exp. Wakashio45min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表(大網駅 外房線 勝浦・安房鴨川方面〈下り〉の平日・土曜休日、列車ごとの時刻ページ。https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/timetable/tt0304/0304010.html・0304011.html)を docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py の『毎日』だけに絞って数えた(2026-10-22 取得) (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Oamishirasato 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)

Oamishirasato City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01The city says the Shobo-ji middle gate was built in 1678 by Tokugawa Ietsuna's gift of 200 ryo of gold. The lecture hall was moved in 1671 from the Togane Goten
  2. 02The temple at the Miyazaku Prefectural Office site was the stage of Miyazaku Prefecture's government. It is a prefectural historic site
  3. 03The Koshoan site is where the Neo-Confucian scholar Inaba Mokusai opened his school. The Nagata Asahi-ren lion dance is a city-designated intangible folk cultural property

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