12232 ／ しろいし
Chiba PrefectureTablet copy names a Kanazawa carpenter.
Enmei-ji, Kanazawa carpenter01 ／ Short sword
The city provisionally calls this short sword the "reverse-blade sword": the part that is normally the back is the edge. About 28.2 cm long and unsigned, it is one of 4 blades found at the old home of a ranger family, and one item of the city-designated Kawakami family ranger materials.
02 ／ Milepost mound
This mound marks distance along the Kashima Road (Kinoshita Road), and is up to 3.55 m high. A triangulation point sits on top, and it is known for a survey made from a tower built on it in 1896. The city also designates an Ichioku memorial tower of 1799 that doubles as a signpost.
03 ／ Main hall
The one-bay shrine hall is of unpainted zelkova throughout, with bracket sets projecting four tiers. Its walls are decorated with many carvings, and even the side panels of the steps bear carved guardian dogs. The present hall was completed in 1842, and its tablet is also designated.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
Shiroi Station is on the Hokuso Line. In the timetable current as of 13 December 2025, the fastest through train running at the same time every day leaves Nihombashi at 23:46 and reaches Shiroi at 0:32, 46 minutes. Daytime trains that run every day take 47 to 55 minutes. The city says City Hall is about a 15-minute walk from Shiroi Station.
+1.2% since 2015
53,005 → 62,441
30.46km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
5.4 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 北総鉄道公式サイトの『乗換検索』（https://hokuso.ekitan.com/jp/pc/N1 。北総鉄道のサイトに組み込まれた駅探の検索）で、乗車駅＝日本橋・押上、降車駅＝白井、出発時刻を5〜23時台に順に進めて、乗り換え0回の列車（都営浅草線・京成押上線・京成本線から北総線へ直通する列車）を洗い出した。検索日は平日（2026-11-10 火）と土曜（2026-11-14）。日曜（11-15）は土曜と同じ並びで確かめた。表示は北総線のダイヤ『2025年12月13日現在』（北総鉄道の白井駅の時刻表ページに同じ日付）。 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
7.8km
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