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12322 ／しすいまち

Chiba Prefecture 印旛郡

Shisui Town

Six gates lead to the Chiba clan's home.

Motosakura Castle, Shiroyama

Photo by 柴錬アワー (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Legend

A story of sake from a wellis said to be the town's name origin.

The town says sake coming from a well found by a dutiful son is held to be the origin of the name Shisui. The town board of education's signboard calls it a legend of three strands: the filial-sake tale, the place-name origin and the monument, and says a nearby stone tablet came to be called the Sake-no-i monument.

Three strands in one legend
Monument in Enpuku-in grounds
Source: Inba Gunshi

02 ／ Lion dance

A three-lion dancewith chanting and a procession.

The Sumi lion dance is said to have begun when a teacher was invited from Mount Haguro in Dewa Province in 1734 (Kyoho 19) to teach it for the ceremony after Rokusho Shrine's new building. With three lions and one monkey, plus flute and drums, the town says it is performed every third Sunday of July at the shrine and the district head's house.

Prefecture-designated folk culture
Said taught by a Haguro teacher in 1734
Three lions, one monkey, flute and drums

03 ／ Main house

Once thatched, the main houseis presumed mid-Edo.

Main house in Shisui Town — Photo by Xser21 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Iinuma Honke main house is a farmhouse with an earthen-floored area and two rows of three rooms. The prefectural board of education presumes it dates from the mid-Edo period from tool marks on the timber and the floor plan reconstructed from old members, and says a second floor and projecting entrance were added in the Taisho era.

Earthen floor and two rows of six rooms
Presumed mid-Edo
Six buildings registered, main house included

Shisui Town 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 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））

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

Living here

62 minutes from Tokyo by the first Rapid.

about 20,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Rural district town

Shisui Station is on the JR Narita Line. In the JR East timetable, the first Sobu Line Rapid leaving Tokyo at 5:04 reaches Shisui at 6:06, 62 minutes. From Keisei-Ueno to Keisei-Shisui by Limited Express takes 57 minutes. The town says it is about a 15-minute walk from JR Shisui Station to the town office.

People living here: 20,745people
Area: 19.01km²
Households: 9,375households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,344yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 8 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Shisui Town in Japan35.725°N 140.269°E

to TokyoJR Sobu Line (Rapid) and Narita Line62min
to Keisei-UenoKeisei Main Line57min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（酒々井駅・成田線・下り・平日と土曜・休日、2026-10-22 取得）と、酒々井町公式「アクセス」（2025-04-10 公開） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Shisui Town

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

6.4km

Sakura City, Tomisato City, Narita City, Inzai City, Yachimata City

Shisui Town isthis kind of town.

01Motosakura Castle site is a nationally designated historic site spanning Shisui and Sakura, and the town introduces a Chiba clan residence found on Shiroyama and a route through six castle gates up to it
02The Sake-no-i monument stands in the grounds of Enpuku-in, and a tale of sake from a well, told of a dutiful son, is held to be the origin of the town's name
03The Sumi lion dance is a prefecturally designated three-lion dance said to have been taught by a teacher from Mount Haguro, and the Iinuma Honke main house is a registered building presumed mid-Edo

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shisui Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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