Temple's five-ring stone towers, Togane City
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12213 ／ とうがねし

Chiba Prefecture

Togane City

3 field stones, also called Hojo graves.

Temple's five-ring stone towers

Photo by IJN JMSDF (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Cedar avenue

Along 200 m of approach,39 large cedars stand in a row.

Cedar avenue in Togane City
Photo by IJN JMSDF (CC BY-SA 4.0)

On the approach from the second torii to the main hall of Hiyoshi Shrine, 39 large cedars line the way. A city-designated natural monument, they are estimated at about 400 years old. The Togane Town History says they were planted when the shrine was repaired in 1615 on the order Ieyasu gave a magistrate during his visit to Togane, which the city infers.

  • 39 trees along a 200 m approach
  • Estimated about 400 years old
  • Inferred to date from the 1615 repairs

02 ／ Akahito Mound

The Man'yo poet Yamabe no Akahitois said to have come from Togane.

Akahito Mound in Togane City
Photo by Ibaraki101c (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The seated statue of Yamabe no Akahito at a Togane temple is an 18 cm single-block cypress carving, inscribed 1751, and a city-designated sculpture. The city notes a theory that Akahito came from Yamabe District in Kazusa Province, around present Togane, and that an Akahito Mound remains near the temple.

  • 18 cm, single-block cypress
  • Inscribed 1751
  • Theory of origin in Yamabe District

03 ／ Clay figure

The 4,500-year-old kappa-shaped figurineis pointed out as brought from Koshin.

In 1996 (Heisei 8), four artifacts including a hollow conical clay figure, nicknamed the kappa-shaped figurine, were found in a pit at the Hachigaya site. They date from the early Middle Jomon, about 4,500 years ago, and the pit is thought to be a grave. They are prefecturally designated archaeological materials.

  • About 4,500 years old, early Middle Jomon
  • Found in 1996 (Heisei 8)
  • Four artifacts

Togane 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

88 minutes from Tokyo on a through JR train.

  • about 60,000 people
  • 90 min to a city centre

One evening local on the Keiyo and Sotobo Lines from Tokyo Station runs through onto the Togane Line at Oami and reaches Togane Station. It takes 83 minutes on weekdays and 88 on weekends and holidays (October 2026 timetable). City Hall is a five-minute walk from Togane Station.

People living here
58,219people
19952020

−4% since 2015

54,520 → 58,219

Area
89.12km²

73.13km² of it habitable

2024

Households
25,403households

2.3 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
45,816yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
2 hospitals ／ 39 clinics

7.0 per 10,000 people

2023

Area89.12km²Habitable land73.13km² ／ 82%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—5 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.

Togane City in Japan35.560°N 140.366°E
OsakaTogane City
Togane Station
東金駅2024
  • to TokyoJR Keiyo Line, Sotobo Line and Togane Line88min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（デジタル時刻表）東金駅『東金線』（駅コード 1038）の平日（1038010）・土曜・休日（1038011）と、列車の詳細ページ（平日 train/10/102161・土休日 train/10/102162）。docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（下り・都市の発→東金駅の着）で数えた。2610版（2026年10月ダイヤ）。2026-10-22 取得 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Togane 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)

Togane City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01A Togane temple's three five-ring stone towers were found in a field around 1907 and are said to be graves of the Hojo clan's three generations or of the three "suke" lords, though the city urges caution in dating them
  2. 02Along the approach to Hiyoshi Shrine runs a city-designated natural monument avenue of cedars about 200 m long
  3. 03A Togane temple holds a statue of Yamabe no Akahito, and the kappa-shaped figurine from the Hachigaya site is a prefecturally designated archaeological material

See the town as it is now.

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

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Togane City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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