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12233 ／とみさとし

Tomisato City

Tiles cover a storehouse of Oya stone.

Suehiro Villa Stone Storehouse

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Glass shoji

The glass shoji around the main househave bars that form a square grid.

The main house of the former Iwasaki family's Suehiro villa is a single-story wooden building from around 1927 (Showa 2), with a courtyard. The city calls the glass shoji on the whole outer perimeter its most distinctive design: evenly spaced vertical bars and horizontal bars at the top and bottom (or the top only) create a square-grid pattern. It is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Around 1927 (Showa 2)
491 m² of floor area
Registered Tangible Cultural Property

02 ／ Sheep farm

A monument at the back of Jinmu Shrine in Tokuratells of a farm meant to make wool self-sufficient.

The Tomisato Sheep Farm site is a prefecturally designated historic site. According to the city, in 1875 (Meiji 8) the Meiji government, aiming at domestic self-sufficiency in wool, opened a sheep farm (the Shimosa Sheep Farm) in Tokura, Goryo and other areas. The monument stands behind Jinmu Shrine and commemorates the start of modern stock farming and Okubo Toshimichi's plan.

Prefecturally designated historic site
Opened in 1875 (Meiji 8)
Monument behind Jinmu Shrine

03 ／ Horse gravestone

Kamakura-go's gravestone may be the oldestconfirmed in Japan, per Hayasaka's research.

The Monument to the Fine Steed Kamakura is the gravestone of Kamakura-go, a Nanbu horse owned by Fujisaki Tadasada of Kuno Village. The city says Kamakura-go won on its first start at the Yokohama Racing Association in 1881 (Meiji 14), recorded 32 wins in 48 races over two years, and died of illness in 1883 (Meiji 16). It is a city-designated tangible cultural property.

Won its first start in 1881
32 wins in 48 races in two years
Possibly the oldest (Hayasaka Shoji's research)

Tomisato 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 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

65 minutes from Tokyo Station by express bus.

about 50,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The city has no railway station, and the city names Keisei Narita Station as the nearest. In the Keisei Bus Group timetable (revised 1 October 2025), the fastest inbound trip from the JR express bus stop at Tokyo Station, leaving at 21:00, takes 65 minutes to Tomisato Bus Terminal. The timetable carries no operating-day notes.

People living here: 49,735people
Area: 53.88km²
Households: 21,885households
Rent (average for rentals): 53,869yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 25 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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.

Tomisato City in Japan35.727°N 140.343°E

to TokyoHighway bus65min

Travel times follow 京成電鉄バスグループ『東京駅～富里・多古』の時刻表（京成バス千葉イースト運行・時刻 2025年10月01日改正・運賃 2019年06月29日改定）。ページに運転日の注記は無く、予約不要（乗車時に支払い） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Tomisato 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

11.3km

Shibayama Town, Narita City, Yachimata City, Sanmu City, Shisui Town

Tomisato City isthis kind of town.

01The stone storehouse of the former Iwasaki family's Suehiro villa is a nationally registered building whose Oya stone walls are faced with scratch tiles
02The main house has glass shoji whose bars form a square grid, and the Tomisato Sheep Farm site is a prefecturally designated historic site with a monument to the wool-making farm
03The Kamakura horse's gravestone is pointed out, in Hayasaka Shoji's research, as possibly Japan's oldest horse gravestone, and the Kuno lion dance, Kuno Garyu cherry tree and Bushu hayashi are also city-designated

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Tomisato City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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