12349 ／ とうのしょうまち
Chiba Prefecture 香取郡Grave of a monk who aided a reclamation.
Tetsugyu's grave, Fukuju-ji01 ／ Kagura
The Sasagawa kagura is a 16-role kagura offered on the grounds of Suwa Shrine at its spring festival. Seven districts of Sasagawa take turns as hosts. Every 7 years, the young men of the host district learn from their seniors and take the stage.
02 ／ Town name
The town's name comes from the time when this area was an estate of the To clan. A shrine in the town keeps a fragment of six poems said to be by To no Tsuneyori, offered in 1919 by the clan's descendants. The fragment is prefecturally designated.
03 ／ Sculpture
Most Myoken statues show a warrior, but this one is a child with long hair, and the town says no other example has this form. Citing a Chiba family genealogy, the town says it was enshrined at a castle of the To clan. It is on view in the community hall's local history room.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot March 2025)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
The town's stations on the JR Narita Line are Sasagawa and Shimosa-Tachibana, and the town guides visitors to take the Sobu Line to Narita and change to the Narita Line. The highway bus from Yaesu, Tokyo Station, takes 123 minutes at its fastest to the Tonosho stop in town (Keisei Bus timetable revised 20 March 2026).
−6.5% since 2015
17,739 → 13,228
39.52km² of it habitable
2024
2.9 people per household
2020
4.5 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 京成バス千葉イースト『東京駅 ～ 銚子方面（佐原・小見川ルート）』の時刻表（2026年3月20日改正。運賃は2022年9月17日改定）の『「東京駅」から「佐原・小見川」方面行き』 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
10.1km
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