Rakka-bocchi, windbreak forest, Yachimata City
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12230 ／ やちまたし

Chiba Prefecture

Yachimata City

Straw-capped cylinders line the fields.

Rakka-bocchi, windbreak forest

Photo by Unaaari (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ District seal

Kazusa Province's Yamanobe District sealturned up in Yachimata's Takidai.

In the grounds of the Chiba Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Takidai, a seal of the Yamanobe District office was found by chance at the Takidai site. The city dates it to the Nara period. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1971, and a replica is displayed at the city museum.

  • Found by chance at Takidai site
  • Important Cultural Property, 1971
  • Replica at the city museum

02 ／ Horse pen

An Edo-period pasture's horse penis divided into three chambers.

Omago Pasture was one of the seven Sakura pastures run by the shogunate, and the site of its horse pen is a city-designated historic site. A 1992 excavation confirmed a three-chamber structure: one to catch and inspect horses, one to hold those for auction or presentation, and one for mares returned to the pasture.

  • One of seven Sakura pastures
  • Three chambers
  • 1992 excavation

03 ／ Ridge-end tile

A land-reclamation company's ridge-end tilebears the word "Nabeshima."

This ridge-end tile once roofed the Eitakusha, a reclamation company set up around 1876 (Meiji 9) to open the former Omago Pasture. The building had been moved from the Nabeshima domain's Edo residence, and the front of the tile bears the large word "Nabeshima." It is city-designated and kept at Nishu Elementary School.

  • Company set up around 1876
  • "Nabeshima" on the front
  • City-designated

Yachimata 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））

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

Living here

52 minutes from Tokyo Station by Limited Express Shiosai.

  • about 70,000 people
  • 60 min to a city centre

The city says its office is a 3-minute walk from the north exit of Yachimata Station. In the JR East timetable for October 2026, the fastest daily train from Tokyo Station to Yachimata Station is the Limited Express Shiosai, at 52 minutes. A limited express surcharge applies.

People living here
67,455people
19952020

−4.6% since 2015

65,218 → 67,455

Area
74.94km²

63.47km² of it habitable

2024

Households
27,942households

2.4 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
47,284yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
4 hospitals ／ 26 clinics

4.4 per 10,000 people

2023

Area74.94km²Habitable land63.47km² ／ 85%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—9 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.

Yachimata City in Japan35.666°N 140.318°E
OsakaYachimata City
Yachimata Station
八街駅2023
  • to TokyoLtd. exp. Shiosai52min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2610版）の八街駅 総武本線 下り（平日 tt1582/1582010・土曜休日 1582011）の列車ごとの『停車駅一覧』ページ。東京の発と八街の着を列車ごとに引いた（docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py を『毎日』だけに絞って使用） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Yachimata 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)

Yachimata City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Rakka-bocchi are harvested peanuts stacked in cylinders under straw caps, and in about September to November they stand in fields sheltered by windbreak forest; the city says the scenery is among those selected as "Chiba Cultural Landscapes" by the prefectural board of education
  2. 02The Yamanobe District seal, a seal of Kazusa Province's Yamanobe District, was found by chance at the Takidai site in Yachimata and designated an Important Cultural Property in 1971
  3. 03The Omago Pasture horse pen has a three-chamber structure, and the ridge-end tile of the Eitakusha reclamation company bears the word "Nabeshima"

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yachimata City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

From this town's themes

Next town Chiba Prefecture Togane City →3 field stones, also called Hojo graves.