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07447 ／あいづみさとまち

Fukushima Prefecture 大沼郡

Aizumisato Town

Rock cut open for a three-story hall.

Sakudari Kannon Hall, kakezukuri

Photo by Ty19080914 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Three-story pagoda

A pagoda whose roofs barely shrink as they risetops 20 m with its finial.

Three-story pagoda in Aizumisato Town — Photo by Qwert1234 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The town says the pagoda was completed in 1780. The roofs differ little in size from the first story to the third, and including the finial it stands over 20 m. It is a prefectural Important Cultural Property beside the temple's main hall.

Completed in 1780
Prefectural Important Cultural Property (March 28, 1980)
Over 20 m with the finial

02 ／ Mountain castle site

A mountain castle built over eight yearskeeps its zigzag path and gateways.

The town says Ashina Moriuji, who ruled Aizu in the Sengoku period, took eight years to build this natural stronghold. Its first and second enclosures, zigzag path and gateways survive, and it was designated a national historic site in 2001.

Built by Ashina Moriuji over eight years
National Historic Site (August 7, 2001)
Enclosures and gateway remains

03 ／ Festival

In the sacred paddy before a field shrine,lion-chasing children level the mud.

Festival in Aizumisato Town — Photo by AT@wiki (CC BY-SA 2.0)

The town says a shrine's rice-planting festival is held from the 11th to the 13th, centered on July 12 in a typical year. On the 12th the lion-chasing children enter the sacred paddy in front of the field shrine in the lower town and level it, and when the portable shrine arrives, saotome planters plant the rice.

Typically July 11 to 13, centered on the 12th
National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, as the Aizu rice-planting festivals (designated March 28, 2019)
The sacred paddy before the field shrine

Aizumisato 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 October 2011)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

Twelve minutes on foot from the Tadami Line to the main town office.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town's office pages (updated May 1, 2023) give access to the main building as a 12-minute walk from "JR Takada Station". The Niitsuru branch office is a 10-minute walk from Niitsuru Station, and the town has stations on the JR Tadami Line, including Aizu-Takada and Niitsuru.

People living here: 19,014people
Area: 276.33km²
Households: 6,465households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,828yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 9 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Aizumisato Town in Japan37.465°N 139.834°E

Territory of Aizumisato 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

27.8km

Aizuwakamatsu City, Yanaizu Town, Shimogo Town, Showa Village, Aizubange Town

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Aizumisato Town isthis kind of town.

01Sakudari Kannon Hall is a three-story hall built by cutting open the rock on a mountainside; the prefecture describes it as a kakezukuri hall built along the rock face, and it is a prefectural Important Cultural Property
02The town says a temple's three-story pagoda was completed in 1780; its roofs differ little in size, and with the finial it stands over 20 m
03Mukaihaguroyama Castle Site is a mountain castle that Ashina Moriuji built over eight years and a national historic site; a shrine's rice-planting festival is part of the Aizu rice-planting festivals, a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property

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Aizumisato Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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