07504 ／ あさかわまち
Fukushima Prefecture 石川郡The town designates a stone coffin.
Kanshu-ji, samadhi coffin01 ／ Stone
According to an article on a lecture, Fukisaku stone is quarried in the Fukisaku district in the north of the town and is classed as tuff. It is easy to carve and resists wear.
02 ／ Rite
The prefectural list gives its designation as March 22, 1988, with its location in Isshiki, Tanagura Town. A prefectural regional office document says that in four districts, three in Tanagura Town and Minowa in Asakawa Town, a set of three measuring boxes is passed from one turn-taking group to the next.
03 ／ Rite
The town describes this long-standing custom of the Fukisaku district as held to ward off storms, on the day before the 210th day counted from the first day of spring. The town's calendar of annual events lists it in September.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot July–September 2022)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 access page directs visitors to Iwaki-Asakawa Station on the JR Suigun Line and lists timetables from Koriyama and Mito. The 6:06 train from Koriyama reaches Iwaki-Asakawa at 7:05.
−8.2% since 2015
7,625 → 6,036
21.46km² of it habitable
2024
2.9 people per household
2020
5.0 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
10.9km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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