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07546 ／ふたばまち

Fukushima Prefecture 双葉郡

Futaba Town

A red spiral ringed by riders and deer.

Kiyotosaku Yokoana, mural

Photo by Mister0124 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Mural

Around a red-pigment spiral,two figures in crowns or caps.

Kiyotosaku Yokoana, a national historic site, includes Tomb No. 76 of a group of round mounds and cave tombs. On the back wall of its chamber, which opens to the southeast, red pigment draws a spiral with two figures, flanked by a rider, an archer, deer and a dog, says the Cultural Heritage Online description.

National historic site, May 11, 1968
Chamber about 2.6 m long
Described as the northern limit of painted murals

02 ／ Clinic

Beside the old Rikuzen Hamakaido road,a clinic with a brick storehouse behind.

The former Sannomiyado Tanaka Clinic is a two-story wooden building from 1922 with a hipped roof, a gabled front and an entrance porch. The brick storehouse behind it, a single-story building from 1927, uses English bond. Both were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on June 29, 2022.

Registered Tangible Cultural Property, June 29, 2022
Clinic: 1922, two-story wooden
Storehouse: 1927, English bond

03 ／ Natural monument

At Inari Shrine in Maeda,a prefectural natural monument cedar.

The Great Cedar of Maeda stands at Inari Shrine in Maeda, Futaba, and is a prefectural natural monument. The Fukushima Prefecture Board of Education's list of nationally and prefecturally designated properties records it as designated on February 4, 1955.

Prefectural natural monument
Designated Feb. 4, 1955

Futaba 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 May 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））

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

Living here

From Futaba Station, 179 minutes to Ueno by limited express.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

The town describes itself as facing the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Abukuma Mountains to the west. In the middle of the Hamadori region, the Joban Line and National Route 6 run north to south through its center, and Route 288 links it with Koriyama City, it says. Snowfall in winter is light, it adds. Town Hall is about a three-minute walk from Futaba Station.

People living here: 0people
Area: 51.42km²
Households: 0households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Futaba Town in Japan37.449°N 141.012°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Hitachi186min
to UenoLtd. exp. Hitachi179min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（2026年11月号＝2611版。東京駅 tt1039 の常磐線・上野東京ライン、上野駅 tt0204）の列車ページ。平日（170）と土休日（171）の両方に同じ分数で載る特急ひたち13号（13M） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Futaba 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

6.8km

Namie Town, Okuma Town

Futaba Town isthis kind of town.

01Kiyotosaku Yokoana is a national historic site, and Tomb No. 76 is its painted tomb. A red-pigment spiral, figures, a rider, deer and a dog are drawn on its back wall, and the designation text calls it the northern limit of known painted murals. The town's conservation plan also includes a drawing of Tomb No. 83, where a new mural was found
02The former Sannomiyado Tanaka Clinic is a Western-style wooden clinic from the Taisho era beside the old Rikuzen Hamakaido near Futaba Station, with a brick storehouse behind it from early Showa. Both were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties in 2022
03The Great Cedar of Maeda at Inari Shrine is a prefectural natural monument. The town lies in the middle of the Hamadori region between the Pacific and the Abukuma Mountains, and from Futaba Station on the Joban Line it is 179 minutes to Ueno by the Limited Express Hitachi

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Futaba Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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