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07483 ／はなわまち

Fukushima Prefecture 東白川郡

Hanawa Town

Three conical roofs top this station.

Iwaki-Hanawa Station, cone roofs

Photo by Σ64 (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Festival

The Kanemomi festival, shoving a bell along,grew from a Yakushi procession.

According to the town, the Kanemomi festival comes from a ritual in which the Yakushi image on the summit of Mt. Yone was carried with a temple bell to a Yakushi hall. Today, every three years, a bell tied to two logs is carried through the streets. The temple's Yakushi hall in the same district is a prefecturally designated important cultural property.

Every three years
Bell tied to two logs and carried
Hall: prefectural cultural property (building)

02 ／ Weeping cherry

The weeping cherries of a park built as relief workwere planted the year it was built.

The park was built by an intendant as a relief project. According to the town, its weeping cherries were planted in 1793, when the park was made. Three trees remain, the thickest 3.5 m around. They are a prefectural natural monument.

Prefectural natural monument, 1956
Planted in 1793
Three trees, up to 3.5 m around

03 ／ Intendant's office site

For 139 years, an intendant'soffice stood in Hanawa.

According to the town, the Hanawa intendant's office stood from 1729 to 1868, 139 years, and is said to have covered 1,650 tsubo. A Kosodate Jizo shrine now stands on the site.

1729 to 1868, 139 years
Said to cover 1,650 tsubo
Jizo shrine on the site

Hanawa 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–July 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

One station in town: Iwaki-Hanawa, on the Suigun Line.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access guide first lists Iwaki-Hanawa Station on the JR Suigun Line, about 1 hour 40 minutes from Mito and about 1 hour 30 minutes from Koriyama. It is the only station in the town.

People living here: 8,302people
Area: 211.41km²
Households: 2,935households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Hanawa Town in Japan36.957°N 140.410°E

Territory of Hanawa 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

19.5km

Fukushima Prefecture: Yamatsuri Town, Tanagura Town, Samegawa Village
Ibaraki Prefecture: Kitaibaraki City, Hitachiota City, Takahagi City

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

Hanawa Town isthis kind of town.

01The Iwaki-Hanawa Station building is joined to the Hanawa Community Plaza, which the Agency for Cultural Affairs records as having three conical roofs, completed in 1993
02The Kanemomi festival grew from carrying the Yakushi of Mt. Yone with a bell to a hall; the Yakushi hall is a prefectural important cultural property. The weeping cherries of a park built as relief work are a prefectural natural monument
03The Hanawa intendant's office stood for 139 years from 1729 to 1868, and a Jizo shrine stands on the site. The town's only station is Iwaki-Hanawa on the JR Suigun Line

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hanawa Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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