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07364 ／ひのえまたむら

Fukushima Prefecture 南会津郡

Hinoemata Village

Stone seats climb the slope to a stage.

Hinoemata Stage, stone seating

Photo by KQuhen (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Village kabuki

The village troupe is Chibanoya Hanakoma-za.Its kabuki is a prefectural folk cultural property.

The tourism association says Hinoemata kabuki is performed at the Hinoemata Stage in the grounds of the guardian shrine, with seating of stone laid up a steep slope. The troupe is Chibanoya Hanakoma-za. On March 30, 1999, the kabuki became a Fukushima Prefecture Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

Prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Designated March 30, 1999
Troupe: Chibanoya Hanakoma-za

02 ／ Storehouses

Where wall clay could not be dug,storehouses were of wood, the tourism association says.

In its account of the village's background, the tourism association features the plank storehouses. It explains that in Hinoemata, where wall clay could not be dug, storehouses were also built of wood, set in fields away from the houses to protect them from fire.

No wall clay in the village
Storehouses built of wood
Set in fields away from houses

03 ／ Mountain cooking

On cold highland where rice cannot grow,a food culture called yamodo cooking remains.

The village says it is the only place in the prefecture where rice cannot be grown, being cold highland, so farming is limited to buckwheat and vegetables and grains for home use. The tourism association says tachi-soba is made by layering thin dough and cutting it with a pulling stroke of the knife.

Cold highland where rice cannot be grown (village)
Buckwheat, wild vegetables, and iwana char
Tachi-soba is cut from layered dough

Hinoemata Village 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 September–October 2019)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 hundred minutes by route bus from Aizu-Tajima Station.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. You take the Hinoemata line of Fukushima Kotsu (Aizu Bus) from Aizu-Tajima Station. In the timetable revised on November 1, 2026, buses leaving Aizu-Tajima Station at 10:00 and 14:20, on weekdays and on weekends and holidays alike, reach the Nakadoai Park stop in 100 minutes. The village office stands at an elevation of 939 m.

People living here: 504people
Area: 390.46km²
Households: 228households
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.

Hinoemata Village in Japan37.024°N 139.389°E

to Aizu-TajimaLocal bus100min

Travel times follow 福島交通（会津バス）公式の時刻表『檜枝岐線』2026/11/1ダイヤ改正版（https://www.aizubus.com/pdf/檜枝岐_20261101。取得2026-10-28）：平日用・土日祝用の両方に、会津田島駅10:00→中土合公園前11:40、14:20→16:00（どちらも100分。道の駅尾瀬檜枝岐前・役場前の着は11:28・15:48）。運転日の区別は平日用と土日祝用で同じ便＝毎日運転。 (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 3 prefectures.

Territory of Hinoemata Village

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

32.4km

Fukushima Prefecture: Tadami Town, Minamiaizu Town
Niigata Prefecture: Uonuma City
Gunma Prefecture: Katashina Village
Tochigi Prefecture: Nikko City

Hinoemata Village isthis kind of town.

01The Hinoemata Stage stands in the grounds of the guardian shrine, a nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property (August 23, 1976) whose seating the tourism association describes as stone laid up a steep slope
02Hinoemata kabuki, carried on by the Chibanoya Hanakoma-za troupe, became a prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property on March 30, 1999
03The village says it is the only place in the prefecture where rice cannot be grown, and the tourism association describes plank storehouses built of wood in a village without wall clay

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hinoemata Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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