Article

07204 ／いわきし

Iwaki City

Two maples drooping like an umbrella.

Weeping maples, national natural monument

Photo by さかおり (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Amida hall

A pond surrounds the hall's front and sides,with bridges across the great island.

The Amida hall (Shiramizu Amida-do) of the temple there is a National Treasure. A large pond surrounds the front and both sides of the hall, and bridges cross north and south of the great island set near the north shore, making a Pure Land garden. It is said to have been founded in 1160 (Eiryaku 1).

National Treasure (designated 1952)
Pure Land garden with bridges north and south of the great island
Said to have been founded in 1160 (Eiryaku 1)

02 ／ Natural monument

A pond known as a home of great eels,is a national natural monument.

A pond in a coastal district of Iwaki was designated a national natural monument on September 7, 1939 (Showa 14) as an eel habitat. The district community center introduces it as a sight of the area, together with the nationally designated Nakata Yokoana site and a Benzaiten shrine.

Eel habitat, national natural monument
National natural monument (September 7, 1939)
The same district also has a Benzaiten shrine

03 ／ Decorated tomb

Red and white continuous trianglesare painted on the rear chamber walls.

On the north slope of a hill about 5 km south of a river mouth, five yokoana tombs stand in three tiers. The lowest, Tomb No. 1, has two chambers; red and white continuous triangles, about 40 cm on a side, are painted on the three walls of the rear chamber, and the whole floor is also colored red.

Five tombs in three tiers
Triangles about 40 cm on a side
National historic site (May 11, 1970)

Iwaki City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

20091974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

2009 (shot FY2009)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（年度別空中写真（2009年度）／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

Tokyo in 2 h 14 min by Ltd. Exp. Hitachi.

about 330,000 people

The fastest Limited Express Hitachi No. 7 takes 134 minutes from Tokyo Station to Iwaki Station. From Ueno Station it takes 127 minutes, on weekdays and weekends alike.

People living here: 332,931people
Area: 1,232.51km²
Households: 141,411households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,821yen
Healthcare: 25 hospitals ／ 242 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —55 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.

Iwaki City in Japan37.050°N 140.888°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Hitachi134min
to UenoLtd. exp. Hitachi127min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2611版）の東京駅・上野駅の下りの列車ページ（常磐線 tt17・tt07）を本体が数えた結果（fukushima-prep/jr/count.out と trains-1039.json・trains-0204.json）。特急ひたち7号：東京9:53発→いわき12:07着＝134分、上野10:00発→いわき12:07着＝127分。平日・土休日とも同じ分数で、本数は東京発15・上野発30（臨時を除く） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 9 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Iwaki City

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

51.4km

Fukushima Prefecture: Furudono Town, Kawauchi Village, Hirono Town, Ono Town, Samegawa Village, Hirata Village, Tamura City, Naraha Town
Ibaraki Prefecture: Kitaibaraki City

Iwaki City isthis kind of town.

01The weeping maples are a pair of large and small Japanese maples on the grounds of a Kannon hall in the city; the drooping branches are thought to come from a mutation, and it is a national natural monument
02Shiramizu Amida-do is the Amida hall of a temple and a National Treasure, and a pond that is a national natural monument eel habitat is known as a home of great eels
03The Nakata Yokoana site on a hill south of a river mouth has red and white continuous-triangle wall decoration in Tomb No. 1, and is a national historic site

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Iwaki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

From this town's themes