07342 ／ かがみいしまち
Fukushima Prefecture 岩瀬郡Two Amida sets carved in a cliff face.
Niida cliff-carved Amida images01 ／ Pond site
The town describes Kagaminuma, also called Kagenuma, as taking its name from a sad legend of the Kamakura period. The pond's site remains in the fields, and the town adds that Basho wrote of a place called Kagenuma in his Narrow Road to the Deep North. The town crest comes from the legend.
02 ／ Archaeological site
The town introduces Jingaoka as a site known for both the Paleolithic and Jomon periods, noting that it drew attention for a fine group of Paleolithic stone tools. Magatama beads, pottery and clay figurines were also unearthed there.
03 ／ Cedar-door paintings
The town says the cedar-door paintings, said to have been painted in 1797 by the monk-painter Hakuun, are kept at Saiko-ji Temple. The prefecture's list separately includes "Itae Ryoenkaku Kosho Gazo", 8 panels on 12 faces owned by the temple and the town, as a prefectural important cultural property (painting).
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 only railway station in the town is Kagamiishi Station on the Tohoku Main Line. The town's chronology records its opening in 1911. The town says the Machi-no-Eki Kankanterasu stands inside the community center attached to the station.
−1.3% since 2015
12,378 → 12,318
27.85km² of it habitable
2024
2.8 people per household
2020
8.1 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
7.5km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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