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07445 ／かねやままち

Fukushima Prefecture 大沼郡

Kaneyama Town

Natural sparkling water wells up here.

Oshio natural carbonated spring

Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Magariya farmhouse

A house built in Numazawa around the Horeki eranow stands in a new location.

The town's cultural property guide says the Igashima family of the Numazawa district built the house around the Horeki era of the mid-Edo period, and it was moved to its present site. The projecting wing of the L-shaped magariya held a stable and a toilet, because in snowy Aizu horses and cattle could not be kept outside. It is a prefectural important cultural property.

Prefectural important cultural property (building)
Designated April 7, 1978
Built around the Horeki era, mid-Edo period

02 ／ Village view

A settlement close to the water's edgeis seen from Kaneyama Fureai Hiroba.

Village view in Kaneyama Town — Photo by くろふね (CC BY 4.0)

The town's tourism page introduces the plaza along Route 252, a seven-minute walk north of Aizu-Kawaguchi Station, as an Oku-Aizu viewpoint. It says the settlement and fields close to the water, the flow of the Tadami River and the JR Tadami Line along its bank create a landscape of old Japan where daily life blends into nature.

7-minute walk from Aizu-Kawaguchi Station
Along Route 252
Tadami River and JR Tadami Line scenery

03 ／ Village kabuki

Yamairi's village kabuki is said to have begunsome 250 years ago in the Edo period.

The town's cultural property site says village kabuki flourished in the Edo period and that the Yamairi district was especially keen. It lapsed for a time, then the local Yamairi neighborhood association revived it in 1990 using old records and interviews. In 2002 a performing-arts hall was built with prefectural aid.

Said to have begun some 250 years ago
Revived in 1990
Performing-arts hall built in 2002

Kaneyama 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–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））

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

Living here

About two hours from Aizuwakamatsu on the Tadami Line.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

The town's transport guide says Aizu-Kawaguchi is about two hours from Aizuwakamatsu on the JR Tadami Line, with arrival times varying by departure. From Tokyo it shows routes by Tohoku Shinkansen to Koriyama and the Banetsu West Line to Aizuwakamatsu, or by Joetsu Shinkansen to Urasa and the Joetsu Line to Koide, then the Tadami Line.

People living here: 1,862people
Area: 293.92km²
Households: 878households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Kaneyama Town in Japan37.454°N 139.525°E

Territory of Kaneyama 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

20.5km

Fukushima Prefecture: Tadami Town, Mishima Town, Showa Village, Yanaizu Town, Nishiaizu Town
Niigata Prefecture: Aga Town

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

Kaneyama Town isthis kind of town.

01The Oshio natural carbonated spring is water long enjoyed as a medicinal spring in the Oshio district, and a local preservation group looks after the well
02The former Igashima house is a prefecturally designated magariya moved from Numazawa, and its stable wing shows how people lived in snow country
03The view of a riverside settlement and Yamairi's village kabuki reflect life along the Tadami River and a performing art a district has carried on

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kaneyama Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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