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07521 ／みはるまち

Fukushima Prefecture 田村郡

Miharu Town

A hilltop annex for noh chant practice.

Shiunkaku, Yoshida family annex

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Lords' graves

The graves of the Tamura, Matsushita and Akita,who ruled Miharu, lie at separate temples.

The graves are town-designated historic sites. The Tamura family's three graves are at one temple, the Matsushita family's three at a second, and the Akita family's at a third. The Kato clan's grave stands at a fourth temple, which the town calls the family temple of a Matsushita lord's mother.

Tamura graves designated by the town in 1977
Matsushita, Kato and Akita graves designated in 1989
Akita graves: 7 stones

02 ／ Castle site

Where castle met town, stone walls jutted outin alternation to form a masugata.

Miharu Castle site is a town-designated historic site. The town's special website explains the Kuichigai site as what divided the castle from the castle town. Stone walls topped with earthen walls jutted out alternately from both sides of the road to form a masugata (a square gateway court), and travelers turned at right angles.

Miharu Castle site, town-designated
Stone walls jutting out in alternation
The castle's inside was hidden from the town

03 ／ Hall

A hall revered since the Tsugaru and Akita daysstands in a Miharu temple, rebuilt in 1712.

The Koshio-do, at a temple in Miharu, is a one-story hall, three bays by three, with an irimoya (hip-and-gable) roof. The town records it as a hall the Akita lords revered from their Tsugaru and Akita days, rebuilt in 1712. Carvings of bamboo, pine and loquat decorate the altar platform inside.

Town-designated tangible property, 1964
Rebuilt in 1712
Three bays by three, irimoya roof

Miharu 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 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））

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

Living here

From Tokyo to Miharu Station, change at Koriyama.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access page (updated February 2012) directs visitors from Tokyo to take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Koriyama Station and get off at Miharu Station on the Banetsu East Line. In JR East's timetable (November 2026 issue), no down train from Tokyo or Ueno stops at Miharu Station.

People living here: 17,018people
Area: 72.76km²
Households: 5,977households
Rent (average for rentals): 31,292yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 13 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 4 municipalities.

Miharu Town in Japan37.441°N 140.493°E

Territory of Miharu 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

15.7km

Koriyama City, Tamura City, Nihonmatsu City, Motomiya City

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

Miharu Town isthis kind of town.

01Shiunkaku is an annex of the former Yoshida House, built on a high, scenic spot by the silk-thread merchant Yoshida Seijiro as a place to practice and perform noh chant. The two-story earthen-walled building is a nationally registered tangible cultural property
02Miharu Castle site is a town-designated historic site. The town's special website explains the Kuichigai site as a masugata made by jutting stone walls out alternately from both sides of the road, dividing the castle from the castle town
03The graves of the Tamura, Matsushita, Kato and Akita clans lie at four separate temples, and the Koshio-do stands at a fifth temple in the town as a town-designated tangible property

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Miharu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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