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07212 ／みなみそうまし

Minamisoma City

Needles in twos and ones, on one pine.

Izumi no Ichiyo Pine

Photo by Hajime NAKANO (CC BY 2.0)

01 ／ Burial mound

A 74.5 m square-front, square-rear moundstands south of the Nitta River.

Sakurai Kofun is a nationally designated historic site south of the Nitta River, a square-front, square-rear mound 74.5 m long and 6.8 m high. The city dates it to the late 4th century from pottery found there. Many mounds are said to have stood nearby, and 12 still keep their mounds.

74.5 m long, 6.8 m high
Late 4th century, per the city
National Historic Site, 1956

02 ／ Ironworking site

Shaft furnaces introduced in the late Nara periodwere laid out in a planned pattern.

The Yokodaido ironworking site in Odaka Ward dates from the Nara and Heian periods. The city says iron-making from beach iron sand flourished here, and that the site was designated a National Historic Site as a large site where shaft furnaces, introduced in the late Nara period, were laid out in a plan.

National Historic Site, 2011 (prefectural list)
About 9,300 m2
Shaft furnaces introduced in the late Nara period, per the city

03 ／ Stone Buddhas

Buddhas stand in rock caves,estimated from the early Heian period.

The Daihizan stone Buddhas, a National Historic Site, are at three places: the Yakushi, Amida and Kannon halls. At the Yakushi hall, six figures are carved in the round and two in line in a cave about 15 m wide; the Kannon figure is about 9 m high. The city estimates the early Heian period.

National Historic Site, 1930
Yakushi hall cave about 15 m wide
Kannon figure about 9 m high

Minamisoma City from the sky

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

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

From Tokyo, 206 minutes on the Limited Express Hitachi.

about 60,000 people

Limited Express Hitachi No. 13 reaches Haranomachi Station in 206 minutes from Tokyo Station and 199 minutes from Ueno Station, with no transfer (the fastest daily service, JR East timetable, edition 2611). City Hall is in Honcho 2-chome, Haranomachi Ward.

People living here: 59,005people
Area: 398.58km²
Households: 26,349households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,192yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 39 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Minamisoma City in Japan37.642°N 140.957°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Hitachi206min
to UenoLtd. exp. Hitachi199min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp の 2611 版）の常磐線下りの列車ページ（東京は tt17 上野東京ライン、上野は tt07 常磐線快速）から、各列車の東京・上野の『発』と原ノ町の『着』を数えた（2026-10-28 閲覧。本体の数え `fukushima-prep/jr/trains-1039.json`・`trains-0204.json` を読み直し、ひたち13号の列車ページ https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2611/train/060/064361.html を直接開いて照合） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Minamisoma 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

26.6km

Namie Town, Iitate Village, Soma City

Minamisoma City isthis kind of town.

01The Izumi no Ichiyo pine is a large black pine in Izumi, Haranomachi Ward, where two-needle and one-needle clusters grow from one trunk, and it is a prefectural natural monument
02Sakurai Kofun, a 74.5 m square-front, square-rear mound thought to date from the late 4th century, and the Yokodaido site, with its shaft furnaces introduced in the late Nara period, are both National Historic Sites
03The Daihizan stone Buddhas, a National Historic Site at three halls, are estimated by the city to date from the early Heian period

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

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