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07444 ／みしままち

Fukushima Prefecture 大沼郡

Mishima Town

An arched iron bridge spans the river.

First Tadami River Bridge

Photo by MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Excavated finds

Red-lacquered pottery and balls of thread showthe level of Late Jomon lacquer and wood craft.

These finds come from a site on a terrace on the right bank of the Tadami River. Cultural Heritage Online lists many varieties of Jomon pottery and stone tools, along with red-lacquered pottery, balls of thread, lacquer storage vessels, and unfinished wooden bowls and ladles. They are valued as evidence of livelihoods in a deep-mountain area.

Important Cultural Property (archaeological material)
Designated October 31, 2018
Late Jomon period

02 ／ Basketry

Winter handwork that becomes basketrygoes back to the Jomon period, the town says.

The town's tourism page says that when snow covers the land, people finished with farm work begin making things, and a culture of crafting everyday tools by hand from natural materials has been handed down. It says Okuaizu braided basketry became a national traditional craft in 2003, with a history going back to the Jomon period, and is a craft rooted in daily life.

National traditional craft (2003)
A craft for daily life
Goes back to the Jomon period (town site)

03 ／ Little New Year fire festival

A sacred tree hung with New Year decorationsis burned at night in a fire festival.

Cultural Heritage Online says a sacred tree cut in the mountains is carried to a site made by tramping down snow, set up with New Year decorations collected from each house, and burned at night. At the time of designation it was held at 13 places in the town's districts, including Miyashita and Nishikata.

Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Designated March 13, 2008
Preserved by the Mishima Town Annual Events Preservation Society

Mishima 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

The gateway is Aizu-Miyashita Station on the Tadami Line.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

The town's tourism page gives JR Tadami Line's Aizu-Miyashita Station as the starting point for visitors arriving by train. The town office and the tourism association's Karankoron visitor hall are in the same Miyashita district, and the town says the hall is about a 2-minute walk from the station. The town covers 90.81 km².

People living here: 1,452people
Area: 90.81km²
Households: 644households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 3 municipalities.

Mishima Town in Japan37.470°N 139.644°E

Territory of Mishima 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

15.0km

Yanaizu Town, Kaneyama Town, Showa Village

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

Mishima Town isthis kind of town.

01The First Tadami River Bridge is an arched iron bridge of the JR Tadami Line over the Tadami River at Kawai, Mishima Town, and the prefecture lists it as No. 20 of its Fukushima Viewpoint 50
02The Arayashiki site finds, including red-lacquered pottery and balls of thread, are said to show the level of Late Jomon lacquer and wood craft and are an Important Cultural Property (archaeological material)
03Okuaizu braided basketry became a national traditional craft in 2003, and the Mishima Saino-kami, a little New Year fire festival, was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2008

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mishima Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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