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07465 ／なかじまむら

Fukushima Prefecture 西白河郡

Nakajima Village

A Jizo said to sweat before upheaval.

Asekaki Jizo, the Sweating Jizo

Photo by Duff Figgy (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Excavated finds

A set of Middle Kofun-period finds includesthe first triangular-plate riveted cuirass in Tohoku.

Designated a Prefectural Important Cultural Property (archaeological material), the set comprises one cuirass, three iron swords, two arrowheads, two spear-planes, one axe, two whetstones and a pottery fragment. Found in 2011 during grave-site development, it was likely unearthed from a large tomb's burial chamber, says Cultural Heritage Online. It is kept at the Fukushima Museum in Aizuwakamatsu.

Prefectural Important Cultural Property
Designated April 6, 2018
Cuirass, 3 swords, 12 items in all

02 ／ Manor ruins and stone tablets

Below the manor ruins' cliff, the village says,stand a dozen or more stone tablets.

The village says that below the cliff of the manor ruins stand a dozen or more itabi, stone memorial tablets, including the Asekaki Jizo. A few hundred meters away, at a district entrance, are Amida figures carved into rock; these are thought to reflect the spread of Tendai Pure Land faith from the mid-Kamakura to Nanbokucho periods.

A dozen or more itabi tablets
Mid-Kamakura to Nanbokucho periods
Rock-carved Amida figures nearby

03 ／ Cherry tree

When the buds took color, villagersare said to have begun preparing rice seedbeds.

The prefecture's Kennan regional office introduces a weeping cherry at a village temple, also called the "seed-sowing cherry," named because villagers began preparing rice seedbeds when its buds took color. The prefecture lists it as a Prefectural Green Cultural Property, saying it is said to have been planted in the Tenna era, though details are unclear.

Prefectural Green Cultural Property
Also called the "seed-sowing cherry"
Said planted in 1681-1684

Nakajima Village 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 June–July 2023)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

No station here; 30 minutes by taxi from Shin-Shirakawa.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. Its transport guide, updated in March 2016, says it is 30 minutes by taxi from Shin-Shirakawa Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen and 15 minutes by car from the Yabuki interchange of the Tohoku Expressway. The village in Nishishirakawa District has the Abukuma River flowing through it and an area of 18.92 km², according to the village.

People living here: 4,885people
Area: 18.92km²
Households: 1,520households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 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 4 municipalities.

Nakajima Village in Japan37.149°N 140.350°E

Territory of Nakajima Village

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

6.9km

Yabuki Town, Ishikawa Town, Shirakawa City, Izumizaki Village

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

Nakajima Village isthis kind of town.

01The Asekaki Jizo is a stone statue about 170 cm tall in a hall in one of the village districts, said to sweat from its whole body when trouble was near, and the village says it is inscribed with the year Kenmu 2
02The Yohota Kofun finds include the first triangular-plate riveted cuirass in the Tohoku region and are a Prefectural Important Cultural Property (archaeological material)
03A dozen or more stone tablets stand below the manor ruins' cliff, and a village temple's weeping cherry is also called the seed-sowing cherry and is a Prefectural Green Cultural Property

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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