07405 ／ にしあいづまち
Fukushima Prefecture 耶麻郡A bridge that held a crossing ceremony in 1938.
Former bridge01 ／ Post station
The town newsletter's "Nishiaizu Stories" series describes one of the post stations in a district of the town as a row of houses each set at an angle, unlike the usual straight line along a road. Old inn names are still painted on the walls, and the newsletter calls it a "very rare row of houses."
02 ／ Mountain deity
The town newsletter says the shrine enshrines Oyamazumi no Mikoto and his daughters Iwanagahime and Konohanasakuyahime, and that the whole mountain is sacred ground. Past cedar trees and 202 stone steps from a hamlet's worship hall stands the main shrine. The town says its grand festival runs for a month each June.
03 ／ Kannon hall
The town newsletter describes the Kannon hall of a temple in the town as a three-bay hall of the Northern and Southern Courts period with a hip-and-gable roof, cypress frame and thatch, said to have been built in 1336. It stood in the temple grounds until it was moved to its present site during the 1970 dismantling repair. It is an Important Cultural Property.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
The town has four JR Banetsu West Line stations: Nozawa, Onobori, Kami-Nojiri and Tokusawa. The town's access map gives 50 minutes on the Banetsu West Line from Aizuwakamatsu Station to Nozawa Station. The town office is in Nozawa, and the town reports a population of 5,137 as of October 1, 2026.
−12.3% since 2015
9,845 → 5,770
48.12km² of it habitable
2024
2.5 people per household
2020
13.9 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
34.0km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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