07484 ／ さめがわむら
Fukushima Prefecture 東白川郡A lion on a cloud kicks its legs up.
Kumano Shrine, flying lions01 ／ River source
The prefecture's river improvement plan says the Samegawa River system rises on Mount Matsusone in Samegawa Village, flows north through mountain valleys such as Furudono Town, then turns southeast into Iwaki City. It is a second-class river with a basin of 600.9 km2 and a designated section of 65.0 km.
02 ／ Road marker
The village says the stone is said to have been set up at this point on the old road linking Tanagura and Iwaki by Akutsu Chubei in 1721. Its lower back face is carved with the distances to Edo, Mito, Kyoto, Sendai and Aizu.
03 ／ Potholes
The village says about 30 potholes can be found along 1,300 m of the Kowadaki falls stream, from upstream to downstream, with several large ones over 30 cm near the bridge on the promenade. A pothole is a round hole cut into rock where river current swirls pebbles around.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot October 2021)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
There is no railway station in the village. The village tells visitors to change to a Fukushima Kotsu bus at Iwaki-Ishikawa Station on the Suigun Line. In the village bus timetable (as of May 17, 2025), every daily trip on the Takaragi-route Samegawa line takes 33 minutes from Ishikawa Station Front to Samegawa Town Office.
−14.8% since 2015
4,957 → 3,049
31.22km² of it habitable
2024
3.0 people per household
2020
6.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 鮫川村公式『バス路線図・時刻表』（page000052。PDF の見出し『鮫川村バス路線図・時刻表 令和7年5月17日現在』。村公式のページも『令和７年５月17日現在』）に載る福島交通バス『宝木経由鮫川線』（湯の田温泉⇔福島交通石川営業所。経由に宝木・鮫川役場・石川駅前）の時刻。**町の外→町の向き（石川駅前→鮫川役場）**：平日 10:59→11:32・13:59→14:32・16:09→16:42・18:39→19:12、土日祝 13:59→14:32・17:54→18:27。**全便33分で同じ**。逆向き（鮫川役場→石川駅前）も平日 7:04→7:37・12:04→12:37・16:54→17:27、土日祝 7:04→7:37・15:04→15:37で全便33分。**運休日は正月（1/1・1/2）だけ**で、12/31と1/3は土日祝のダイヤ（PDFの注記）＝毎日運転。 (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
16.4km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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