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07561 ／しんちまち

Fukushima Prefecture 相馬郡

Shinchi Town

Every legend of its god involves horses.

Kobimine Shrine, horse guardian

Photo by Bachstelze (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Shell mound

A 1924 survey showed people lived hereabout 4,000 years ago, in late Jomon.

Shinchi Shell Mound was designated a national historic site in 1930, with the Tenaga Myojin shrine site attached. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says Tenaga Myojin is well known for a legend about how the mound formed. Another shell mound in town is a prefectural site, and human bones were found there in a 1952 dig.

National historic site, Feb. 28, 1930
About 4,000 years ago, late Jomon
Another shell mound in town, prefectural site, 1968

02 ／ Hill

On the border with Marumori, a mountainwith four hiking courses on the Shinchi side.

Mt. Karousan stands on the border between Shinchi and Marumori Town in Miyagi, and is chosen as one of the Fukushima Green Hundred Views. The Shinchi side has four courses, and every New Year's Day climbers gather at the summit for the first sunrise.

Four hiking courses (Shinchi side)
Fukushima Green Hundred Views
New Year's Day climb

03 ／ Kagura

Fukuda schoolchildren dance before the godin a Hoin-style kagura, twice a year.

At Fukuda Suwa Shrine, schoolchildren of the Fukuda district dance the Twelve Kagura as an offering to the god at the festivals of May 3 and November 3. It is a Hoin-style kagura, rare in Fukushima, and was designated a prefectural important intangible folk cultural property in 1993.

Prefectural intangible folk property, March 23, 1993
Twice a year (May 3 and Nov. 3)
Hoin-style kagura

Shinchi 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 2020)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

A trapezoid town, 7.2 km east to west and 6.5 km north to south.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

The town describes Shinchi as a Hamadori town bordering Yamamoto and Marumori in Miyagi to the north and west and Soma City to the south, with the Pacific to the east. It is roughly 7.2 km east to west and 6.5 km north to south, trapezoidal in shape, with a total area of 46.70 km2.

People living here: 7,905people
Area: 46.7km²
Households: 2,748households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 5 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 across 1 prefectures.

Shinchi Town in Japan37.876°N 140.920°E

Territory of Shinchi 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

7.6km

Fukushima Prefecture: Soma City
Miyagi Prefecture: Marumori Town, Yamamoto Town

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

Shinchi Town isthis kind of town.

01Kobimine Shrine stands in the town, and the town says every legend of its god involves horses and it has long been worshipped as a guardian of horses
02Shinchi Shell Mound is a national historic site that showed how people lived about 4,000 years ago, and another shell mound in town is a prefectural site
03Mt. Karousan is a hill on the Marumori border, and at Fukuda Suwa Shrine schoolchildren dance a Hoin-style kagura twice a year

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shinchi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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