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07207 ／すかがわし

Sukagawa City

A hill shrine called "chief guardian."

Chief shrine of Iwase District

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Peony garden

Peony seedlings bought from Settsu Provincefor medicine are said to be the garden's start.

Peony garden in Sukagawa City — Photo by Skywalk0329 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

In 1766, the city says, an apothecary bought medicinal peony seedlings from Yamamoto Village in Settsu Province (now Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture) and grew them on the site of today's garden. The roughly 10-hectare garden holds 290 varieties and 7,000 plants.

Said to have begun in 1766
About 10 ha, 290 varieties, 7,000 plants
Nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty (Oct. 19, 1932)

02 ／ Temple ruins

From a temple site north of Sukagawa Stationcame fragments of a hexagonal clay pagoda.

Excavation found building remains presumed to be the middle gate, main hall and lecture hall lined up north to south, enclosed by a double ditch. The Agency for Cultural Affairs database calls it an example of a provincial temple in Tohoku in the Nara and Heian periods.

Nationally designated Historic Site (May 28, 1968)
Fragments of a hexagonal clay pagoda
Building remains ringed by a double ditch

03 ／ Folk performing art

To rebuild a ruined temple, villagers' childrenwere gathered for a dance, the story goes.

Folk performing art in Sukagawa City — Photo by Sugikats (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The dance is offered at Kodera-san Hakusan-ji, in three parts: the hiraguwa dance, the rice-planting dance and a lion dance. The dancers are boys and girls of about 8 to 14. The approach to the temple is a prefecturally designated pine avenue.

Said to have begun in 1752
Offered every 33 years on the old calendar's March 10
Prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (May 7, 1974)

Sukagawa City 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 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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

From Sukagawa Station to City Hall, about 2 km.

about 70,000 people

The city's page on its city hall (updated May 1, 2026) lists the Sukagawa City Hall bus stop, on the grounds, and JR Sukagawa Station, about 2 km away, under access. On April 1, 2005, the city absorbed Naganuma Town and Iwase Village.

People living here: 74,992people
Area: 279.43km²
Households: 27,127households
Rent (average for rentals): 46,883yen
Healthcare: 6 hospitals ／ 52 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-04-01 に編入合併（長沼町・岩瀬村）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —19 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 5 municipalities.

Sukagawa City in Japan37.287°N 140.373°E

Territory of Sukagawa City

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

16.5km

Koriyama City, Ten-ei Village, Tamakawa Village, Kagamiishi Town, Hirata Village

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

Sukagawa City isthis kind of town.

01The hill shrine in Sukagawa is listed as a shikinai shrine in the Engishiki register of shrines; its main hall, a prefectural Important Cultural Property, is recorded as the chief guardian of Iwase District on a ridge tablet dated May 1648. On the shrine's hill stands the Kanameishi rock, which the city considers a site of ancient ritual
02The Sukagawa peony garden is a national Place of Scenic Beauty with 290 varieties and 7,000 plants across about 10 hectares. The temple ruins north of Sukagawa Station are a national Historic Site where fragments of a hexagonal clay pagoda were found
03The Kodera-san dance is a prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property offered at Kodera-san Hakusan-ji, and the pine avenue on its approach is a prefectural Natural Monument

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