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07367 ／ただみまち

Fukushima Prefecture 南会津郡

Tadami Town

A reconstructed dwelling stands on site.

Tadami, prefectural historic site

Photo by Mukasora (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Folk tools

Townspeople recorded the folk tools themselves,a method called the "Tadami method."

The nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property "Aizu Tadami Production Tools and Work Clothing Collection" has 2,333 items: 1,917 production tools and 416 work garments. The town says residents recorded and organized tools collected since the 1960s, and the method is called the "Tadami method."

2,333 items (1,917 tools, 416 garments)
Designated February 20, 2003
Tools arranged by work process

02 ／ Checkpoint house

A farmhouse that served as a checkpointis a prefectural Important Cultural Property.

The Tadami Information Center introduces a former residence as a farmhouse of the stable-wing type built in the late Edo period. It served as a checkpoint on the Hachijuri-goe route, monitoring travelers and goods. The nationally designated former Igarashi Residence stands in the same district.

Former farmhouse: prefectural Important Cultural Property (designated March 23, 1973)
Former Igarashi Residence: national Important Cultural Property (designated May 15, 1972)
Checkpoint on the Hachijuri-goe route

03 ／ Iron bridge

The trusses over the Tadami River werereused from a Tenryu River bridge on the Iida Line.

The Japan Society of Civil Engineers' database of historic steel bridges lists the No. 8 Tadamigawa Bridge as 371.10 m long, opened in 1957, between Aizu-Shiozawa and Aizu-Gamo. It says its two through trusses were surplus from an Iida Line bridge over the Tenryu River, originally ordered by the Sanshin Railway.

Length 371.10 m
Opened in 1957
Two trusses of 62.4 m each

Tadami 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 September–October 2019)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

Tadami Station on the Tadami Line is the gateway.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town tells visitors to take the Tadami Line to Tadami Station, either from Urasa and Koide on the Joetsu Shinkansen and Joetsu Line, or from Koriyama and Aizuwakamatsu on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Banetsu West Line. The town lies in the southwest of Fukushima Prefecture, borders Niigata Prefecture to the southwest, and is 94 percent forest.

People living here: 4,044people
Area: 747.56km²
Households: 1,634households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 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 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Tadami Town in Japan37.349°N 139.316°E

Territory of Tadami 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

39.4km

Fukushima Prefecture: Minamiaizu Town, Kaneyama Town, Hinoemata Village, Showa Village
Niigata Prefecture: Uonuma City, Aga Town, Sanjo City

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

Tadami Town isthis kind of town.

01A Fukushima Prefecture historic site lies in the museum's open field, and the town says visitors can see Jomon-period stone rods and a reconstructed dwelling there
02The 2,333 nationally designated folk tools were recorded by townspeople in what is called the Tadami method; a farmhouse served as a checkpoint on the Hachijuri-goe route
03The Society of Civil Engineers database says the trusses of the No. 8 Tadamigawa Bridge were reused from an Iida Line Tenryu River bridge

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tadami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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