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07543 ／とみおかまち

Fukushima Prefecture 双葉郡

Tomioka Town

Cherry trees that form a tunnel.

Yonomori avenue, cherry tunnel

Photo by Shift (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Fire festival

At a hillside shrine's fire festival, young men in whiteloincloths light a great torch and head for the summit.

The shrine's fire festival is a prefectural important intangible folk cultural property (designated April 7, 2006). The tourism association says young men carry a great torch lit with purified fire and run up to the summit behind the sacred object, calling "Sendo, sendo."

Prefectural important intangible folk cultural property, designated April 7, 2006
Held August 15 each year (town)
At the foot of a 220 m hill (tourism association)

02 ／ Station azaleas

On the bank beside the tracks, azalea seedlingswere planted several times from 1939.

The tourism association says azalea seedlings were planted on the bank at Yonomori Station several times from 1939 (Showa 14), and the bank once bloomed with about 6,000 azaleas and satsuki of 16 kinds. The azalea became the town flower in 1986.

Planted several times from 1939 (tourism association)
16 kinds, about 6,000 plants (tourism association)
Town flower since 1986

03 ／ Former fishing port

A fishing port built in a natural inletmoved to Tomioka Port in 1993.

The tourism association says an old fishing port built using a natural inlet moved to the present Tomioka fishing port in 1993 (Heisei 5) because erosion was severe. It presents the old port as a scene from the town's past by the sea.

Built using a natural inlet (tourism association)
Moved to Tomioka Port in 1993 (tourism association)

Tomioka 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 July 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

Between the Abukuma Mountains and the Pacific, 68.39 km2.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

The town's official introduction describes the town as in the middle of the Hamadori area, bordering Okuma Town to the north, Kawauchi Village to the west and Naraha Town to the south, spread between the Abukuma Mountains and the Pacific, with an area of 68.39 km2. From Tokyo, the limited express Hitachi reaches Tomioka Station in 173 minutes at the fastest.

People living here: 2,128people
Area: 68.39km²
Households: 1,640households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 6 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Tomioka Town in Japan37.345°N 141.009°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Hitachi173min
to UenoLtd. exp. Hitachi166min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp の 2611 版）。東京駅（tt1039）・上野駅（tt0204）の下りの列車ページで、各列車の『発』と富岡駅（tt1063）の『着』を数えた（2026-10-28 閲覧） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Tomioka 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

8.9km

Naraha Town, Okuma Town, Kawauchi Village

Tomioka Town isthis kind of town.

01The town's official introduction lists the cherry avenue of Yonomori, the "cherry tunnel," under sightseeing and culture, with a cherry festival in April and the cherry as the town tree
02The shrine's fire festival is a prefectural important intangible folk cultural property, azalea seedlings were planted on the bank at Yonomori Station from 1939, and the azalea became the town flower
03The tourism association says an old fishing port built using a natural inlet moved to Tomioka Port in 1993, and the town spreads between the Abukuma Mountains and the Pacific

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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