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07423 ／やないづまち

Fukushima Prefecture 河沼郡

Yanaizu Town

A temple known across Aizu as Yanaizu's Kokuzo-sama.

A temple by the Tadami River

Photo by BehBeh (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Natural monument

Dace gather where two rivers meet.A national natural monument.

The tourism site says the pool where the Tadami and Ginzan rivers meet is the best home for ugui, the Japanese dace. Ugui do not usually form schools in a large river like the Tadami. They can be seen from spring to autumn.

National natural monument
Yanaizu Ugui habitat
Seen from spring to autumn

02 ／ Important Cultural Property

A Benten hall, a mid-Muromachi building,is a national Important Cultural Property.

The tourism site calls it a mid-Muromachi building and a representative regional structure showing the Zen style. The whole hall is richly colored, with especially fine paintings and carvings. It is the inner shrine of a temple in town.

National Important Cultural Property (building)
Designated April 5, 1917
Mid-Muromachi, Zen style

03 ／ Place name

Yanaizu is said to take its name fromthree big willows on the Tadami's bank.

The town says willow trees grew thick along the Tadami River until the Meiji era. Around the Daido era (about 1,200 years ago), three big willows stood on the bank at the old settlement (now Yanaizu), where boats and rafts docked. The name is said to come from them.

Three big willows (the town says "said to be")
Daido era, about 1,200 years ago
Yanaizu in Miyagi and Gifu are read the same

Yanaizu 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–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

A town 25 km from Aizuwakamatsu City.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

The town's profile says Yanaizu Town lies 25 km from Aizuwakamatsu City. By car, the nearest interchange is Aizu-Bange on the Banetsu Expressway. By train, the nearest station is Aizu-Yanaizu on the Tadami Line.

People living here: 3,081people
Area: 175.82km²
Households: 1,127households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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 6 municipalities.

Yanaizu Town in Japan37.526°N 139.720°E

Territory of Yanaizu 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

25.3km

Mishima Town, Aizumisato Town, Nishiaizu Town, Aizubange Town, Showa Village, Kaneyama Town

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

Yanaizu Town isthis kind of town.

01A temple stands in Yanaizu. The tourism site says its ox statue is also the origin of Akabeko, a folk craft of Aizu. In Aizu it has been called Yanaizu's Kokuzo-sama
02Uobuchi is a pool where dace gather at the meeting of the Tadami and Ginzan rivers, a national natural monument. A Benten hall is a mid-Muromachi building in the Zen style, a national Important Cultural Property
03Yanaizu is said to take its name from three big willows at a boat and raft landing on the Tadami's bank. The nearest station by train is Aizu-Yanaizu on the Tadami Line

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yanaizu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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