Motosu City

238 root grafts. Boughs rest on props.

Neodani Usuzumi-zakura

Photo by Alpsdake (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Makuwa puppet theater

Said to have begun to honor an irrigation headwho worked to resolve a water dispute.

A three-operator puppet theater performed on a dedicated stage at the festival of Mononobe Shrine in Kami-Makuwa. The prefecture records that after the shogunate sent inspectors in 1639 (Kan'ei 16), the Mushiroda and Makuwa channels were set to share water 6 parts to 4 in times of drought.

Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 1984
The stage: Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property
In drought: Mushiroda 6 parts, Makuwa 4

02 ／ Funakiyama Tumulus No. 272

The battledore-shaped burial chamberwas painted red on all four sides.

The Funakiyama tumulus cluster is a National Historic Site, made up of about 290 burial mounds and tumuli. No. 272 is thought to date from the early to mid-6th century, and 23 glass dragonfly beads were unearthed there. Its stone chamber has been moved and restored, and is open on days the city designates.

National Historic Site, designated February 26, 2019
Chamber about 2 m by 5 m
23 dragonfly beads

03 ／ Neodani Fault

Over a century after the earthquake,the 6 m fault scarp is still clearly visible.

The Neodani Fault is a normal fault with a left-lateral component, and a Special Natural Monument. In the designated area the drop reaches 6 m. It became a Natural Monument in 1927 and was designated a Special Natural Monument in 1952.

Special Natural Monument, special designation 1952
Drop of 6 m (designated area)
Normal fault with a left-lateral component

Living here

The Neo River runs down the west edge of a city 43 km long.

about 30,000 people

The city was formed on February 1, 2004 by the merger of the towns of Motosu, Shinsei and Itonuki and the village of Neo. It spans 17 km east to west and 43 km north to south, with a total area of 374.65 km², and borders Fukui Prefecture to the north. The gateway is Morera-Gifu Station on the Tarumi Railway, about a 10-minute walk from the main city hall.

People living here: 32,928people
Area: 374.65km²
Households: 11,720households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,380yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 23 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Motosu City in Japan35.483°N 136.679°E

Territory of Motosu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

43.2km

Gifu Prefecture: 揖斐川町, 山県市, 岐阜市, 関市, 大野町, 北方町, 瑞穂市
Fukui Prefecture: 大野市

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

Motosu City isthis kind of town.

01Neodani Usuzumi-zakura is a giant Edo-higan cherry and a National Natural Monument; in 1949 (Showa 24) 238 root grafts using young mountain-cherry roots were made, and the city records that props to protect the boughs were added later
02Makuwa puppet theater is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, performed on a stage that is itself an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property; the city says it began as a play honoring the irrigation head who worked to resolve a water dispute
03The Funakiyama tumulus cluster is a National Historic Site, and the stone chamber of No. 272 has been moved and restored; the Noh and Kyogen of Nogo are an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the prefectural tourism site records Yamaguchi Castle site as the birthplace of Furuta Oribe

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Motosu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗