01 ／ Old coins
This jar was found by chance during farm work in Nebabori, Nakano. Said to be medieval Tokoname ware, it was packed with 17,991 coins imported from China, from the Northern Song to the Ming, in about 30 types. There is no settled explanation for burying them; theories include ritual and saving.
02 ／ Jellyfish
The freshwater jellyfish in Nakano Pond, part of a Town Natural Monument, is about the size of a 1-yen coin and can be seen for only one to two weeks. The town board of education confirmed it in 2017 for the first time in six years, and found three on 25 August 2022.
03 ／ Sword
The wakizashi called Uzurakojo-uchi, a Town Important Cultural Property, bears an inscription naming Yasutsugu, southern barbarian iron and Uzura old castle in Kozuke. The castle, a Town Historic Site on a plateau jutting into Tatara Pond, was abandoned in 1590.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot January 2023)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））
Living here
The town has two stations on the Tobu Koizumi Line, Hon-Nakano and Shinozuka. The town's access guide describes going from Asakusa by limited express on the Isesaki Line to Tatebayashi, changing to the Koizumi Line, and walking from Hon-Nakano to the town office, which it puts at 20 minutes. The town loop bus stops at both stations.
−3.4% since 2015
27,421 → 25,522
30.75km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.3 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
7.8km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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