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10448 ／しょうわむら

Gunma Prefecture 利根郡

Showa Village

A hall astride the path, moved postwar

Hotaka Shrine dance hall

Photo by Taisuke.Kasuya (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ The Yokoido Wells of Ogose

The Ogose wells, dug where water was scarce,measured 68 to 95 m at three sites.

To secure water for daily life, Hayashi Yakichi and others took the lead, and the village records that the wells were dug in 1886–1888. In 1988 the lengths of three of the five were surveyed: the longest was 95 m in total, and even the shortest was 68 m.

Dug 1886–1888
Longest 95 m, shortest 68 m (three measured)
Village-designated Historic Site, 1992

02 ／ The Great Zelkova of Unsho-ji

A great zelkova said to have keptthe 1847 fire from reaching the temple.

The village records a trunk girth of 8.4 m at eye level and a height of about 18 m by eye, and an age estimated at about 700 years. In the fire of 1847 it is said to have kept the flames from the temple though burned on its south side, and the trunk has since become largely hollow from that damage.

Girth 8.4 m at eye level
Age estimated at about 700 years
Prefectural Natural Monument, 1957

03 ／ Kajiyachi Kofun

From the burial chamber of a mound thoughtto date from the early 7th century, 300+ finds.

This round tomb was excavated in 1993, and its main chamber is a double-sleeved stone chamber of piled natural stones. The village records that more than 300 items came out of the chamber, among them a five-bell mirror, weapons, horse gear and metalwork.

Thought built in the early 7th century
Over 300 finds
Village-designated Historic Site, 1997

Showa Village 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 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

A village with no station, about 10 minutes by car from Iwamoto.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

The village has no railway station. The village guides visitors from Tokyo Station by the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki Station, then the Joetsu Line to Iwamoto Station, and about 10 minutes by car from there. From Jomo-Kogen Station it is about 30 minutes by car.

People living here: 6,953people
Area: 64.14km²
Households: 2,601households
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 2 municipalities.

Showa Village in Japan36.640°N 139.066°E

Territory of Showa Village

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

9.9km

Numata City, Shibukawa City

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

Showa Village isthis kind of town.

01The Hotaka Shrine dance hall in Kainose is a village-designated Important Cultural Property said to date from 1820; a wari-haiden once built astride the approach path, it was moved to its present site after the war and has a revolving-stage mechanism
02The Yokoido wells of Ogose, dug in 1886–1888, are a village-designated historic site, and the great zelkova of Unsho-ji, said to have kept the 1847 fire from the temple, is a prefectural natural monument
03Kajiyachi Kofun is a round tomb thought to date from the early 7th century, over 300 items including a five-bell mirror came from its chamber, and the village lies in Tone District in northern Gunma Prefecture with no railway station

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Showa Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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