10464 ／ たまむらまち
Gunma Prefecture 佐波郡His posthumous name begins “Sugakuin.”
Saito Gigi's grave, wasan master01 ／ Checkpoint
Travelling the Nikko Reiheishi Road from Tamamura-juku, one had to pass the Goryo checkpoint before crossing the Tone River. The town calls it the only checkpoint on the road, and records that it checked firearms coming in and women going out, and watched boats on the river. Two gate-post foundation stones and an old well remain as a town historic site.
02 ／ Canal
The town records that Ina Tadatsugu, a Kanto intendant, extended a canal carried as far as Soja in Maebashi on to Tamamura. The Takigawa Canal, completed in 1610, opened the new fields of Kami-Shinden and Shimo-Shinden, and Tadatsugu is said to have moved Kadobuchi Hachimangu to the midpoint between them. The main hall, in nagare-zukuri style, is an Important Cultural Property.
03 ／ Rice-planting rite
The Harukuwa Festival, held every 11 February at Higoshi Shinmeigu Shrine, is a rice-planting rite that celebrates a good harvest in advance. Before the worship hall, hoe bearers mime working the field, and when the head priest cries “Harukuwa yoshi,” everyone calls back. After three rounds, the hoes are thrown. It became a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2002.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot August 2020)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 no railway station. From Takasaki Station, the fastest daily Gunma Chuo Bus service takes 32 minutes, and from Maebashi Station the fastest Nagai Bus service takes 36 minutes, to the town office stop. The stop is named “Tamamura Town Office South” on the Gunma Chuo Bus and “Tamamura Town Office” on the Nagai Bus.
−1.6% since 2015
34,244 → 36,054
25.62km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
5.5 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 群馬中央バス『17 高崎玉村線』の時刻表（令和6年4月1日から現在。群馬中央バス公式 gunmachuobus.co.jp/pages/35/ の PDF と、玉村町公式『玉村町の公共交通』〈環境安全課・更新2026-04-23〉の PDF は同一ファイル）の下り（高崎駅前発〜玉村町役場南着）と、永井バス『30 前橋玉村線』の時刻表（令和8年4月1日変更。玉村町公式『玉村町の公共交通』にリンク）の下り（前橋駅〈4番のりば〉発〜玉村町役場着） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.7km
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