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10207 ／たてばやしし

Tatebayashi City

A castle drawn as if floating on a pond

Castle ema, Kitao Shigemitsu

Photo by 渓齋北尾重光 (Public domain)

01 ／ Grave of Oya Kyuhaku

He drew canals from the Watarase and Tatara-numa,and planted pines along the shore.

Oya Kyuhaku settled in the domain at the invitation of Nagao Akinaga, lord of Tatebayashi Castle in the Sengoku period. He is said to have drawn the Kami-Kyuhaku canal from the Watarase River and the Shimo-Kyuhaku canal from Tatara-numa to water the fields. The pine grove around Tatara-numa comes from his tree planting. His grave is a Gunma Prefecture historic site.

Prefectural historic site, 1953
Kami-Kyuhaku and Shimo-Kyuhaku canals
Pine grove by Tatara-numa from his planting

02 ／ Former Jomo Muslin Office

A symmetrical, Western-style facadeover a Japanese-style structure inside.

Built between 1908 and 1910, this two-story wooden building in the pseudo-Western style was the office of the Jomo Muslin company's head building. It has a hip-and-gable roof and Western touches such as sash windows. Its ridge plaque records the raising of the ridgepole on December 19, 1909, and in 1979 it was moved by towing to make way for the city hall.

Prefectural Important Cultural Property, 1978
Ridge plaque: December 19, 1909
Towed to its present site in 1979

03 ／ Morinji-numa

One of the few lowland wetlands lefton the Kanto Plain lies by Morinji.

Morinji-numa in Tatebayashi City — Photo by Taketarou (Public domain)

This is Morinji-numa in southern Tatebayashi and the lowland wetland around it, a Gunma Prefecture Natural Monument (natural reserve) since 1960. The Japan Heritage "Sato-numa" introduction calls it one of the few lowland wetlands left on the Kanto Plain. Morinji, founded in 1426 at the pond's edge, has used the pond's reeds to rethatch its roofs.

Prefectural Natural Monument, 1960
Morinji founded 1426
Roofs thatched with the pond's reeds

Tatebayashi City 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 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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

63 minutes to Asakusa by limited express, 51 to Kita-Senju.

about 80,000 people

The city covers 60.97 km², and the city hall stands 20.1 m above sea level. The Tobu limited express Ryomo takes 63 minutes at the fastest from Asakusa to Tatebayashi Station, and 51 from Kita-Senju, with no change of trains (the city says about 60 minutes from Asakusa). The Tobu Isesaki, Sano and Koizumi lines meet at Tatebayashi Station.

People living here: 75,309people
Area: 60.97km²
Households: 31,643households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,776yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 53 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —15 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Tatebayashi City in Japan36.245°N 139.542°E

to AsakusaLtd. exp. Ryomo63min
to Kita-SenjuLtd. exp. Ryomo51min

Travel times follow 東武鉄道「特急列車時刻表（浅草-館林・赤城・葛生・伊勢崎下り）」PDF（2026.3.14 改正）の浅草発・北千住発・館林着の列を目で読んだ（2026-10-21。PDF は文字が図形で、テキストでは取れないので画像にして読んだ）。浅草発→館林着は、リバティりょうもう9号 10:20→11:23、りょうもう11号 10:50→11:53、リバティ13号 11:50→12:53、15号 12:50→13:53、りょうもう17号 13:50→14:53、19号 14:50→15:53 がいずれも63分で最短（ほかは65〜69分。1号 6:48→7:53 は65分、3号 7:40→8:46 は66分、25号 16:20→17:25 は65分、29号 17:09→18:18 は69分）。北千住発→館林着は同じ列車で51分（9号 10:32→11:23、11号 11:02→11:53、17号 14:02→14:53 ほか）。乗り換えなし。PDF は平日・土休日を分けず1枚の表で、運転日の注記は無い (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Tatebayashi City

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

8.3km

Gunma Prefecture: Ora Town, Itakura Town, Meiwa Town, Chiyoda Town
Tochigi Prefecture: Sano City, Ashikaga City

Tatebayashi City isthis kind of town.

01The Tatebayashi Castle ema is a votive painting of the castle and Jonuma pond by Kitao Shigemitsu, dedicated to Obiki Inari Shrine in 1873, and a city Important Cultural Property (painting)
02Oya Kyuhaku is said to have drawn canals from the Watarase River and Tatara-numa, and his grave is a prefectural historic site; the Former Jomo Muslin Office, moved by towing in 1979, is a prefectural Important Cultural Property in the pseudo-Western style
03Morinji-numa and its lowland wetland are a prefectural Natural Monument, and the Tsutsujigaoka site, a national Place of Scenic Beauty, lies on the south shore of Jonuma

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Tatebayashi City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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