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10425 ／つまごいむら

Gunma Prefecture 吾妻郡

Tsumagoi Village

A verse hints at a checkpoint bypass

Nukemichi Monument, Ozasa

Photo by こやまひろ (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Ozasa Checkpoint Site

A hane-bashi bridge over the stream,cut down if trouble came.

The village records that Numata domain lord Sanada Iga-no-kami built it in Kanbun 2 (1662), on the Nire Road from Takasaki to Zenkoji and on the way from Ozasa to Kusatsu Onsen. A hane-bashi bridge over the stream beside it could be cut down in an emergency to restrict traffic.

Built in Kanbun 2 (1662)
Hane-bashi bridge over the stream
Village-designated Historic Site, 1973

02 ／ Grave of Nakaiya Jubei

Born in Nakai Village, he kepta copper-roofed shop in Yokohama.

The village records that he came from Nakai Village (now Mihara), kept a shop in Nihonbashi, Edo, and made his fortune making and selling gunpowder from Mt. Shirane sulfur. He moved into Yokohama in Ansei 6 (1859), and his shop was called the Copper Mansion. The village signed a friendship agreement with Yokohama's Naka Ward in February 2016.

Moved to Yokohama in 1859
Prefectural Historic Site, 1956
Friendship pact with Yokohama's Naka Ward, 2016

03 ／ Asamayama Lava Tree Molds

Where trees once stood,well-like shafts were left.

With an eruption of Mt. Asama, well-like shafts were left where trees had stood. The village records that they lie in four areas and are a Special Natural Monument of Japan as a very rare volcanic phenomenon.

Found in 4 areas
National Natural Monument, 1940
Special Natural Monument, 1952

Tsumagoi 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 November–December 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

Manza-Kazawaguchi Station on the Agatsuma Line is the gateway.

about 9,000 people
Rural district town

The village's access guide gives about 2 hours 20 minutes by limited express from Ueno Station to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station, then about 15 minutes on the Agatsuma Line to Manza-Kazawaguchi Station. The village office is in Omae, and the village was formed in 1889 by the merger of 11 villages.

People living here: 8,850people
Area: 337.58km²
Households: 3,532households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 9 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Tsumagoi Village in Japan36.517°N 138.530°E

Territory of Tsumagoi 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

27.8km

Gunma Prefecture: Naganohara Town, Kusatsu Town
Nagano Prefecture: Takayama Village, Suzaka City, Tomi City, Komoro City, Karuizawa Town, Ueda City, Miyota Town

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

Tsumagoi Village isthis kind of town.

01The Nukemichi Monument in Ozasa is a village-designated Important Cultural Property; the village describes it as a verse stone that hints at a road to Zenkoji bypassing the Ozasa checkpoint on the Nire Road, for travelers with no pass
02The Ozasa checkpoint site is a village-designated historic site, the grave of Nakaiya Jubei is a prefectural historic site, and the Asamayama lava tree molds are a Special Natural Monument
03Before the Kanbara Kannon Hall stands the prefecturally designated Tenmei 3 Asama Yake Site, and the village lies in northwest Gunma Prefecture, bordering Nagano Prefecture on the west, south and north

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Tsumagoi Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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