10345 ／ よしおかまち
Gunma Prefecture 北群馬郡Bamboo felled; an octagonal tomb found.
Mitsuya Kofun, octagonal tomb01 ／ Person
Baba Shigehisa was born in what is now Yoshioka in the 3rd year of Kanbun (1663) and devoted himself to improving sericulture alongside his medical work. He gathered 30 years of practice and theory into Kaiko Yoiku Tekagami. His grave in Kitashimo is a Gunma Prefecture historic site.
02 ／ Kofun
The Town's 1996 report describes the Minamishimo Kofun Group as once more than 40 tombs, all with corridor-style stone chambers; chambers A and E are of cut stone fitted together. Tomb A is estimated to date from the third quarter of the 7th century. Minamishimo Kofun Park opened in 2010, with the Cultural Properties Center beside it.
03 ／ Highway
Okubo was a post town on the Sado Kaido, and the town's newsletter says northern daimyo, Sado magistrates and merchants passed through. The signpost stands at the fork between the Sado Kaido and the Ikaho road, carved "Right Echigo, left Ikaho".
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. Kan-etsu Kotsu buses run from JR Shibukawa Station in about 15 minutes, and Nihon Chuo Bus serves Maebashi Station. Komayose Smart IC on the Kan-etsu Expressway began full operation in 2006. The town covers 20.46 km² on the south-eastern foot of Mt. Haruna.
+3.4% since 2015
15,171 → 21,792
16.8km² of it habitable
2024
2.8 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.8 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 ①関越交通『高崎渋川線時刻表』渋川駅〜群馬温泉〜イオンモール高崎〜北高崎駅前〜高崎駅（平日＝2026年3月1日改正・土日祝＝2025年10月1日改正）の渋川駅④番発→『下野田』着。②日本中央バス『19 前橋吉岡線』（2024年3月24日改正）の前橋駅北口⑤番発→『吉岡町役場入口』着 (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.3km
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