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08443 ／あみまち

Ibaraki Prefecture 稲敷郡

Ami Town

Three shrines may share the name Ami.

Ami Shrine, Takaku & Nakago

Photo by 小石川人晃 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Founding monument

A monument brought by cart from Arakawaoki Station,said to have taken farmers about 7 days to move.

The torii of Kompira Shrine carries a straw snake, standing for the snakes driven out by the clearing. According to the town, the Suzuki Village founding monument for Suzuki Yasutake's land clearing was hauled from Arakawaoki Station by cart along muddy roads, and farmers who came daily with packed lunches took about 7 days to set it in place.

Straw snake on the torii
Cart from Arakawaoki Station
Farmers took about 7 days

02 ／ Clay artifact

A clay copy of a socketed iron axe, carefully made,was found at the Yoshiharamukai site.

The iron-axe-shaped clay object copies a socketed iron axe and dates from the middle Kofun period (about 1,600 to 1,500 years ago). The town describes it as a tool used for rites and charms, made with great care as if faithfully reproducing the real thing. It was designated a town cultural property on 8 August 2019.

Shape of a socketed iron axe
About 1,600 to 1,500 years old
Town-designated on 8 Aug 2019

03 ／ Silverberry

Beneath the silverberry standa dosojin and a horse-headed Kannon.

The Akebono silverberry is a natsu-gumi silverberry, 10 m tall with a trunk 236 cm around. The town says that in old Omuro this large tree played the part of the dosojin, the guardian that keeps evil spirits from entering a village. The town's list gives it as a prefecturally designated natural monument, dated 18 July 1977.

10 m tall, 236 cm trunk
Dosojin and horse-headed Kannon
Prefectural designation 18 Jul 1977 (town list)

Ami Town 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 April–May 2008)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

21 minutes by bus from Tsuchiura Station.

about 50,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town. The town points visitors to a Kanto Railway bus from the west exit of Tsuchiura Station bound for Ami Chuo Kominkan, getting off at Ami Town Office. In the timetable revised on 1 April 2026, both the 6:35 weekday bus and the 6:50 weekend and holiday bus take 21 minutes to the terminus, Ami Chuo Kominkan.

People living here: 48,553people
Area: 71.4km²
Households: 20,225households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,502yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 27 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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.

Ami Town in Japan36.031°N 140.215°E

to TsuchiuraLocal bus21min

Travel times follow 町に鉄道の駅は無い。町公式『阿見町役場への交通（アクセス）方法』の分数は『約20〜30分』の幅のある目安（起点は町外の土浦駅西口）。関東鉄道バス土浦営業所の土浦駅西口発着時刻表（2026年4月1日改正）は終点が『阿見中央公民館』で、玄関口の『阿見町役場前』は時刻表に列として載らない (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Ami Town

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

9.7km

Ushiku City, Tsuchiura City, Miho Village, Inashiki City

Ami Town isthis kind of town.

01The town says that in 1829 a magistrate of temples and shrines ruled that all three shrines may use the name Ami Shrine, but may not claim to be Shikinaisha
02The Suzuki Village founding monument was hauled by cart over muddy roads, and farmers are said to have taken about 7 days to set it in place
03Around the Akebono silverberry stand a dosojin and a horse-headed Kannon

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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