Yokotone Lock, Tone confluence, Inashiki City
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08229 / いなしきし

Ibaraki Prefecture

Inashiki City

Brick-and-stone gate at the confluence.

Yokotone Lock, Tone confluence

Photo by アリオト (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 / Thatched house

The northern half of the east side of the earthen floorjuts out to hold the hearth.

Thatched house in Inashiki City
Photo by Jennie Kondo (Jennie Valdivieso Kondo - Grialte) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A thatched house with a hip-style roof, 19.2 meters wide and 9.7 meters deep. According to the city, it is thought to have been built by the Kanbun era (from 1661), and the earthen-floor area appears to have been added around the Genroku era. The northern half of the east side of that floor juts out to hold the hearth. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1976.

  • Hip-style thatched roof
  • Thought built by the Kanbun era (from 1661)
  • 19.2 m wide, 9.7 m deep

02 / Main hall

The sturdy copper-roofed main hallwas rebuilt in the 13th year of Tenpo.

Main hall in Inashiki City
Photo by 小石川人晃 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The present main hall was rebuilt in 1842 and has a copper-plate roof. The city introduces it as a representative late-Edo temple building designated a prefectural tangible cultural property. The ceiling bears Matsumoto Fuko's "Hiten no Zu", and the old Nio gate is said to have been moved to Manpuku-ji in Namegata.

  • Rebuilt in 1842
  • Copper-plate roof
  • Ceiling painting "Hiten no Zu"

03 / Yokozuna

The yokozuna's Sumo-kun is knownfor curbing roughness and urging discipline.

A native of Awasaki, he was the seventh yokozuna, promoted in 1828. His Sumo-kun is known as a text that warns wrestlers against rough conduct while urging them to train the spirit. He also left many haiku. The city's History and Folklore Museum displays related materials.

  • Seventh yokozuna
  • Promoted in 1828
  • Sumo-kun

Inashiki City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot May–October 2010)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))

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Living here

50 minutes from Tsuchiura Station by bus.

  • about 40,000 people
  • 90 min to a city centre

The city has no railway station. From Tsuchiura Station, the fastest JR Bus Kanto Kasumigaura Line run on the holiday timetable takes 50 minutes to Edosaki, and some weekday runs take 43 minutes. This follows the timetable revised on 1 April 2026.

People living here
39,039people
20052020

−8.8% since 2015

49,689 → 39,039

Area
205.81km²

161.19km² of it habitable

2024

Households
14,552households

2.7 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
38,950yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
3 hospitals / 15 clinics

4.6 per 10,000 people

2023

Area205.81km²Habitable land161.19km² / 78%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—5 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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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.

Inashiki City in Japan35.956°N 140.324°E
OsakaInashiki City
Inashiki City Hall
稲敷市役所2020
  • to TokyoHighway bus89min
  • to TsuchiuraLocal bus50min

Travel times follow ①関東鉄道『鉾田・麻生・潮来・佐原・香取神宮~東京線 高速バス あそう号 運行時刻表』(R8.3.1版。稲敷市公式『公共交通(路線バス)』〔2026-08-17更新〕が『東京駅行き高速バス』として載せ、関東鉄道の路線ページ kantetsu.co.jp/highwaybus/hokota-tokyo にリンク)の下り(東京駅八重洲南口発→上西代着)。②JRバス関東『霞ケ浦線』時刻表(令和8年4月1日改定。稲敷市公式にリンク)の下り(土浦駅発→江戸崎着) (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Inashiki 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

13.7km

Chiba Prefecture
Katori City, Kozaki Town

Inashiki City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Yokotone Lock is a brick-and-stone lock completed in 1921 at the mouth where the Yokotone River meets the Tone, and the city describes it as an Important Cultural Property
  2. 02The Hirai family house is a hip-roofed thatched house thought to have been built by the Kanbun era (from 1661)
  3. 03Houzen-ji's main hall was rebuilt in 1842, and the city's museum displays materials on the Awasaki-born seventh yokozuna Inazuma Raigoro

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.