08223 ／ いたこし
Ibaraki PrefectureA Confucian hall, now Nijusanya Hall.
Nijusanya Hall, Nobukata School01 ／ Bronze bell
The bronze bell of Choshoji Temple bears an inscription read "Kakusen yahaku Hitachi no sojo". The city says it was donated in 1330 by Hojo Takatoki, a former regent, and calls it a valuable record of Itako then. It is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.
02 ／ Wind-waiting port
The gazetteer describes Ushibori as a landing where ships lay waiting for wind. A document in the Suda family papers shows a canal 6 ken wide and 630 ken long, from the Kita-Tone River to Narutsuhama in Nagayama; use was paid and decided by bidding. Hokusai's Ushibori is said to be painted from the bank before Mikumano Shrine.
03 ／ Sumo and water-god rite
In 1672 the shogunate's tribunal ruled that the Tokushima area belonged to the southern Mito domain, and the next year villagers offered a sumo festival at Kashima Yoshida Shrine. That began Nobukata Sumo. The city says the Tokushima Water-God Festival also dates back to that ruling.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot September 2024)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
Itako's Suigo-Itako Bus Terminal is 80 minutes by the Kashima Line express bus from Tokyo Station's Yaesu South Exit. In the Kanto Railway timetable revised on 1 March 2026, every down service takes 80 minutes, daily. By rail, a change is needed to reach Itako Station on the JR Kashima Line.
−5.2% since 2015
31,524 → 27,604
50.01km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
4.3 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 関東鉄道（京成バス・JRバス関東との共同運行）の高速バス『鹿島線』運行時刻表（2026年3月1日改正）の PDF。**下り（東京駅八重洲南口発→水郷潮来BT着）は、平日ダイヤ61本・土日祝ダイヤ70本のすべてが80分**（例：6:30→7:50・10:00→11:20・14:00→15:20・22:20→23:40。深夜座席指定便の23:30→0:50も80分）。上り（水郷潮来BT発→東京駅日本橋口着）は朝の5:05→6:40の95分から、日中・夜の80分まで（最短80分）。全日運転で、平日と土日祝で最短は同じ (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
11.2km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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