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08211 ／じょうそうし

Joso City

Western in front, Japanese behind.

Nisui Kaikan, old town office

Photo by Asturio Cantabrio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Wealthy farmer's house

Shutter doors and a transom above the hall,which the city calls unseen in the region.

The Sakano family were village headmen appointed as the local head for the Iinuma new-field development, which began in 1725. The main house hangs shitomi shutter doors in front of its hall, with a transom above. The main house and front gate are a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.

Iinuma new-field development began in 1725
Appointed local head of the development
Main house and gate: Important Cultural Property (1968)

02 ／ Birthplace

Through a tile-roofed gatehouse,a thatched main house stands ahead.

The poet Nagatsuka Takashi was born in 1879. Past the tile-roofed gatehouse, 17.5 meters long, a south-facing thatched main house stands straight ahead. The city calls it significant as a historic site in Ibaraki Prefecture, which has few literary sites.

Tile-roofed gatehouse, 17.5 m long
Thatched main house
Prefectural historic site (1955)

03 ／ Bank building

The city says no other bank building in towndates from the same period.

The Former Hotoku Bank Mitsukaido Branch was set up in 1912, and the present building is said to have been built between 1918 and 1923. A two-story brick-and-timber structure, it was taken over by Joso City in 2006. It is a municipally designated cultural property.

Said to be built 1918-1923
Two-story brick and timber
Municipally designated (2006)

Joso City 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 May 2021)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

Change at Toride for the Joso Line's Mitsukaido Station.

about 60,000 people

The city advises taking the JR Joban Line to Toride Station (about 40 minutes from Ueno), then the Kanto Railway Joso Line for about 30 minutes to Mitsukaido Station. By Tsukuba Express, it is Moriya Station (about 40 minutes from Akihabara), then about 10 minutes on the Joso Line (updated August 2020).

People living here: 60,834people
Area: 123.64km²
Households: 22,289households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,401yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 27 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-01 に編入合併（石下町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —13 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

Surrounded by 7 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Joso City in Japan36.024°N 139.994°E

Territory of Joso 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

19.8km

Ibaraki Prefecture: Bando City, Tsukubamirai City, Tsukuba City, Shimotsuma City, Yachiyo Town, Moriya City
Chiba Prefecture: Noda City

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

Joso City isthis kind of town.

01Nisui Kaikan was built in 1913 as the Mitsukaido Town Office, a single-story building Western in front and Japanese behind, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property
02The Former Sakano Residence belonged to a village headman of the Iinuma new-field development, and the city calls its shutter-door and transom front unseen in the region
03The Nagatsuka Takashi birthplace is a prefectural historic site and the Former Hotoku Bank Mitsukaido Branch is a municipally designated building, both standing in Mitsukaido

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Joso City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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