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08224 ／もりやし

Moriya City

A Kasama Road mound, now Koshin-zuka.

Akabokke milestone mound

01 ／ Ten-realms painting

A painting of the ten realms, from paradise to hell,said to be used in picture-telling by Kumano nuns.

Kumano Ten Realms mandalas are paintings said to have been used by Kumano nuns for picture-telling, showing the ten realms including paradise and hell, reincarnation, and birth, aging, sickness and death. The hanging scroll at a Moriya temple is estimated to date from the 18th century and is a city-designated painting.

City-designated painting
One hanging scroll
Estimated 18th century

02 ／ Castle ruins

A castle said to be Masakado's residencewas in fact the Soma clan's, the city writes.

Castle ruins in Moriya City — Photo by Souka Kinmei (CC0)

The castle stood on a plateau jutting into Kojo Pond (Moriya Pond), with a main enclosure and second and third enclosures. The city says it is widely held that Chiba Tsunetane's son Morotsune took over the Soma clan and built it here, but with no records, this cannot be asserted.

City-designated historic site
Plateau jutting into Kojo Pond
Three enclosures

03 ／ Gion Festival

Great banners rise, so it is called the Banner Festival,and the mikoshi is lowered to the ground.

The Gion Festival of Yasaka Shrine is also called the Banner Festival because great banners are raised. The portable shrine is lowered twice almost to the ground at places such as where the banners stand, then raised high, a motion called "momu" (to jostle). Five floats each carry a revolving stage.

City-designated folk culture
Mikoshi "jostled"
5 floats with revolving stages

Moriya 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

32 minutes to Akihabara by Rapid.

about 70,000 people

Moriya Station serves the Tsukuba Express and the Kanto Railway Joso Line. In the timetable revised on 15 March 2025, the Rapid leaving Akihabara at 5:51 reaches Moriya at 6:23, 32 minutes, and it takes 21 minutes from Kita-Senju. The city advises reaching City Hall from the station by bus or taxi.

People living here: 68,421people
Area: 35.71km²
Households: 27,385households
Rent (average for rentals): 63,717yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 46 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —11 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.

Moriya City in Japan35.951°N 139.975°E

to AkihabaraTsukuba Express32min
to Kita-SenjuTsukuba Express21min

Travel times follow 首都圏新都市鉄道（つくばエクスプレス）公式の列車別時刻表（NAVITIME 提供の公式ページ。平日・土休日とも秋葉原発の下り、2025年3月15日改正）で、秋葉原→守谷の快速の最短を数えた。快速は平日21本・土休日32本が毎日運転で、秋葉原発5:51→守谷着6:23＝32分、北千住発6:02→6:23＝21分（始発のつくば行き快速3001。ほかの快速も同じ分数） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Moriya 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

7.7km

Ibaraki Prefecture: Toride City, Tsukubamirai City, Joso City
Chiba Prefecture: Kashiwa City, Noda City

Moriya City isthis kind of town.

01Akabokke's milestone mound lay on a side road to Kasama, is now called Koshin-zuka, and has Koshin stone monuments on top
02Moriya Castle ruins are said to be Masakado's residence, but the city writes it was the Soma clan's
03Yasaka Shrine's Gion Festival raises great banners and lowers the mikoshi almost to the ground to jostle it

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Moriya City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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