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08203 ／つちうらし

Tsuchiura City

A yard-edge cherry, now five in the widened yard.

Manabe Cherry, Manabe Elementary

Photo by Miyuki Meinaka (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Boundary stone

Carved large on its face: the outer boundary mark,with the year Kencho 5 (1253).

The boundary stone at Tojo-ji is made of mica schist. Its face carries the outer boundary mark (大界外相) at the centre, "Kencho 5, Mizunoto-ushi" on the right and "29th day, 9th month" on the left, in shallow V-cut lines. It forms a set with the four city-designated stones in the foothill hamlet and was moved into the temple grounds.

Mica schist
Right side: Kencho 5 (1253)
One set with four city-designated stones

02 ／ Earthen-walled storehouse

Facing the Mito Kaido road,it is made up of three storehouses.

The Yaguchi residence is an earthen-walled building facing the Mito Kaido road, made up of three two-storey storehouses called the shop, side and main storehouses. After a great fire in Tsuchiura, earthen-walled buildings and tiled roofs appeared among townhouses, and the Yaguchi residence is a representative example.

Shop, side and main storehouses
All two storeys
Seven house-plan drawings attached

03 ／ Bronze bell

Cast in Kenji 1 (1275)with the priest Genkai as chief fundraiser.

Hannya-ji's bronze bell is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, called one of the "three ancient bells of Hitachi" with the bells of Tokaku-ji in the city and Chosho-ji in Itako. Tanji Hisatomo and Sendo Shigenobu cast it; the city notes that Tanji Hisatomo was a founder who worked on the Kamakura Great Buddha.

Kenji 1 (1275)
Height 115.2 cm, outer diameter 68.2 cm
Cast by Tanji Hisatomo and Sendo Shigenobu

Tsuchiura 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 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

39 minutes from Ueno on the Limited Express Hitachi.

about 140,000 people

The gateway is Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line. In JR East's October 2026 timetable, Limited Express Hitachi No. 25 leaves Ueno at 19:00 and arrives at 19:39, and it takes 46 minutes from Tokyo. The city says the main city hall is a two-minute walk from the station.

People living here: 142,074people
Area: 122.89km²
Households: 63,093households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,987yen
Healthcare: 8 hospitals ／ 108 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-02-20 に編入合併（新治村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —25 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.

Tsuchiura City in Japan36.078°N 140.204°E

to UenoLtd. exp. Hitachi39min
to TokyoLtd. exp. Hitachi46min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（品川・東京・上野の常磐線の下りの時刻表と、各列車の時刻詳細ページ。ダイヤは 2610＝2026年10月版） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Tsuchiura 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

17.8km

Tsukuba City, Kasumigaura City, Ami Town, Ishioka City, Ushiku City

Tsuchiura City isthis kind of town.

01The schoolyard of Manabe Elementary School has a Somei-Yoshino cherry planted in 1907 to mark the school's move, now a prefectural natural monument
02The boundary stone at Tojo-ji is carved with the outer boundary mark (大界外相) and the year Kencho 5, and forms a set with four city-designated stones in the foothills
03Hannya-ji's bronze bell, cast in Kenji 1, is an Important Cultural Property ranked among the three ancient bells of Hitachi

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.

Tsuchiura City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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