08521 ／ やちよまち
Ibaraki Prefecture 結城郡In a Shinran-linked hall, Amida stands.
Kotoku-ji, Shinchi01 ／ Kannon hall
Bussho-ji's Kannon hall in Kuriyama was built in 1680 by Yamakawa carpenters of Yuki, as a ridge-plaque shows. Horses are painted on its inner wall panels, a subject the town calls unusual for such a hall. The Niomon gate, a two-story tower gate, dates from 1774.
02 ／ Ink inscription
During conservation in 2002, an ink inscription was confirmed on the inner chest and belly of the standing Eleven-Faced Kannon at Shin-Hasedera in Hacchō. It reads the year Teiwa 6 (1350) and the sculptor Daibusshi Insho. The statue is 180 cm tall.
03 ／ Ironworking site
The Ozakimaeyama site was excavated from 1978 to 1980. Three smelting furnaces were found on a slope, along with storage areas for charcoal and clay, and work areas. They were thought to date from around the 9th century, but may go back to the 8th century.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
There is no railway station in the town. The town advises taking an Ibaraki Kyuko bus from JR Koga Station to Yachiyo Town Office, and notes that travel time varies with traffic and connections. Paddies lie east of the Yamakawa River and fields mostly to the west, and the town says Chinese cabbage has been grown since the Taisho era.
−4.5% since 2015
25,008 → 21,026
55.84km² of it habitable
2024
3.0 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
2.9 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
12.6km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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