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08207 ／ゆうきし

Yuki City

A tower said to honor four generations.

Yuki Tomomitsu grave, Shomyo-ji

Photo by Asturio Cantabrio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Yuki Tsumugi

Hand-spun thread, hand-tied ikat, a ground loom:the three conditions required.

Yuki Tsumugi in Yuki City — Photo by Moraykaita at Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Yuki tsumugi (plain weave), designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property by the state in 1956, must meet three conditions. The thread is hand-spun from silk floss with no strongly twisted yarn, any ikat patterns are tied by hand, and the cloth is woven on a ground loom (jibata). Only those who have honed these techniques for 20 years or more are recognized as holders.

Three conditions
Holders: 20+ years of practice
Important Intangible Cultural Property, 1956

02 ／ Yuki Ancient Temple Ruins

A round tile scored with a spatula proved thisto be the Shomonki's temple in Yuki-gun.

These are the ruins of a great temple that was built in the early Nara period and lasted some 700 years, until the mid-Muromachi period. Inside the cloister a pagoda stood to the east and a main hall to the west, in the Hokiji-style layout, on a precinct 250 m north to south and 180 m east to west. A kiln site about 500 m to the northeast fired the tiles from the temple's founding.

Precinct 250 m by 180 m
Lasted some 700 years
National Historic Site, 2002

03 ／ Gugyoji

Buson spent some ten years in Yuki; the city says hemoved into Gugyoji and left sliding-door paintings.

Gugyoji was founded in 1595 (Bunroku 4) to pray for the repose of Matsuhime, the eldest daughter of Yuki Hideyasu. The city's history page says Buson came to Yuki relying on the haiku poet Isaoka Ganto, stayed about ten years, and moved into Gugyoji, where he left sliding-door paintings. The temple also holds prefecture-designated sliding-door paintings and a Taima mandala.

About ten years in Yuki (city history page)
Founded 1595 (Bunroku 4)
Prefecture-designated paintings and mandala

Yuki 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

About 7 minutes from Oyama Station on the Mito Line.

about 50,000 people

The city's three stations are all on the JR Mito Line, and the city's tourist information office is a one-minute walk from the north exit of Yuki Station. The city guides visitors from Tokyo Station by the Tohoku Shinkansen to Oyama Station in about 45 minutes, then about 7 minutes on the Mito Line to Yuki Station.

People living here: 50,645people
Area: 65.76km²
Households: 19,328households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,336yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 27 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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 4 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Yuki City in Japan36.290°N 139.871°E

Territory of Yuki 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

13.6km

Ibaraki Prefecture: Yachiyo Town, Koga City, Chikusei City
Tochigi Prefecture: Oyama City

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

Yuki City isthis kind of town.

01The tiered tower at Shomyo-ji is said to be a memorial tower for Yuki Tomomitsu through the fourth head, Tokihiro, and recent research dates it to around the late Kamakura period
02Yuki tsumugi has three conditions, hand-spun thread, hand-tied ikat and a ground loom, and only those who have practiced for 20 years or more are recognized as holders
03A tile scored with a spatula showed the Yuki ancient temple ruins to be the temple of the Shomonki, and the city says Buson moved into Gugyoji

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yuki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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