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03507 ／ひろのちょう

Iwate Prefecture 九戸郡

Hirono Town

Said to be an immortal monk's grave.

Hitachibo Kaison's grave, Ono

Photo by 憧海 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Iron kakebotoke

No deity figure is made;the iron disc is inscribed "sun and moon."

The iron Nichigatsu-shin kakebotoke of Ono has a disc 18.8 cm across. An inscription on its face suggests it was dedicated in 1809. All of the 8 or so kakebotoke confirmed in Taneichi are also iron, and the town's board of education says they are thought to have been made from local iron.

Disc 18.8 cm across
Dedication inscription of 1809
All 8 or so in Taneichi are iron

02 ／ Kanayama Shrine, Oya

A shrine said to stand wherean ironworking furnace once was, in Oya.

Oya, about 10 km west of central Taneichi on the border with the former Ono Village, held the Oya ironworks, counted in the Edo period as one of the six ironworks of Ono. The town's board of education says Kanayama Shrine, said to stand where a tatara furnace was, keeps its trace.

About 10 km west of central Taneichi
One of the six ironworks of Ono
Said to stand on a furnace site

03 ／ Nanbu Mogura

The gear weighs about 70 kg in all.Rope tenders and pump pushers support the diver.

Nanbu Mogura, Taneichi's traditional helmet diving, uses a helmet, a diving suit, cast-metal diving boots and lead weights at chest and back, for a total gear weight of about 70 kg. It takes many people, including the rope tender and pump pushers who hold the diver's life in their hands.

Total gear weight about 70 kg
Rope tender and pump pushers needed
Helmet diving

Hirono Town 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 September–October 2022)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

In 2006, Taneichi Town and Ono Village joined.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

Formed on January 1, 2006 by the merger of Taneichi Town and Ono Village, the town covers 302.92 km², about 70 percent of it forest. Around 100 m above sea level it divides into a western highland area and an eastern coastal area. The town has eight stations on the JR Hachinohe Line, and its offices are in two places, Taneichi and Ono.

People living here: 15,091people
Area: 302.92km²
Households: 5,793households
Rent (average for rentals): 30,784yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 5 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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

Borders 3 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Hirono Town in Japan40.408°N 141.719°E

Territory of Hirono Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

26.2km

Iwate Prefecture: Kuji City, Karumai Town
Aomori Prefecture: Hashikami Town

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

Hirono Town isthis kind of town.

01In Ono, the legendary monk Hitachibo Kaison is said to have died in Ono, and a 75 cm stone monument is said to be his grave; Kaison is also said to have become immortal and to have told of the Genpei wars
02The iron Nichigatsu-shin kakebotoke of Ono and the iron kakebotoke of Taneichi come from a land that was an ironworking area in the Edo period, and in Oya Kanayama Shrine stands where the Oya ironworks, one of the six of Ono, once was
03Taneichi's helmet diving, Nanbu Mogura, uses gear weighing about 70 kg in all; the town has eight JR Hachinohe Line stations, and Taneichi Town and Ono Village merged in 2006

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hirono Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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