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03524 ／いちのへまち

Iwate Prefecture 二戸郡

Ichinohe Town

Wave-like stripes flank the pass.

Cross-bedding of Namiuchi Pass

Photo by さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Petrified tree

A rooted trunk, still standing,became a petrified tree 6.4 m tall.

The petrified trees of this area are thought to have formed when a volcanic mudflow buried a forest about 17 million years ago. The trunk, 2 m across and 6.4 m tall, is described by the town as Japan's largest petrified trunk standing upright with its roots.

2 m across, 6.4 m tall
Natural Monument, 1936
Special Natural Monument, 1952

02 ／ Ginkgo

A male tree, yet some twigs bearfemale flowers and set fruit.

The tree is about 25 m tall, which the town calls not especially large for a ginkgo. It is a rare tree whose male trunk bears fruit on some twigs without grafting, and it was designated a national Natural Monument in 1938.

About 25 m tall
Female flowers on a male tree
Natural Monument, 1938

03 ／ Pit dwelling

On a burnt pit dwelling's remains,soil lay instead of thatch.

Pit dwelling in Ichinohe Town — Photo by 小池隆 (CC BY 3.0)

At the Goshono Site, from the late middle Jomon period, no thatch could be identified at a burnt pit dwelling examined in 1996; burnt soil lay on burnt timber. Reconstructed buildings stand on mounded earth at the places where they were found.

Late middle Jomon period
Burnt dwelling examined, 1996
National Historic Site, 1993

Ichinohe 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 October–November 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

Four IGR stations in town; Ninohe Station is in the next city.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

National Route 4 and the IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway run through the middle of the town, which has four IGR stations. The Tohoku Shinkansen's Ninohe Station is in neighbouring Ninohe City. About 61% of the 300.03 km² area is mountain forest and open land, and the local tourist association describes it as a plateau town surrounded by the Kitakami Mountains and the Ou Mountains.

People living here: 11,494people
Area: 300.03km²
Households: 4,574households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 10 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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 5 municipalities.

Ichinohe Town in Japan40.213°N 141.295°E

Territory of Ichinohe Town

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

North to south

24.5km

Ninohe City, Kuzumaki Town, Iwate Town, Kunohe Village, Hachimantai City

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

Ichinohe Town isthis kind of town.

01On both sides of the cutting at Namiuchi Pass, strata containing striped shells are exposed and look like waves, and the pass is thought to have taken its name from this; it is a national Natural Monument
02On the Nesori riverbed stands the Nesori giant petrified tree, 2 m across and 6.4 m tall, and the Jissoji ginkgo is a male tree whose twigs partly bear female flowers and set fruit
03The reconstructed pit dwellings of the Goshono Site have soil roofs, and the site is one component of the Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan; the town's stations are the four on the IGR line

See the town as it is now.

X@ichinohe_town ↗

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ichinohe Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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