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03381 ／かねがさきちょう

Iwate Prefecture 胆沢郡

Kanegasaki Town

Two doors, perhaps for mounting horses.

Rokuhara Quarters, Remount Depot

Photo by Ty19080914 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Hedges

A sawara cypress hedge marks each plot,and the town subsidizes its trimming.

In Jonai Suwakoji, each plot is bounded by a sawara cypress hedge, and the town says a cedar homestead woodland called egune stands to the northwest. Under its fiscal 2026 notice, the town subsidizes hedge trimming in the preservation district: 500 yen per metre for both sides, 250 yen for one side.

Preservation district, about 34.8 ha
500 yen per metre, both sides (fiscal 2026)
Selected as a preservation district, 2001

02 ／ Western-style house

The reception room ceiling boardsradiate from a central ornament.

Built in 1909 (Meiji 42) as the reception section of a prefectural governor's residence, this single-story wooden Western-style building has a hall behind the entrance, a reception room and an anteroom, with clapboard walls. It is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the registration text says its design suits a governor's residence.

Built 1909 (Meiji 42)
Single-story wooden, building area 56 sq m
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2018

03 ／ Kannon hall

A hall three bays square with a pyramidal roof,its founding history unclear.

Motomiya Kannon Hall in the Nishine district measures three bays by three (5.45 m square), with a pyramidal roof and a one-bay front porch. The attached shrine (zushi) is also one bay. The prefecture's description says reliable records on its founding are lacking, and that its construction methods show it does not date to the medieval period.

5.45 m by 5.45 m
Early modern (mid-17th century)
Prefecturally designated, 2019

Kanegasaki 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 June 2024)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

Ten minutes' walk from Kanegasaki Station to the samurai quarter.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town says it is a 10-minute walk from Kanegasaki Station (JR Tohoku Main Line) to the streets of samurai houses. The town names Mizusawa-Esashi Station in Oshu City as the nearest Shinkansen station, about 20 minutes by car from the town. The nearest expressway exits on the Tohoku Expressway are Mizusawa and Kitakami-Kanegasaki.

People living here: 15,535people
Area: 179.76km²
Households: 5,923households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,855yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 15 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 2 municipalities.

Kanegasaki Town in Japan39.196°N 141.116°E

Territory of Kanegasaki Town

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

North to south

14.4km

Oshu City, Kitakami City

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

Kanegasaki Town isthis kind of town.

01The former officers' residence of the Army Remount Depot's Rokuhara Branch was built for a depot that raised and supplied military horses; the registration text says its two entrances were probably meant to allow for mounting horses
02Each plot in Jonai Suwakoji is bounded by a sawara cypress hedge and the town subsidizes its trimming; the town also has a 1909 former governor's residence Western-style building and the prefecturally designated Motomiya Kannon Hall
03The Tonomi Palisade site, a National Historic Site, is thought to be a stockade of the Abe clan in the 11th century, and its excavated building and moat remains cannot be seen today; the town says it is a 10-minute walk from Kanegasaki Station to the samurai quarter, and the nearest Shinkansen station is Mizusawa-Esashi in Oshu City

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kanegasaki Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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