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03503 ／のだむら

Iwate Prefecture 九戸郡

Noda Village

A road where oxen carried salt inland.

Salt Road, the Beko Road

Photo by Ty19080914 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Pit dwellings

Where a junior high school's construction turned up pottery,some 185 pit dwelling sites were confirmed nearby.

In 1952, a large quantity of pottery found during the construction of a junior high school led to surveys and excavations. Pit dwelling sites from the Nara to Heian periods, some 185 in all, were confirmed in the surrounding area, and Haji ware, Sue ware, ironware and amber were unearthed. The designated area is about 3,000 m² west of Noda Junior High School.

Prefectural historic site, 1954
Some 185 pit dwellings
Designated area: about 3,000 m²

02 ／ Shrine

The shrine on Mt. Atago near the village officeis also thought to date from the 14th century.

Atago Shrine stands on Mt. Atago near the village office. Its origins are unclear in detail, and as the guardian shrine of Kaizoin Temple it is also thought to date from the 14th century, the village says. The present shrine building was rebuilt in 1925, and the great torii on the approach, built in 2001, is a symbol of the village.

Possibly founded in the 14th century
Present building rebuilt in 1925
Great torii built in 2001

03 ／ Poetic place

The poetic place Noda no Tamagawa is assumedto be in either Noda Village or Shiogama.

The Saigyo Yashiki site on a small hill in Tamagawa, Noda Village, is said to be where the priest-poet Saigyo built a hermitage. The Heian-period poet Noin wrote of Noda no Tamagawa, and Saigyo is said to have followed in his footsteps. The village says it cannot be determined which Tamagawa they visited.

Two assumed sites for the poetic place
On a small hill
Tamagawa district

Noda Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The village has three Sanriku Railway Rias Line stations.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The village has three stations on the Sanriku Railway Rias Line. The village's rail map, revised on June 1, 2022, gives about 13 minutes by train from Kuji to Rikuchu-Noda, not counting waiting time for connections.

People living here: 3,936people
Area: 80.8km²
Households: 1,503households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 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 3 municipalities.

Noda Village in Japan40.110°N 141.818°E

Territory of Noda Village

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

North to south

13.7km

Kuji City, Fudai Village, Iwaizumi Town

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

Noda Village isthis kind of town.

01The Salt Road carried salt made in Noda inland on the backs of oxen and horses; the village says it is said to have taken about seven days to reach Morioka, and the Tohoku Regional Forest Office notes it is also called the Beko Road because salt reached Morioka, Sawauchi and Kazuno on oxen's backs
02The Noda Pit Dwelling Sites are a prefectural historic site: pottery found during junior high school construction led to surveys that confirmed some 185 Nara- to Heian-period pit dwelling sites in the surrounding area
03Atago Shrine is also thought to date from the 14th century, and Saigyo Yashiki is said to be where Saigyo built a hermitage after visiting the poetic place Noda no Tamagawa, which is also assumed to be in Shiogama, Miyagi

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

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