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03301 ／しずくいしちょう

Iwate Prefecture 岩手郡

Shizukuishi Town

A cave over 10 m high named the cliff.

Kakkonda no Oiwaya cliff

Photo by さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Boundary marker

Replacing the wooden boundary post with stonetook about 314 labourers, the town records.

This granite pillar stands at Kunimi Pass on the old Akita road. It replaced a wooden boundary post in 1849 (Kaei 2), was prepared in Morioka and is inscribed as the northeastern limit of the Morioka domain. The town records that Morioka people carried it as far as Shizukuishi, and the Shizukuishi district carried it up to the pass.

Wooden post replaced by stone in 1849
About 314 labourers and about 36 kan of wages (town's account)
Town-designated cultural property, 2018

02 ／ Cowshed

A two-storey timber cowshed built in 1908,with a silo attached on its north side.

Among the Koiwai Farm buildings, Cowshed No. 2 is a two-storey timber building of 495.77 sq m with a silo attached on its north side. The farm buildings were designated Important Cultural Properties in 2017. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes them as a group showing a farm system that took in the latest technology and kept improving.

Built in 1908 (Meiji 41)
Two-storey timber, 495.77 sq m
Important Cultural Property, 2017 (farm buildings)

03 ／ Shrine architecture

A zelkova main hall and a hall said to beits predecessor, now an ema hall.

The main hall of Kamiwano Batokanzeon was built in 1914 as a single-storey zelkova building. The town points to its two Nio guardian statues and carved decoration, and attributes the work to a master shrine carpenter. The old hall dates from the Edo period, was moved in 1914 and is now an ema hall. Both are nationally registered tangible cultural properties.

Main hall built in 1914, single-storey
Old hall from the Edo period, moved in 1914
Registered Tangible Cultural Properties, August 1, 2016 (two buildings)

Shizukuishi 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 July 2023)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

Tokyo in 2 h 28 min on the Akita Shinkansen.

about 20,000 people
Shinkansen stops here
Rural district town

From Tokyo Station to Shizukuishi Station, the fastest Akita Shinkansen Komachi that runs every day takes 2 hours 28 minutes (October 2026 timetable). Shizukuishi Station is on the Tazawako Line, and the Akita Shinkansen stops there.

People living here: 15,731people
Area: 608.82km²
Households: 5,412households
Rent (average for rentals): 28,895yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 10 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Shizukuishi Town in Japan39.696°N 140.976°E

to TokyoAkita Shinkansen148min

Travel times follow JR東日本「駅の時刻表」（2026年10月版）の雫石駅（下り・平日と土曜休日）に載る秋田新幹線こまちの列車ページで、東京発→雫石着を数えた（docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py を作業フォルダにコピーし『毎日』だけを出すよう絞って実行。駅コード0782）。東京→雫石の下りは平日・土休日とも5本（3009B・3015B・3031B・3037B ほか臨時の5061B） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Shizukuishi Town

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

North to south

40.9km

Iwate Prefecture: Takizawa City, Morioka City, Nishiwaga Town, Shiwa Town, Hachimantai City, Hanamaki City, Yahaba Town
Akita Prefecture: Semboku City

Shizukuishi Town isthis kind of town.

01The Kakkonda no Oiwaya, a nationally designated natural monument on the left bank of the Kakkonda River, is a columnar-jointed cliff 160 m wide and about 70 m high with a cave over 10 m high at its base
02At Kunimi Pass on the old Akita road stands a granite boundary marker of the Morioka domain, put up in 1849 to replace a wooden post and designated by the town
03Cowshed No. 2 of Koiwai Farm, built in 1908, is an Important Cultural Property, and the main hall and old hall of Kamiwano Batokanzeon are nationally registered cultural properties

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shizukuishi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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