14402 ／ きよかわむら
Kanagawa Prefecture 愛甲郡Hemlock grows among the fir trees.
Fudakake fir forest, Tanzawa01 ／ Japanese wolf
The Japanese wolf remains kept in homes in the village total 7: five skulls, one lower jaw and one forelimb. Four skulls and the jaw were certified by DNA analysis; the rest were identified by form. All were designated village cultural properties on March 3, 2025.
02 ／ Shrine forest
Susugaya's Hachiman Shrine is said to have begun when Mori Taro Kageyuki invited the deity of Iwashimizu Hachimangu in the Jisho era (1177-1181). The shrine forest is a prefectural natural monument; the Agency for Cultural Affairs database calls it a precious local forest that remains in its original, stable natural vegetation.
03 ／ Waniguchi
The waniguchi, a prefectural important cultural property (craft), is inscribed Oei 3 (1396). The village history records that it is said to have been enshrined as the sacred object of Miyagase's Okuno Kumano Gongen, which had invited the Kumano gongen of Kii.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot October 2019)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））
Living here
There is no railway station in the village, and 89% of its area is forest. The Koayu River runs through Susugaya, and the Nakatsu and Hayato rivers through Miyagase. Timber was once rafted down to the Nakatsu River, and charcoal was sent by horse to the post towns of Isehara and Atsugi. In 1926 a bus began running between Susugaya's Sakajiri and Atsugi, ten round trips a day.
−5.5% since 2015
3,478 → 3,038
7.65km² of it habitable
2024
2.7 people per household
2020
9.9 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
10.6km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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