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14383 ／まなづるまち

Kanagawa Prefecture 足柄下郡

Manazuru Town

150,000 pine seedlings, now town forest.

Ohayashi, Manazuru town forest

Photo by Σ64 (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Dosojin

Roadside guardian stonessit in 11 places around town.

Dosojin in Manazuru Town — Photo by GuchuanYanyi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The town counts “11 places, 28 stones,” and says they stand at the entrances of hamlets and districts. On the town’s map, the middle one of the three at Nishi no Dosojin dates from 1844 (Tenpo 15) and is called the oldest with a known date in town.

11 places, 28 stones (the town’s count)
Nishi no Dosojin: 1844 (Tenpo 15)
Only the relief on a square pillar, at Nagasaka

02 ／ Town planning

Beauty is not a matter of taste:the town set eight principles.

To keep the everyday scenery of a nostalgic port town, the town wrote the “Beauty Standards” design code under its town planning ordinance. Its eight principles are place, grading, scale, harmony, materials, decoration and art, community, and view. It is not enforced; it is made together, it says.

Eight principles
30 years since the ordinance took effect (review report, March 2025)
“Beauty Standards” released under CC-BY

03 ／ Stone

Sent to find stone for Edo Castle,he is said to have raised a memorial.

Stone in Manazuru Town — Photo by GuchuanYanyi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The town says an officer ordered by Kuroda Nagamasa to find stone for Edo Castle found fine stone on Iwakomatsu hill and opened a quarry. He is said to have raised a memorial stone tower at Nagamasa’s 13th memorial service, and its base is said to be original.

Nagamasa’s 13th memorial service
Base said to be original
Hon-Komatsu stone: Hakone volcanic lava (town)

Manazuru 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 2019 – March 2020)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

88 minutes to Tokyo on the Tokaido Line, no change.

about 7,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Rural district town

The fastest everyday JR Tokaido Line train from Manazuru Station takes 88 minutes to Tokyo and 79 to Shinagawa, with no change. There is no Shinkansen station in town.

People living here: 6,722people
Area: 7.05km²
Households: 2,963households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Manazuru Town in Japan35.158°N 139.137°E

to TokyoJR Tōkaidō Main Line88min
to ShinagawaJR Tōkaidō Main Line79min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（真鶴駅東海道線小田原・横浜方面（上り）の平日と土曜・休日。2026年10月のダイヤ〔URL の 2610〕）と、各列車の停車駅一覧の時刻 (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Manazuru Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

5.6km

Yugawara Town, Odawara City

Manazuru Town isthis kind of town.

01Ohayashi, the peninsula forest where 150,000 pine seedlings allotted to Odawara Domain were planted, passed from state forest to the town in 1952
02The town counts 11 places and 28 guardian stones; Nishi no Dosojin holds one dated 1844
03The town’s “Beauty Standards” set eight principles so that beauty is not a matter of personal taste

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Manazuru Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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