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14362 ／おおいまち

Kanagawa Prefecture 足柄上郡

Oi Town

Even the station grows the town symbol.

Gourds, Kami-Oi Station

Photo by Loasa (CC0)

01 ／ Tsunashima residence site

Once the village had one lord,both headmen were still kept on.

In the Edo period, Kaneko Village was split between the Odawara domain and the land of the hatamoto Udono clan, and each had its own village headman. The Tsunashima family was headman for the hatamoto land. When the Udono line ended in 1689 and the village came wholly under Odawara, both headmen stayed, and until the Meiji Restoration it was as if there were two villages.

Udono line ended in 1689
Two villages in effect until the Meiji Restoration
Town-designated important cultural property (1971)

02 ／ Dogu-shaped vessel

A vessel shaped like a clay figureheld an infant's bones and teeth.

The dogu-shaped vessel found at the Nakayashiki site is said to date from the early Yayoi period. It has an opening in the top of its head and was used as a container; inside were an infant's bones and teeth. The original is not open to the public, and a replica is displayed on the second floor of the Lifelong Learning Center.

Said to be early Yayoi period
Opening in the top of the head
Replica at the Lifelong Learning Center

03 ／ Sakawa weir intake site

A three-bay stone sluice drewSakawa River water for about 290 years.

The Sakawa weir was an irrigation channel that took water from the Sakawa River to the fields, and it was used for about 290 years until its intake moved upstream to Yamakita in 1937. The sluice, found in 1985 during work on Ashigara Bridge, was of three stone bays, about 4.85 m wide and 7.20 m long.

Used for about 290 years
Sluice of three stone bays
Town-designated important cultural property (1971)

Oi 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 September–November 2022)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

Two Gotemba Line stations; the name is Oi no Sho.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town has two JR Gotemba Line stations, Kami-Oi and Sagami-Kaneko; at Kozu you can change to the Tokaido Line, and at Matsuda to the Odakyu Odawara Line. The area has been called Oi no Sho since the Kamakura period, and when the town was founded in 1956 it was named Oi Town after that name.

People living here: 17,129people
Area: 14.38km²
Households: 6,683households
Rent (average for rentals): 53,947yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 11 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Oi Town in Japan35.327°N 139.156°E

Territory of Oi 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

5.1km

Odawara City, Nakai Town, Hadano City, Matsuda Town, Kaisei Town

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

Oi Town isthis kind of town.

01The town presents the gourd as the symbol of Oi Town and grows it in four places: the gourd pond, the zelkova avenue, Kami-Oi Station and the local museum
02Kaneko Village had two headmen, for Odawara land and hatamoto land, and the arrangement continued until the Meiji Restoration; the town's cultural guide lists the early Yayoi dogu-shaped vessel as a national important cultural property
03The Sakawa weir intake was used for about 290 years until it moved upstream in 1937, and its three-bay stone sluice, found during work on Ashigara Bridge, is a town-designated important cultural property

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Oi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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