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14364 ／やまきたまち

Kanagawa Prefecture 足柄上郡

Yamakita Town

Cedar named, they say, for banned woods.

Hokisugi cedar

Photo by Σ64 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Shasui Falls

From the red bridge you see the first fall.The second and third lie upstream.

Shasui Falls drops from the Takizawa River in three tiers; the town gives the drops as 69 m, 16 m and 29 m for the first, second and third falls. The first fall is the one seen from the red bridge, and the second and third are upstream. The name "Shasui" is said to refer to the fragrant water poured in esoteric Buddhism with a wish for purity.

Drops of 69 m, 16 m and 29 m
Prefectural scenic spot (1955)
"Shasui" said to mean fragrant water

02 ／ Kawamura Castle site

Between the main and small baileys,a moat has walls of 2 to 3 m left standing.

Between the main bailey and a small bailey of the Kawamura Castle site lies a shojibori moat. Walls are left uncut inside the moat to restrict movement through it, a way of building the town says is common to the castles of the Odawara Hojo. It was found in excavation and has been restored.

Moat walls about 2 to 3 m high
Prefectural historic site (1996)
Hill 225 m above sea level

03 ／ Yamakita no Ominei

In a district once a site of mountain ascetic training,a dance well expresses a yamabushi's practice.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs records that the Minasegawa area in Kyowa was once one of the sites of mountain ascetic training. Of the ten songs and dances handed down, the "Shugyo-odori" is said to express yamabushi practice well, and the town says it has been performed about every five years in recent years. It is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (1981)
One of the Furyu-odori on the UNESCO list (2022)
Recently performed about every five years

Yamakita 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

About 90% of the town is the mountains of western Tanzawa.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

About 90% of the town is mountainous land in western Tanzawa. Yamakita Station opened in 1889 with the opening of the Tokaido Line, and in the Taisho era shops lined the street in front of it. In 1934 the Kozu to Numazu section became the Gotemba Line, and the town now has three stations: Yamakita, Higashi-Yamakita and Yaga.

People living here: 9,761people
Area: 224.61km²
Households: 3,936households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 6 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 9 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Yamakita Town in Japan35.361°N 139.084°E

Territory of Yamakita 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

20.1km

Kanagawa Prefecture: Matsuda Town, Sagamihara City, Minamiashigara City, Hadano City, Kiyokawa Village, Kaisei Town
Yamanashi Prefecture: Doshi Village, Yamanakako Village
Shizuoka Prefecture: Oyama Town

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

Yamakita Town isthis kind of town.

01Hokisugi, standing near the entrance of the Hokizawa district in Nakagawa, is a national natural monument; the town gives its age as about 2,000 years, the oldest in the prefecture, and relays a tradition that its name derives from "Takaragizawa"
02Shasui Falls on the Takizawa River has three tiers, which the town gives as 69 m, 16 m and 29 m, and the Kawamura Castle site near a hilltop has a prefecturally designated shojibori moat
03Yamakita no Ominei, handed down in Kyowa, is a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and was inscribed in 2022 on the UNESCO list as one of the Furyu-odori

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

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