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Towns tagged “An odd landmark”
157 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “An odd landmark”, across 41 prefectures.
“An odd landmark” is an editorial tag, chosen town by town. This is not a complete count of every town in Japan that fits, and a town missing here is not a town that doesn't fit. Towns are listed by prefecture in local government code order, with no ranking.
Hokkaido3
Hokkaido pageAomori Prefecture2
Aomori Prefecture pageMiyagi Prefecture1
Miyagi Prefecture pageAkita Prefecture4
Akita Prefecture pageYamagata Prefecture1
Yamagata Prefecture pageFukushima Prefecture1
Fukushima Prefecture pageIbaraki Prefecture2
Ibaraki Prefecture pageTochigi Prefecture2
Tochigi Prefecture pageGunma Prefecture2
Gunma Prefecture pageSaitama Prefecture2
Saitama Prefecture pageChiba Prefecture3
Chiba Prefecture pageTokyo1
Tokyo pageKanagawa Prefecture2
Kanagawa Prefecture pageNiigata Prefecture5
Niigata Prefecture page- Niigata CityWestern-style hall by local carpenters.Former Customs House, Unjosho
- Ojiya CityA hall with a high floor against snow.Akashido, chijimi founder's hall
- Murakami CityA trail sign reads "Nihonkoku" (Japan).Nihonkoku, a 555 m mountain
- Tagami TownNuts are said to bear thread-hole marks.Tsunagigaya of Ryogen-an
- Awashimaura VillageFew cars, yet a traffic light by school.School-front traffic light, 2007
Toyama Prefecture1
Toyama Prefecture pageIshikawa Prefecture4
Ishikawa Prefecture pageYamanashi Prefecture3
Yamanashi Prefecture pageNagano Prefecture4
Nagano Prefecture page- Komoro CityThey say rare tiles named it Tile Gate.Komoro Castle Otemon, Tile Gate
- Saku CityWestern-style castle with star bastions.Tatsuoka Castle, moat and walls
- Yasuoka VillageWall behind the platform, river below.Tamoto Station, Cliff Station
- Oshika VillageTan and green rock meet directly.Anko outcrop, Tectonic Line
Gifu Prefecture9
Gifu Prefecture page- Gifu CityCormorant baskets: four-bird, two-bird.Ukago and tanawa, ukai tools
- Mizunami CityA pass-slope mound marks 91 ri to Edo.Yasezawa Ichirizuka, Nakasendo
- Hashima CityA door in the Buddha's back leads in.Sakichi Great Buddha
- Ena CityGranite worn into a matsutake shape.Kasaishi, Enakyo granite
- Toki CityEmpty it, and you have a jar-like stone.Mino no Tsuboishi
- Mizuho CityA persimmon in Ikura was named in 1892.Fuyu mother tree, Ikura
- Sekigahara TownA keeper was likely named after closure.Fuwa no Seki, keeper's home site
- Kawabe TownA torii-like tower juts out of the lake.Old Yamakawa Bridge, main tower
- Mitake TownFinance, cocoons, timber: merchant home.Shoka Takeya, Mitake post town
Shizuoka Prefecture2
Shizuoka Prefecture pageAichi Prefecture11
Aichi Prefecture page- Kasugai CityCoping stones top the brick portal.Old Chuo Line Tamano No.4 Tunnel
- Kariya CityA transmitter for 17,200 m radio waves.Yosami Transmitting Station
- Anjo CityA pine's trunks crawl along the ground.Eianji Unryu Pine
- Gamagori CityThe lower trunk bears a large bulge.Seida no Okusu camphor tree
- Komaki CityWeathering split a rock into five slabs.Gomaiiwa rock, Mt. Iwasaki
- Tokai CityCobbles slant up out of a gatepost.Kuno House (Aizankyo) gatepost
- Takahama CityA ceramic-pipe tanuki stands on a hill.Giant Tanuki, Oyama Ryokuchi
- Toyoake CityA red-flowered plant traps insects.Nagabano-ishimochiso sundew
- Kitanagoya CityLower segments are tortoiseshell-shaped.Tortoiseshell bamboo, Shorin-ji
- Oguchi TownSaplings a village head bought himself became the Gojo cherries.Gojo cherries, Shamoto Etsuro
- Taketoyo TownTwo girders cross at right angles.Taketoyominato Station turntable
Mie Prefecture3
Mie Prefecture pageShiga Prefecture2
Shiga Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture3
Kyoto Prefecture pageOsaka Prefecture4
Osaka Prefecture page- Osaka CityWhale jawbone forms a bridge's handrail.Sekkeikyo, Zuiko-ji Temple
- Neyagawa CityHollowed upper stone on a lower stone.Ishinohoden Kofun, stone chamber
- Sennan CityEroded hills looked like rivers of sand.Sunagawa Kisho, name's origin
- Taishi TownRock carved away, leaving a tower.Rokutanidera, 13-tier tower
Hyogo Prefecture5
Hyogo Prefecture page- Nishiwaki CityJapan's navel is here, and there are two of them.135°E and 35°N
- Takasago CityA 500-tonne stone that looks afloat.Ishi-no-Hoden
- Tamba CityAt 95 metres, the water parts for two seas.Miwakare at Iso
- Fukusaki TownA yokai surfaces every 15 minutes.Gajiro the kappa
- Sayo TownTwo metres wide: the largest telescope open to the public.Nayuta telescope
Nara Prefecture7
Nara Prefecture page- Yamatokoriyama CityGoldfish lay eggs on "fish nest" plants.Fish nests, milfoil and clubmoss
- Kashiba CityFrom afar, rock like gathering cranes.Donzurubo
- Katsuragi CityA square roof resting on one pillar.Kasado Hall, Oike Pond memorial
- Yamazoe VillageSite work found an estimated 600 t rock.Choju-iwa, Furusato Center
- Sango TownA cable car rests on a station slope.Former Higashi-Shigi cable car
- Kawanishi TownA mask and leek fell here, it is said.Menzuka, the mask and leek mound
- Kanmaki TownA black sphere opened 19 years early.Pegasus monument, town office
Wakayama Prefecture4
Wakayama Prefecture page- Yura TownRock fossils: "umeboshi" in dialect.Monzen no Oiwa, urchin spines
- Inami TownA yellow child frog atop a red parent.Kaeru Bridge, parent and child
- Taiji TownAtop a lighthouse, a whale watches wind.Whale vane, Kandorizaki Light
- Kozagawa TownA jointless cliff, like a screen.Ichimai-iwa, Kozagawa's cliff
Shimane Prefecture2
Shimane Prefecture pageOkayama Prefecture4
Okayama Prefecture pageHiroshima Prefecture6
Hiroshima Prefecture page- Kure CityA breakwater of two concrete freighters.Concrete ship "Takechi Maru"
- Fuchu CityThe theater also served as a cinema.Okinaza, a wooden theater
- Miyoshi CityRecorded: a vow to build a temple.Teramachi-haiji, Mitani-dera?
- Higashihiroshima CityA grape you can eat whole was bred here.Shine Muscat, breeding site
- Akitakata CityA stone, said to replace a human pillar.Hyakuman Isshin, Motonari's tomb
- Sera TownThe temple called “New Mount Kōya.”Imakōyasan, Ōta Estate's office
Yamaguchi Prefecture1
Yamaguchi Prefecture pageTokushima Prefecture1
Tokushima Prefecture pageFukuoka Prefecture7
Fukuoka Prefecture page- Nogata CityWhere coal-mine operators argued hotlyFormer Nogata Meeting Hall
- Nakama CityThe number of planks set the water flow.Nakama Karato of Horikawa Canal
- Miyawaka CitySumo-ring soil, they say, opened a tombTakehara Kofun, decorated tomb
- Kama CityA shrine named for salmon sits upstreamSake Shrine, Kenkei Festival
- Shime TownA hammer-like tower above a 430 m shaft.Former Shime Mine Winding Tower
- Oto TownA never-opened section's bridge remainsHikosan Bridge, Yusubaru Line
- Yoshitomi TownA border-river bridge on brick piersYamakuni Bridge, completed 1934
Saga Prefecture2
Saga Prefecture pageNagasaki Prefecture4
Nagasaki Prefecture page- Iki CitySix Jizo, said to have hollowed bellies.Harahoge Jizo, Yahataura
- Unzen CityThe old lord's main house dates to 1930.Old Nabeshima House, Kojirokuji
- Togitsu TownRock on rock, poised yet never falling.Tsugiishi Bozu, Sabakusarakashi
- Ojika TownRocks pile like a torii behind the hall.Oeishi, Okinokojima Shrine
Kumamoto Prefecture4
Kumamoto Prefecture page- Misato TownSeven octagonal shelters line old track.Hakkaku Tunnel, Yuen rail ruins
- Nagomi TownFour names in silver on a sword's spine.Eta Funayama Kofun, inlaid sword
- Takamori TownRail tunnel work halted by huge outflow.Takamori Yusui Tunnel
- Tsunagi TownThis breccia crag is the town symbol.Chohangan, Maizuru-jo Park
Oita Prefecture2
Oita Prefecture pageMiyazaki Prefecture9
Miyazaki Prefecture page- Miyazaki CitySaid planted by the first Shimazu head.Sarukawa Ginkgo
- Miyakonojo CityIts prefecture lasted just over a year.Miyakonojo Pref. Office stele
- Kobayashi CityA smitten dragon is said to have landed.Inyoseki, Hamanose River rocks
- Mimata TownMembers kept planting; a canal bloomed.Tadeike Shibazakura, canal-side
- Takanabe TownPained by tomb looting, he kept carving.Takanabe Daishi, Iwaoka statues
- Nishimera VillageBridge triangles inspired by mountains.Karikobozu Bridge
- Misato TownIts tiles and paving came from Korea.Kudara-no-Yakata, Buyeo model
- Takachiho TownA gorge's railway bridge is 105m high.Takachiho Bridge
- Hinokage TownEach of 7 houses has a stone storehouse.Village of Stone Walls, Togawa
Kagoshima Prefecture18
Kagoshima Prefecture page- Akune CityA torii, donated in thanks for shochu.Stone torii, Minamikata Shrine
- So CityGroundwater carved a cave in shirasu.Mizonokuchi Cave, venting pipes
- Kirishima CityThree pagodas and four kings on a hill.Hayatozuka, pagodas and kings
- Ichikikushikino CityBig paper tigers and oxen lined up.Ichiki Tanabata Odori, Osato
- Aira CityOnce a prefectural gate, now a school's.Shigetomi School gate
- Osaki TownSettlers enshrined Ise's god, it's said.Teruhi Shrine, Arasano
- Kinko TownA riverbed runs flat as paving for 2 km.Hanaze Pavement, Hanaze River
- Minamiosumi TownTwo torii stand side by side.Suwa Shrine, side-by-side torii
- Kimotsuki TownAbalone sealed a hull hole, it's said.Kaizo Kannon
- Nakatane TownA goshi's house is L-shaped in plan.Furuichi House, a goshi's home
- Setouchi TownMen in paper masks dance at a shrine.Shodon Shibaya, Oochon Shrine
- Tatsugo TownVillages dance homes pure on set days.Taneoroshi, a purifying dance
- Kikai TownCoral hedges, said to block typhoons.Coral stone walls, Aden
- Tokunoshima TownCycads form a tunnel about 200 m long.Kanami Cycad Tunnel
- Amagi TownIn an inland cave, seawater has tides.Unbuki, the sea inside the land
- Isen TownCoral reef covers a deep-sea stratum.Inutabu Coast melange
- Wadomari TownFirst graduates planted the big tree.Kunigami School's banyan
- China TownAges of wind and rain made the cliffs.Taminamisaki, Yagunyabanta
Okinawa Prefecture4
Okinawa Prefecture page- Nago CitySandstone and mudstone fold by the sea.Folds of the Kayo Formation
- Tomigusuku CityStones go in its upper or lower hole.Kodakara Iwa, Senaga Island
- Nishihara TownA tree said to be over 400 years old.Sawafuji, Uchima Udun
- Haebaru TownHaebaru's cloth is called Ryukyu kasuri.Northern Haebaru cityscape
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