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Towns tagged “Plains”
227 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Plains”, across 40 prefectures.
“Plains” 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.
Hokkaido16
Hokkaido page- Ebetsu CityA red-doored brick store on a HQ site.Tondenhei Gunpowder Store
- Kitahiroshima CityRelay post of an Akage rice grower.Old Shimamatsu Relay Post
- Shinshinotsu VillageLit lanterns rise over winter fields.Tappu Ohashi, Ishikari River
- Nanporo TownFour hometown shrines said to be merged.Nanporo Shrine
- Naie TownMidway along a 29.2 km straight road.House Yarubi Naie, a roadside station
- Naganuma TownA canal, not a road, became the base.Maoi Canal
- Shintotsukawa TownMother village sent cedar and cypress.Shintotsukawa Shrine, wood gift
- Moseushi TownA 1931 village office, as first built.Local Museum, old village office
- Chippubetsu TownA Dutch-made bell announces the time.Centennial Memorial Tower bell
- Atsuma TownA station wall painted with three waves.Hama-Atsuma Station
- Otofuke TownToll: 2 sen/person, 4/horse, 8/cart.Old toll bridge, Tokachi Bridge
- Shimizu TownAn iron sword is enshrined at the peak.Sword Mountain, iron sword
- Memuro TownThe charter's preamble names a river.Bisei River, town charter
- Sarabetsu VillageA grove born of village revitalization.Sumomo no Sato, by Donguri Park
- Ikeda TownCastle-like, formally a town institute.Wine Castle, a town institute
- Nakashibetsu TownFrom 270 m, a windbreak grid is visible.Kaiyodai, grid windbreak forest
Aomori Prefecture7
Aomori Prefecture page- Goshogawara CityHome of rich farmers who also served as headmen.Former Hirayama Residence
- Hirakawa CityA hall: Japanese below, Western above.Seibien, Seibikan hall
- Fujisaki TownOnce a village tree: an old yew stands.Tokuge's Onko yew tree
- Inakadate VillageYayoi paddy fields, footprints and all.Tareyanagi Site, Yayoi paddies
- Itayanagi TownA river town with a shrine to sea gods.Kaido Shrine, Itayanagi
- Tsuruta TownField-water pond mirrors Mount Iwaki.Mawarizeki Pond, Tsugaru-Fujimi
- Rokunohe TownElectric trains once ran through the town.Former Shichihyaku Station
Iwate Prefecture1
Iwate Prefecture pageMiyagi Prefecture9
Miyagi Prefecture page- Sendai CityNamed for a legend of hunter brothers.Banji Rock, Futakuchi Gorge
- Natori CityThree main halls; two are Kumano-zukuri.Kumano Shrine, Kumano-zukuri
- Iwanuma CityA chapel with exposed stone masonry.Iwanuma Church, stone chapel
- Tome CityA school's entrance has an open balcony.Toyoma Higher Elementary School
- Osaki CityA school garden, islands in its pond.Former Yubikan, Iwadeyama school
- Yamamoto TownOn gentle hills, people have long lived.Hill land, under 100 m
- Osato TownEnvoy's grave: said to have lived to 84.Hasekura Tsunenaga's grave
- Shikama TownSteps lead up to a burial mound's top.Idate Shrine, on a burial mound
- Misato TownShrine moved as a post station opened.Yamanokami Shrine, relocation
Akita Prefecture3
Akita Prefecture pageYamagata Prefecture2
Yamagata Prefecture pageFukushima Prefecture3
Fukushima Prefecture pageIbaraki Prefecture12
Ibaraki Prefecture page- Koga CitySnow on black cloth became 86 sketches.Sekka Zusetsu, Doi Toshitsura
- Ryugasaki CityYear and craftsmen, carved on a finial.Raigo-in Tahoto Pagoda
- Shimotsuma CitySaid to be where Shinran stayed 3 years.Kojima Hermitage Site
- Tsukuba CityAn institute's reeds also thatch roofs.Hirasawa Kanga, storehouse reeds
- Chikusei CityInner and Outer Shrines stand together.Naige Daijingu, Oguri
- Bando CityMasakado's shrine wears a thatched roof.Kokuo Shrine, thatched halls
- Kamisu CityA torii stands in the water of a well.Oshioi Well, Ikisu Shrine
- Hokota CityA pond shrine whose dragon is one piece.Itsukushima Shrine, Konaji
- Omitama CityA haniwa-ringed mound, a double coffin.Funazuka Kofun haniwa
- Miho VillageEight shell mounds ring the plateau.Okadaira Shell Mounds
- Yachiyo TownIn a Shinran-linked hall, Amida stands.Kotoku-ji, Shinchi
- Goka TownEight gates built to replace bodashi.Sekiyado Water Gate, Edo River
Tochigi Prefecture4
Tochigi Prefecture pageGunma Prefecture9
Gunma Prefecture page- Maebashi CityA rock thought Akagi's came on Asama mudIwagami no Tobiishi, Tone River
- Takasaki CityA castle turret was once a farm barnInui Turret, Takasaki Castle
- Isesaki CityTime signals passed to a siren in 1937.Former Time Signal Bell Tower
- Ota CityNunnery granted right to end marriagesEnkiri-dera Mantoku-ji site
- Tatebayashi CityA castle drawn as if floating on a pondCastle ema, Kitao Shigemitsu
- Itakura TownSandbar paddies, willows planted around.Kawada & Yanagiyama, Yata River
- Meiwa TownA station moved across the Tone River.Kawamata Station, over the Tone
- Oizumi TownA seated haniwa, adorned to the ankles.Seated Shrine Maiden, Kokai
- Ora TownA natural monument, once 16 m tall.Eimeiji Osmanthus
Saitama Prefecture27
Saitama Prefecture page- Kumagaya CitySaitama's first National Treasure hall.Kangi-in Shōden-dō
- Gyoda City"Saitama" was born among these mounds.Sakitama burial mounds
- Kazo CityA 100-metre carp streamer swims in the sky.Jumbo Koinobori
- Kasukabe CityAn 800 kg kite rises into the May sky.Giant kite on the Edo River
- Hanyu CityA lost carnivorous plant returned to its pond.Mujinamo, Hōzōji Pond
- Konosu CityPoppies bloom on the Arakawa riverbed.Poppies on the Arakawa
- Fukaya CityBorn here: the father of Japan's economy.Shibusawa Eiichi's birthplace
- Koshigaya CityA flood-control pond became the town's lake.Koshigaya Lake Town
- Warabi CityJapan's smallest city, once a post town.Warabi-juku
- Toda CityA straight 2,400 m of water in the city.Toda rowing course
- Shiki CityAn 8.7 m Mt. Fuji in a shrine's grounds.Tagoyama Fujizuka
- Kuki CityFloats wrapped in 500 lanterns spin at night.Kuki Lantern Festival
- Fujimi CityA 6,000-year-old village, now a park.Mizuko Shell Mound
- Misato CityDeclared "Japan's No. 1 Reading Town".
- Hasuda CityThe Jōmon sea once reached the Motoarakawa.Kurohama Shell Mound
- Sakado CityHome of the Koma, a clear Kanto river.
- Satte CityAbout 1,000 cherries, and rapeseed below.Gongendō cherry bank
- Yoshikawa CityDon't leave without eating the catfish.
- Shiraoka CityIn April, pear blossoms turn the city white.
- Ina TownA town of 5,000 roses in 400 varieties.Chōsei Shikō Kinen Kōen roses
- Kawajima TownA river-ringed island, guarded by levees.Kawajima ring levee
- Yoshimi Town219 tombs cut into one hillside.Yoshimi Hyakuana
- Misato TownBon fires lit on 108 ridge mounds.Inomata no Hyakuhattō
- Kamisato TownSaitama's northern tip, facing Gunma.Kanna River
- Miyashiro TownFrom "what on earth?" to the town's pride.Shinshūkan, Team Zoo
- Sugito TownNo sea, no hills: summer lanterns afloat.Furutone lantern festival
- Matsubushi TownThree rivers write "river" across the town.Edo, Naka and Ōotoshi-Furutone
Chiba Prefecture13
Chiba Prefecture page- Tateyama CityOne invocation in four scripts.Four-sided stone tower, Daiganin
- Noda CityThatch smoked with firewood at times.Former Hananoi House
- Mobara CityA chapel whose outline forms a cross.Mobara Shoten Church, chapel
- Togane City3 field stones, also called Hojo graves.Temple's five-ring stone towers
- Kamogawa CityAbout 370 plots are still farmed.Oyama Senmaida, Pref. scenic site
- Inzai CityA hall's ridge tag records three years.Eifukuji Yakushido, ridge tag
- Sanmu CityA wetland where leaf hairs trap insects.Naruto-Togane Carnivorous Plants
- Oamishirasato CityA shogun gave 200 gold ryo for a gate.Shobo-ji gate, Konishi Danrin
- Sakae TownIts water never rose or fell, they say.Pagoda core stone, Ryukakuji
- Shibayama TownA headman's house from Sammu, now here.Former Yabuke Residence
- Ichinomiya TownMan-made lake named for a Chinese lake.Doteiko, an irrigation lake
- Chosei VillageA wetland garden lies in a green park.Wetland Garden, Amagadai Park
- Shirako TownThe town took the name of one shrine.Shirako Shrine, town's namesake
Tokyo4
Tokyo page- Arakawa WardRed-brick pump room, used some 80 years.Former Mikawashima Pump Station
- Katsushika WardA thatched storehouse on school grounds.Gogura, Horikiri School grounds
- Musashino CityBell patron and founder were both local.Anyoji Bell, Sakai bell founder
- Nishitokyo CityCarved all over: a late-Edo main hall.Tanashi Shrine, Shunpyo carvings
Kanagawa Prefecture5
Kanagawa Prefecture page- Hiratsuka CityA city name with a mound legend.Hiratsuka Mound, name legend
- Atsugi CityTumulus spared, road half-underground.Jito-yama Tumulus, Route 246
- Samukawa TownSamukawa Shrine's hall, now another's.Kurami Shrine hall, built 1741
- Oi TownEven the station grows the town symbol.Gourds, Kami-Oi Station
- Kaisei TownA tidied farm road, 5,000 town flowers.Ajisai Farm Road, Ajisai-no-Sato
Niigata Prefecture5
Niigata Prefecture page- Shibata CityA Sumida River guest house, moved home.Zoshunkaku, Okura's villa
- Mitsuke City“Middle of Niigata Prefecture,” it says.Niigata's center of gravity
- Joetsu CityA lion statue lies before a former bank.House with the Lion Statue
- Agano CityBirthplace of a lone gazetteer compiler.Yoshida Togo's birthplace
- Seiro TownOnce a landlord's private lagoon, now a park.Benten-gata Scenic Park
Toyama Prefecture3
Toyama Prefecture pageIshikawa Prefecture1
Ishikawa Prefecture pageFukui Prefecture2
Fukui Prefecture pageYamanashi Prefecture2
Yamanashi Prefecture pageNagano Prefecture1
Nagano Prefecture pageGifu Prefecture13
Gifu Prefecture page- Hashima CityA door in the Buddha's back leads in.Sakichi Great Buddha
- Kakamigahara CityActors use a tunnel under the hanamichi.Murakuniza, Kagami no Butai
- Mizuho CityA persimmon in Ikura was named in 1892.Fuyu mother tree, Ikura
- Kaizu CityA valley has two dry-laid boulder dams.Hanedani check dams
- Ginan TownSliding doors off: four rooms, one hall.Former Miyagawa House, farmhouse
- Kasamatsu TownA bell's inscription notes three moves.Bell, Kotoku-ji Temple
- Yoro TownUnearthed stone Buddhas, set on a cone.Thousand Stone Buddhas, Kashiwao
- Godo TownA shrine's pagoda stacks three roofs.Hiyoshi Shrine, pagoda
- Wanouchi TownA monument marks a lost channel's weir.Oyabu weir ruins, Ogure River
- Anpachi TownLegend: a princess prayed here 7 days.Musubu Shrine, Terute's prayer
- Ono TownA platform no train visits, in a park.Former Kurono Station, Rail Park
- Ikeda TownRound burial mounds dot the foot of Mount Ikeda.Ganjoji Nishitsukanokoshi Kofun
- Kitagata TownThree-step brackets bear the deep eaves.Enkyo-ji Temple's two-story gate
Aichi Prefecture17
Aichi Prefecture page- Ichinomiya CityStepping stones laid across the garden.Former Hayashi Garden, Okoshi
- Kariya CityA transmitter for 17,200 m radio waves.Yosami Transmitting Station
- Konan CityHexagons line the front wall of a gate.Hiroma House gate, Ikoma's gate
- Komaki CityWeathering split a rock into five slabs.Gomaiiwa rock, Mt. Iwasaki
- Iwakura CityA thatched farmhouse named for a torii.Toriidate Minka farmhouse
- Aisai CityDouble doors match two rivers' levels.Sendohira Lock, Kiso and Nagara
- Kiyosu CityProduce dealer's house, moved, restored.Nishibiwajima Tonya Kinenkan
- Kitanagoya CityLower segments are tortoiseshell-shaped.Tortoiseshell bamboo, Shorin-ji
- Yatomi CityPart of a tea house moved to a landing.Takenageshi Chaya, Nagoya Castle
- Ama CityRoman letters line the head of a stele.Shippoyaki origin stele, Toshima
- Toyoyama TownAlready in Emperor Kanmu-era records, the town says.Hassho Shrine
- Oguchi TownSaplings a village head bought himself became the Gojo cherries.Gojo cherries, Shamoto Etsuro
- Fuso TownFlipped, a townhouse became a farmhouse.Kawatake House, moved townhouse
- Oharu TownA pagoda with only one storey.Former Tahoto Pagoda, Myogen-in
- Kanie TownSacred reeds snagged on a pine, and the bridge is said to take its name from it.Miyoshi Bridge, Sunari Festival
- Tobishima VillageA six-sided brick store for land papers.Rokkaku Brick Storehouse
- Kota TownBuried in Fukozu, wherever they died.Fukozu Matsudaira Cemetery
Mie Prefecture3
Mie Prefecture pageShiga Prefecture2
Shiga Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture2
Kyoto Prefecture pageOsaka Prefecture8
Osaka Prefecture page- Takatsuki CityHaniwa kilns were rebuilt among high-rises.Shin-ike Haniwa Factory Park
- Moriguchi CityThe hall has a shikoro-style lower roof.Sata Tenjingu, worship hall
- Daito CityA 25 m round tomb held iron armor.Doyama Kofun, Mound 1 armor
- Habikino CityA stone bridge imitates a wooden bridge.Hojo Bridge, Konda Hachimangu
- Kadoma CityNo less than China's pine, a verse says.Kungai Kusu, Mitsushima Shrine
- Settsu CityA hall with chidori and kara gables.Mashita Tenmangu, main hall
- Takaishi CityA road's stone bridge moved to a park.Kyarabashi Bridge, Kishu Kaido
- Higashiosaka CityA farm office with a castle-like roof.Former Konoike Shinden Kaisho
Hyogo Prefecture4
Hyogo Prefecture pageNara Prefecture7
Nara Prefecture page- Yamatotakada CityAn 1889 church stands among the shops.Nippon Sei Ko Kai Takada Church
- Kashihara CityTwo square holes in a row on a boulder.Masuda-no-Iwafune, Mt. Kaibuki
- Gose CityA hole presumed to drain the pillar pit.Kosedera, pagoda pillar base
- Ando TownBirthplace of Nara Prefecture's re-founder.Imamura Residence, Kinzo's home
- Miyake TownAn arrow's thrust drew water, they say.Byobu no Shimizu, Arrowhead Well
- Tawaramoto TownA two-tier roof is drawn on a Yayoi pot.Pottery shard with a rokaku
- Koryo TownWaterbird haniwa from a moat projection.Suyama Kofun, moat projection
Tottori Prefecture1
Tottori Prefecture pageOkayama Prefecture2
Okayama Prefecture pageYamaguchi Prefecture1
Yamaguchi Prefecture pageTokushima Prefecture4
Tokushima Prefecture page- Ishii TownA tomb tablet, handed down as a deity.Awa Kokuzo tomb tablet, Nakaoji
- Kitajima TownA fine red, Kitajima's signature tulip.Red Queen, a cut-flower variety
- Aizumi TownA sotoba surfaced from the moat floor.Sotoba, Shōzui-yakata site
- Itano TownA statue of Aikyu-san is enshrined.Aizen-an, Inubushi Kyusuke
Ehime Prefecture3
Ehime Prefecture pageKochi Prefecture3
Kochi Prefecture pageFukuoka Prefecture15
Fukuoka Prefecture page- Kurume CityA round-looking mound is a keyhole tomb.Nichirinji Tumulus
- Chikugo CitySparrows over the spring often fell.Funagoya Kosen-jo, Suzume-jigoku
- Okawa CityA canal's two banks had different lords.Kobo and Enokizu, border town
- Yukuhashi CityLooks two-storey; inside, an atrium.Red Brick Hall, former 130 Bank
- Nakama CityThe number of planks set the water flow.Nakama Karato of Horikawa Canal
- Ogori CityFound at housing site, saved by citizensYokogumayama Kofun
- Miyama CityOver 900 camphors grow atop a levee.Shinfunagoya Camphor Forest
- Mizumaki TownThe town flower blooms by a river path.Onga Riverbank Cosmos Garden
- Onga TownA keyhole tomb lies in the park's woods.Shimazu-Maruyama Tumulus
- Kotake TownThe stone chamber splits into two rooms.Gōya Kofun
- Chikuzen TownRed circles painted in the third chamberKannonzuka Kofun, Tokami
- Tachiarai TownTwin towers where faith reputedly held.Imamura Church, by Tetsukawa
- Oki TownSemi-artificial canals, over 1,000 yearsHori (creeks), Ishimaruyama Park
- Hirokawa TownA stone figure, its face gone blank.Sekijinsan Kofun, armored figure
- Koge TownLeaves and birds cut in a tomb passage.Anagahayama Kofun
Saga Prefecture7
Saga Prefecture page- Saga CitySilent visitors beat tatami with bamboo.Mishima no Kasedori
- Ogi CityA mason's name is carved on the pillar.Togawa Hachiman, Hizen torii
- Kanzaki CityPillar and base are uncut natural stone.Japy Crash Monument, Mt. Sefuri
- Kamimine TownIrrigation, defense, road? Views split.Tsutsumi Earthwork, hill barrier
- Miyaki TownNo lifeline: up a ginkgo to fly a flag.Hataage Shinji, Ayabe Hachiman
- Omachi TownBrick substation, now a place to gather.Kishima Substation, Rengakan
- Shiroishi TownA mound an Edo map drew as "Oni-tsuka."Ryūōzaki Kofun No. 6
Kumamoto Prefecture2
Kumamoto Prefecture pageOita Prefecture1
Oita Prefecture pageMiyazaki Prefecture1
Miyazaki Prefecture pageKagoshima Prefecture2
Kagoshima Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語