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Towns tagged “Shinkansen stops here”
109 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Shinkansen stops here”, across 31 prefectures.
“Shinkansen stops here” 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.
Hokkaido2
Hokkaido pageAomori Prefecture4
Aomori Prefecture page- Aomori CityAbout 2,000 stones came from a river.Komakino Site, stone circles
- Hachinohe CityGulls sit on eggs in shrine grounds.Kabushima gull breeding colony
- Imabetsu TownNearby red earth was paint for shrines.Akanezawa Red Rock
- Shichinohe TownA large Jomon village stood on this terrace.Futatsumori Site
Iwate Prefecture8
Iwate Prefecture page- Morioka CityA cherry tree grows from a rock crack.Morioka Ishiwari Cherry Tree
- Hanamaki CityA time bell cast for Morioka Castle.Tokigane, Morioka Castle's bell
- Kitakami CityA mound in a scroll's grave-visit scene.Hijiri-zuka, Kono Michinobu tomb
- Ichinoseki CityConcrete bridge reinforced with bamboo.Chojataki Bridge, bamboo-rebar
- Ninohe CityAnother rock stands about 280 m away.Ogami-iwa, Mabuchi River gorge
- Oshu CityA hospital of 1874, with a tower on top.Former Iwayado Kyoritsu Hospital
- Shizukuishi TownA cave over 10 m high named the cliff.Kakkonda no Oiwaya cliff
- Iwate TownThe state records a river's source here.Yuhazu Spring, Kitakami's source
Miyagi Prefecture4
Miyagi Prefecture page- Sendai CityNamed for a legend of hunter brothers.Banji Rock, Futakuchi Gorge
- Shiroishi CityA rock wall like lumber stood on end.Obara Zaimokuiwa, lumber rock
- Kurihara CityA gate shut since Emperor Meiji used it.Arikabe Honjin, the closed gate
- Osaki CityA school garden, islands in its pond.Former Yubikan, Iwadeyama school
Akita Prefecture3
Akita Prefecture pageYamagata Prefecture10
Yamagata Prefecture page- Yamagata CityFloor 2 is a 16-gon, floor 3 an octagon.Former Saiseikan Main Building
- Yonezawa CityA wooden school with a 94-meter front.Yonezawa Higher Technical School
- Shinjo CityA hall whose steep roof allows for snow.Snowy Region Research Institute
- Kaminoyama CityTolls repaid part of a stone bridge.Shinbashi, a post-town bridge
- Murayama CityA ward's giant waraji for Sensoji.Aramachi's giant waraji
- Tendo CityRebuilt storehouse on a Kofun-era site.Nishinumata Site, storehouse
- Higashine CityA zelkova on the reputed castle core.Higashine Great Zelkova
- Nanyo CityA hall whose front bay is all open.Kumano Taisha Haiden
- Oishida TownA round schoolhouse stands in the hills.Jinengo's round schoolhouse
- Takahata TownA station framed mainly in local stone.Former Takahata Station
Fukushima Prefecture3
Fukushima Prefecture pageTochigi Prefecture3
Tochigi Prefecture pageGunma Prefecture3
Gunma Prefecture pageSaitama Prefecture2
Saitama Prefecture pageTokyo2
Tokyo pageKanagawa Prefecture2
Kanagawa Prefecture pageNiigata Prefecture7
Niigata Prefecture page- Niigata CityWestern-style hall by local carpenters.Former Customs House, Unjosho
- Nagaoka CityA trowel-drawn kirin stands on the kura.Kote-e storehouse, Settaya
- Sanjo CityA lava cliff stands on former seabed.Yagigahana, submarine lava dome
- Itoigawa CityCarved in rock: whetstone and arrow.Inscription, Oyashirazu old road
- Joetsu CityA lion statue lies before a former bank.House with the Lion Statue
- Minamiuonuma CitySouth stones lined a river, it is said.Sakado Castle, residence wall
- Yuzawa TownA fort built in haste, on a pass ridge.Arato Castle Site, mountain fort
Toyama Prefecture3
Toyama Prefecture pageIshikawa Prefecture3
Ishikawa Prefecture pageFukui Prefecture4
Fukui Prefecture page- Fukui CityA whole Sengoku town, kept under the soil.Ichijōdani, Asakura castle town
- Tsuruga City763 orphans came ashore at this port.Tsuruga Port, Polish orphans
- Awara CityRennyo stayed here 4 years, 2 months.Site of Yoshizaki Gobō
- Echizen CityAn unmatched roof for the god of paper.Okafuto and Ōtaki Shrines
Nagano Prefecture5
Nagano Prefecture page- Nagano CityStones lean together into a roof shape.Omuro Kofun, gassho-gata chamber
- Ueda CityA Kyushu rail bridge spans the Uchimura.Rindo Bridge, Uchimura River
- Iiyama CityMountain water is led past stone walls.Kawa and Tane, Kosuge's water
- Saku CityWestern-style castle with star bastions.Tatsuoka Castle, moat and walls
- Karuizawa TownRight to Sarashina, left to Miyoshino.Wakasare of Oiwake-juku
Gifu Prefecture1
Gifu Prefecture pageShizuoka Prefecture7
Shizuoka Prefecture page- Shizuoka CityThe world’s plastic models start here.
- Hamamatsu CityWhere Japan's big 3 motorcycle makers began.Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki
- Atami CityFireworks over the sea, even in midwinter.Atami sea fireworks
- Mishima CityA clear stream runs through the houses.Genbe River
- Fuji CityThe city that makes about 40% of Japan’s toilet paper.
- Kakegawa CityJapan's first castle keep rebuilt in wood.Kakegawa Castle keep
- Nagaizumi TownA lava waterfall, 100 steps from home.Ayutsubo Falls
Aichi Prefecture3
Aichi Prefecture pageShiga Prefecture1
Shiga Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture1
Kyoto Prefecture pageOsaka Prefecture1
Osaka Prefecture pageHyogo Prefecture2
Hyogo Prefecture pageOkayama Prefecture2
Okayama Prefecture pageHiroshima Prefecture5
Hiroshima Prefecture page- Hiroshima CityA shrine by a crossing stands on a reef.Shirakami Shrine's reef
- Mihara CityAt high tide, it is shoulder-deep.Magai Wareishi Jizo, Sagishima
- Onomichi CityThe city named Go its own sport.
- Fukuyama CityA whole domain began sediment control.Dōdōgawa no Sunadome
- Higashihiroshima CityA grape you can eat whole was bred here.Shine Muscat, breeding site
Yamaguchi Prefecture5
Yamaguchi Prefecture page- Shimonoseki CityOld post office, with an octagonal dome.Former Tonoi Post Office
- Yamaguchi CityFor about 120 years, a photo studio.Kawamura Photo Studio
- Iwakuni CityWhite snakes, on record in a rice barn.Iwakuni White Snake
- Shunan CityBought back his home, opened a library.Kodama Bunko, site of his home
- San'yo-Onoda CityThe sleeper said to have dammed a river.Netaro Weir, Asa River
Fukuoka Prefecture5
Fukuoka Prefecture page- Kitakyushu CityLand readjustment found a stone trunk.Yomiya Giant Petrified Tree
- Fukuoka CityWall stones part neatly, west and east.Genko Borui, Ikinomatsubara area
- Omuta CityThe 1908 gates still move by water pump.Miike Port Lock
- Kurume CityA round-looking mound is a keyhole tomb.Nichirinji Tumulus
- Chikugo CitySparrows over the spring often fell.Funagoya Kosen-jo, Suzume-jigoku
Saga Prefecture1
Saga Prefecture pageKumamoto Prefecture4
Kumamoto Prefecture pageKagoshima Prefecture3
Kagoshima Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語