Taiki Town

Leaving the Miya River for a steep pass.

Misesaka Pass, Kumano Kodo Iseji

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01 ／ Takihara-no-miya

Two betsugu stand side by side,and it has a Mifunakura boat storehouse.

Takihara-no-miya is a betsugu (separate shrine) of Kotaijingu (Naiku) of Ise Jingu. It has long been called the Tonomiya, the "distant shrine", and is recorded in the Engishiki as the "Okami Tonomiya"; it is also said to be a Moto-Ise (former Ise). Takihara-no-miya and Takihara-no-narabi-no-miya stand side by side, and the precinct has an approach lined with cedars hundreds of years old and an ablution place that uses the flow of valley water.

Two betsugu side by side
Has a Mifunakura boat storehouse
Approach of cedars hundreds of years old

02 ／ Ayu divination

Sweetfish are thrown into a rock hollowto foretell the year's fortune.

The character for ayu (sweetfish) is written with the radicals for fish and divination. After the festival at Mitonokami Shrine, purified ayu are thrown toward a rock cave called Ohachi in Otaki Gorge, and whether they go in is used to foretell the year's fortune. Its origin is also said to go back to the 4th century, the reign of Emperor Chuai.

Mitonokami Shrine
Rock cave "Ohachi" in Otaki Gorge
Said to date from the 4th century

03 ／ Mount Nanahora

The summit, a 778 m first-order triangulation point,opens a 360-degree panorama.

Mount Nanahora is a 778 m mountain with a first-order triangulation point. From the summit you can enjoy a 360-degree panorama taking in Ise-Shima and Odaigahara. There are two routes, Nohara and Fujigaya, and the Okuyama River and Shirataki Falls are sights along the forest road at the foot.

778 m
First-order triangulation point
360-degree panorama

Living here

Change at Matsusaka for the JR Kisei Line or a bus.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access guide says that from Osaka and Kyoto you take a Kintetsu limited express to Matsusaka, then change to the JR Kisei Main Line or a Mie Kotsu Nanki limited-express bus. From Nagoya, you take a Kintetsu or JR limited express to Matsusaka and change in the same way.

People living here: 7,815people
Area: 233.32km²
Households: 3,404households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 8 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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 4 municipalities.

Taiki Town in Japan34.358°N 136.416°E

Territory of Taiki Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

28.1km

大台町, 南伊勢町, 紀北町, 度会町

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

Taiki Town isthis kind of town.

01Misesaka Pass, 256 m high, is the pass pilgrims crossed after parting from the Miya River; it has a guardian statue said to have been set up in 1756 (Horeki 6), and the town has designated it a cultural property
02Takihara-no-miya is a betsugu of Kotaijingu (Naiku); two betsugu stand side by side, and in the autumn festival held in late October each year, a procession offering that year's harvested rice ears has been held in recent years
03At Mitonokami Shrine's Onbe Festival, purified ayu are thrown into a rock cave called Ohachi in Otaki Gorge to foretell fortune, and Mount Nanahora, a 778 m first-order triangulation point, appears in the town's hiking guide

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Taiki Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗