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04207 ／なとりし

Natori City

Three main halls; two are Kumano-zukuri.

Kumano Shrine, Kumano-zukuri

Photo by Bachstelze (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Burial mound

Named for a shrine to the thunder god on top,a keyhole mound with a 168 m axis.

The axis is 168 m, the rear circular mound is 96 m across and 12 m high, and it is built in three tiers with a covering of stones. The city records that it was named after a shrine to the thunder god on its top. The city dates it to around the end of the 4th century, and the surroundings are kept as a historic-site park.

Axis 168 m
Rear mound 96 m across, 12 m high
National Historic Site

02 ／ Farmhouse

A compound of over 1,500 tsubo,ringed by a moat and a windbreak.

The city records a site of over 1,500 tsubo, surrounded by a 3 m wide moat and an igune (windbreak). The main house is thatched, 22.6 m by 11 m, and is thought to date from the Horeki era (1751-63). The stable and the gate house (nagayamon) and the site are also designated nationally.

Site over 1,500 tsubo
Horeki era (1751-63)
National Important Cultural Property, 1971

03 ／ Named posts

In the earthen-floor room, posts are namedUshimochi, Hoito and Yomekakushi.

Three free-standing posts in the earthen-floor room are called the Ushimochi, Hoito and Yomekakushi posts. The Yomekakushi post is named for a bride who hid behind it. The city dates the house to the late 18th century and the prefecture to the mid-18th; it was moved and restored in 1975-76.

Three free-standing posts (city)
City: late 18th c. / Prefecture: mid-18th c.
National Important Cultural Property, 1974

Natori City 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 July 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

The city gives 10 minutes from Sendai Station to Natori Station.

about 80,000 people

The city's access page (updated 10 January 2024) gives 1 hour 31 minutes from Tokyo to Sendai on the Tohoku Shinkansen, and 10 minutes from JR Sendai Station to JR Natori Station on the Tohoku Main Line. There is no Tohoku Shinkansen station in the city.

People living here: 78,718people
Area: 98.18km²
Households: 29,739households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,825yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 58 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —9 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 3 municipalities.

Natori City in Japan38.172°N 140.892°E

Territory of Natori City

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

12.1km

Sendai City, Iwanuma City, Murata Town

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

Natori City isthis kind of town.

01The Kumano Shrine main halls are three buildings at the former Shingu shrine of the Natori Kumano shrines, designated by the prefecture as the Kumano Shingu-sha main hall. The Shojoden and the Nachi Hiryu Gongensha are Kumano-zukuri, and the shrine's origin story says an old woman of Natori brought the deities here in the Hoan era
02The Raijin-yama kofun is a National Historic Site with a 168 m axis. The Horaguchi family house and the former Nakazawa family house are farmhouses designated as national Important Cultural Properties, and the Nakazawa house has posts with names
03The city says it takes 10 minutes from JR Sendai Station to JR Natori Station

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Natori City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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