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04424 ／おおひらむら

Miyagi Prefecture 黒川郡

Ohira Village

Said built by a Kurokawa second son.

Ohira Castle Ruins

Photo by ToshiJapon (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Man'yo poem monuments

A forest park with paths named for Man'yo poemshas poem monuments along its edges.

A forest park joining the red pine woods where the 6th National Tree Planting Festival was held in 1955 with the broadleaf woodland beside it, 22.65 hectares in all. It has 11 paths, such as Hisakata no Michi and Katakago no Michi, with 48 Man'yo poem monuments along them.

Total area: 22.65 hectares
11 walking paths
48 Man'yo poem monuments

02 ／ Waymarker stone

At a fork at the top of a slope, a stoneguides pilgrims to the Three Mountains of Dewa.

It stands on the west side of the top of a slope on the Edo-period Dewa Kaido (now National Route 457), where the Mogami Kaido branched off. The inscription points right and left to two destinations and names Yoshioka Shimomachi. The village says it was set up to guide pilgrims to Dewa Sanzan.

Edo-period Dewa Kaido
Where the Mogami Kaido branched off
Inscription names Yoshioka Shimomachi

03 ／ Painter

The painter called "the artist of Zao"was born in this village.

Kanno Ren was born in 1889 (Meiji 22). A painter who loved mountains, he led the Zao Sketch Group, which began in 1965 and carries on after his death. A work he painted at 94 was completed. The Furusato Art Museum, in the Showa Man'yo-no-Mori grounds, holds about 270 of his works.

Born in 1889
Zao Sketch Group began in 1965
About 270 works held

Ohira Village 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 May–June 2023)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

From Sendai Station, 56 minutes by highway bus.

about 6,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. Its website tells visitors coming from the Sendai Station side to take the Sendai-Ohira highway bus and get off at Ohira Village Office. In the timetable revised in April 2026, every Miyagi Kotsu bus from the front of Sendai Station to the Ohira Village Office stop takes 56 minutes: 10 a day on weekdays and 8 on weekends and holidays. The village calls itself the only village in the prefecture.

People living here: 5,849people
Area: 60.32km²
Households: 1,877households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Ohira Village in Japan38.467°N 140.880°E

to SendaiHighway bus56min

Travel times follow 宮城交通『仙台－加美・大衡（自由乗車制）』時刻表（2026年4月1日改正。https://www.miyakou.co.jp/bus-express/bus-express-8107/）。仙台駅前（旧エデン前24番）発→大衡村役場前着：平日10便（8:20→9:16・9:20→10:16・10:20→11:16・12:00→12:56・13:50→14:46・15:20→16:16・17:25→18:21・18:30→19:26・19:06→20:02・20:25→21:21）と土日祝8便（8:25→9:21・10:30→11:26・11:45→12:41・13:45→14:41・15:20→16:16・17:50→18:46・19:05→20:01・20:10→21:06）がすべて56分。逆向き大衡村役場前→仙台駅前も平日・土日祝とも全便56分（6:25→7:21、7:00→7:56 ほか） (checked 2026-10-27). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Ohira Village

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

7.8km

Taiwa Town, Shikama Town, Osaki City, Osato Town

Ohira Village isthis kind of town.

01Ohira Castle Ruins is a village-designated historic site; the village says it is said to have been built by the second son of the founder of the Kurokawa clan, and that part of the old terrain remains
02Showa Man'yo-no-Mori is a 22.65-hectare forest park on the red pine woods where the 6th National Tree Planting Festival was held in 1955, with 11 paths and 48 poem monuments; the village says a waymarker stone at a fork in the old Dewa road guided Dewa Sanzan pilgrims
03The painter Kanno Ren, called the artist of Zao, was born in the village in 1889; there is no railway station, and Sendai Station is 56 minutes away by highway bus

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ohira Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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