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04421 ／たいわちょう

Miyagi Prefecture 黒川郡

Taiwa Town

Seven hills line up across the plain.

Nana-Yakushi-gake, the seven peaks

Photo by Wkatsuhiro (Public domain)

01 ／ Seven Yakushi

The town says a custom of visiting the Yakushi on seven peaksin one day is kept up on the seven peaks.

Seven Yakushi in Taiwa Town — Photo by Wkatsuhiro (Public domain)

Seven peaks stand together here, each with a stone statue of Yakushi on its summit. It is said that retainers of the Miyatoko Date family carried them up and enshrined them on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month in 1762. A statue of Monju stands on neighboring Tangara-mori.

A group of seven peaks
Said to be enshrined in 1762
20 km course, a full day

02 ／ Post town

A temple head priest recorded how nine benefactorsraised 1,000 ryo for the domain.

Yoshioka was a post town on the Oshu and Dewa roads, where the domain gave no aid for the duty of carrying goods. Nine benefactors, including Kokudaya Juzaburo and Sugawaraya Tokuheiji, raised 1,000 ryo for the Sendai Domain, and Eishu Zuishi wrote how its interest saved the town.

Nine benefactors
1,000 ryo paid to the Sendai Domain
Written by Eishu Zuishi

03 ／ Temple hall

The kitchen-and-living hall of Tennoji temple is thoughtto have been built around 1660.

The building served as the temple kitchen and the priests' home. Radiocarbon dating of its beams and analysis of Sendai Domain records suggest it was built from the early to the middle Edo period, around 1660. The town sees it as the second oldest surviving temple kitchen hall in the prefecture, after Zuiganji.

Town-designated, March 3, 2014
Thought built around 1660
Second oldest after Zuiganji, says the town

Taiwa Town 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

Thirty-eight minutes by express bus from Sendai Station.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. In the timetable of the Miyako Bus express service (revised April 1, 2026), the fastest bus from the front of Sendai Station to the Taiwa Town Bus Terminal takes 38 minutes. The total area is 225.49 km2.

People living here: 28,786people
Area: 225.49km²
Households: 11,441households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,793yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 19 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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.

Taiwa Town in Japan38.437°N 140.886°E

to SendaiHighway bus38min

Travel times follow ミヤコーバス（宮城交通）『仙台～大衡・加美線』時刻表（自由乗車制・予約不要・2026年4月1日改正。https://www.miyakou.co.jp/bus-express/bus-express-8107/ の印刷用PDFを2026-10-27に読んだ）。仙台駅前（青葉通りエデン前24番）→大和町バスターミナル：平日 8:20→8:58・8:35→9:13・9:20→9:58・10:20→10:58・11:00→11:38・12:00→12:38・13:50→14:28・15:20→15:58（いずれも38分）、16:00→16:43・17:25→18:08・17:45→18:28・18:30→19:13・19:06→19:49・19:30→20:13（43分）、20:25→21:03（38分）。土休日 8:25→9:03・9:30→10:08・10:30→11:08・11:45→12:23・13:45→14:23・15:20→15:58・17:50→18:28・18:30→19:08・19:05→19:43・20:10→20:48（すべて38分）。逆向き（大和町バスターミナル→仙台駅前）は平日 6:38→7:21 ほか・土休日 7:13→7:56 ほかで、すべて43分。PDFの注記は★（やくらいリゾート・やくらいガーデンの停留所が4/29〜11/30の土休日のみ）で、大和町バスターミナルを通る便に運転日の注記は無い (checked 2026-10-27). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Taiwa Town

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

16.7km

Sendai City, Tomiya City, Ohira Village, Shikama Town, Osato Town, Rifu Town

Taiwa Town isthis kind of town.

01Each of the seven peaks has a stone Yakushi statue, and the town says a one-day pilgrimage to all of them is kept up
02A temple head priest recorded how nine benefactors raised 1,000 ryo for the Sendai Domain at the Yoshioka post town
03Tennoji's kitchen hall is town-designated and thought built around 1660, and the prefecturally designated Yoshioka-higashi government office site is thought to hold a storehouse compound

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Taiwa Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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