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04212 ／とめし

Tome City

A school's entrance has an open balcony.

Toyoma Higher Elementary School

Photo by Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan (CC BY 2.0)

01 ／ Prefectural office

Begun as the Tome Prefecture office, it becamea Mizusawa Prefecture building by its 1872 completion.

The city says the Mizusawa Prefectural Office Memorial Hall was begun as the Tome Prefecture office, and that by its completion in 1872 the prefecture's territory had changed from Tome to Ichinoseki to Mizusawa. It served as a prefectural office only until 1875, four years, and became a school the next year.

Begun as the Tome Prefecture office
Completed in 1872 (Meiji 5)
Four years as a prefectural office

02 ／ Natural monument

The pond's ugui fish at Daitokuji are said to bethe Fudo deity's messengers, fed by worshippers.

The prefecture explains that the pond in the grounds of Daitokuji Temple at Yokoyama is fed by spring water, keeps a steady temperature and holds many ugui (Japanese dace). The oval pond measures 30 m east to west and 15 m north to south, about 80 m around, and is a national natural monument. The photo shows the pond; no fish are visible.

30 m by 15 m
About 80 m around
National natural monument

03 ／ Temple gate

A gate said to be the east gate of a Kasaibranch residence, moved to become a temple gate.

For the Korinji Temple gate, a prefecturally designated tangible cultural property, the prefecture says it is said to be the east gate of a branch residence of the Kasai clan, moved in 1584, the year the temple was founded, to serve as its main gate. The building is thought to date from the late to end of the Muromachi period.

Temple founded 1584 (Tensho 12)
Thought to date from the late Muromachi period
Prefectural tangible cultural property

Tome 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 April 2024)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

About 536 km², 7.36% of the prefecture.

about 80,000 people

Tome City lies in northeastern Miyagi Prefecture, bordering Iwate Prefecture to the north, Kurihara and Osaki to the west, Ishinomaki and Wakuya to the south, and Kesennuma and Minamisanriku to the east. The city gives its total area as 536.09 km². Hills lie to the west and mountains to the northeast, with the Tome farmland plain between them and Izunuma, Uchinuma and Naganuma in the northwest.

People living here: 76,037people
Area: 536.09km²
Households: 25,697households
Rent (average for rentals): 40,937yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 50 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —21 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 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Tome City in Japan38.692°N 141.188°E

Territory of Tome 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

30.6km

Miyagi Prefecture: Kurihara City, Ishinomaki City, Minamisanriku Town, Wakuya Town, Osaki City, Kesennuma City
Iwate Prefecture: Ichinoseki City

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

Tome City isthis kind of town.

01The former Toyoma Higher Elementary School building, completed in 1888, is a two-story wooden structure on a U-shaped plan; the second floor of its central entrance is an open balcony, and the prefecture says Western and Japanese elements blend well in this pseudo-Western style
02The Mizusawa Prefectural Office Memorial Hall was begun as the Tome Prefecture office and, by its completion in 1872, the prefecture's name had become Mizusawa; the pond at Daitokuji in Yokoyama holds many ugui and is a national natural monument
03The Korinji Temple gate, a prefecturally designated tangible cultural property, is said to be a moved east gate of a Kasai branch residence; the city gives its total area as 536.09 km², with the Tome farmland plain

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Tome City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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