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20362 ／ふじみまち

Nagano Prefecture 諏訪郡

Fujimi Town

Two sites across a stream share a name.

Idojiri Site Group, Middle Jomon

Photo by Takuma-sa (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Jomon pottery

A figure with outstretched limbsis modelled on the side of a pot.

The Tonai Site finds are a set of 48 pottery and clay items and 151 stone tools, designated an Important Cultural Property in 2002. The Agency for Cultural Affairs database singles out a cylindrical deep pot with a human motif modelled on its side, notes only one clay figurine, and calls the human decoration on the pots varied.

48 pottery and clay items, 151 stone tools
Important Cultural Property, 2002
Terrace on the southwest foot of the Yatsugatake range

02 ／ Shrine buildings

The worship hall is one bay squareunder a mukai-karahafu gable.

At Suwa Shrine in Otsukoto, Fujimi, the worship hall and the offering hall are Important Cultural Properties. The Agency for Cultural Affairs database describes the worship hall as one bay by one bay with a mukai-karahafu gable, and the offering hall as one bay wide with a plain gabled roof, both copper-roofed, and gives the date as the third year of Genna (1617).

Worship hall: mukai-karahafu gable
Offering hall: gabled roof
Date: Genna 3 (1617)

03 ／ Post town

Bends are said to remainat both ends of a single street.

Kami-Tsutaki became a post town on the Koshu Dochu road. The Suwa City Museum's Nandemo Suwa Hyakka says splendid kagi-no-te bends remain at both ends of the single street. The town's chronology says the Koshu Kaido was extended to Shimosuwa in 1610 and that Tsutaki-juku was set up around then.

Kami-Tsutaki
Koshu Dochu
Set up around 1610

Fujimi 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 2004)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 Shinjuku, 121 minutes by express to Fujimi.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town has three stations, and the Limited Express Azusa of the Chuo Main Line stops only at Fujimi Station. The fastest daily train takes 121 minutes from Shinjuku with no change. Town Hall is in Ochiai, away from Fujimi Station.

People living here: 14,084people
Area: 144.76km²
Households: 5,610households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Fujimi Town in Japan35.915°N 138.241°E

to ShinjukuJR limited express121min

Travel times follow JR東日本『駅の時刻表』富士見駅（中央本線・上り＝小淵沢・甲府方面／下り＝上諏訪・松本方面の平日・土曜休日）と、各列車の『停車駅一覧』ページ。ページの日付は2026年9月18日〜12月31日の範囲（2610版）。2026-10-21 に読んだ (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Fujimi 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

20.6km

Nagano Prefecture: Ina City, Hara Village, Chino City
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hokuto City

Fujimi Town isthis kind of town.

01The Idojiri Site Group is a National Historic Site made up of the Idojiri and Sori sites, and the Sori Site was added and the name changed on 18 September 2025
02The Tonai Site finds, a set of Middle Jomon pottery and stone tools, are an Important Cultural Property, and the worship hall and offering hall of Suwa Shrine in Otsukoto are also Important Cultural Properties
03Kami-Tsutaki was a post town on the Koshu Dochu road, and the Suwa City Museum says kagi-no-te bends remain at both ends of its single street

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Fujimi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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