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20481 ／いけだまち

Nagano Prefecture 北安曇郡

Ikeda Town

A chamber with a stacked-stone boundary.

Oninokama Kofun

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Ikeda Gakumonjo

Wanting every child to learn,the whole village pooled money for a school.

Ikeda Gakumonjo in Ikeda Town — Photo by Miyamonte (CC BY-SA 4.0)

In 1788 (Tenmei 8), people throughout the village pooled their money and built a schoolhouse beside Rinsen-ji temple, naming it the Ikeda Gakumonjo. About three hundred people studied there, including 70 girls, the town writes. It continued for 84 years, until a school was set up in 1872.

Founded 1788 (Tenmei 8)
About 300 pupils, 70 of them girls
First teacher: Sugiyama Soun

02 ／ Ikeda Hachiman Shrine festival

The stages began as just two;when the town thrived on silk-farming, eight stood ready.

Ikeda Hachiman Shrine festival in Ikeda Town — Photo by At1973 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

At the annual festival of Ikeda Hachiman Shrine, eight butai stages are pulled at the evening festival on 23 September, and two boats on the 24th. Each neighbourhood's stage enshrines a doll or a gohei. The festival is designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property No. 40 of the town.

23 and 24 September
Eight stages and two boats
Town designation No. 40

03 ／ Aidoji kiln site

A climbing kiln built into the slopewas confirmed at 17 m long with 12 steps.

The Aidoji kiln kept firing ware for about 100 years from Meiwa 4 and was closed in the early Meiji era. An excavation in 1968 showed a climbing kiln built on a hillside, 17 m long with 12 steps, which the town records as among the largest of the old kilns in the prefecture.

About 100 years from Meiwa 4
Climbing kiln, 17 m, 12 steps
Town-designated historic site (No. 15)

Ikeda 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 September–November 2021)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

No station in town; about 7 minutes by town bus from Shinano-Matsukawa Station.

about 9,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town gives about 7 minutes by Matsukawa Line town bus from Shinano-Matsukawa Station on the Oito Line. The town bus does not run on Sundays and public holidays. The total area is 40.16 km², and the town office stands at an altitude of 604 m.

People living here: 9,382people
Area: 40.16km²
Households: 3,543households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 7 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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 4 municipalities.

Ikeda Town in Japan36.421°N 137.875°E

Territory of Ikeda 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

12.4km

Azumino City, Omachi City, Ikusaka Village, Matsukawa Village

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

Ikeda Town isthis kind of town.

01The Oninokama Kofun, a town-designated historic site, is a round tumulus whose stone chamber has a stacked-stone boundary between burial chamber and passageway, which the town estimates dates from the late 6th to the 7th century
02The Ikeda Gakumonjo, built in 1788 with money pooled by the whole village, had about three hundred pupils, 70 of them girls
03At the 23 and 24 September festival of Ikeda Hachiman Shrine, eight stages and two boats are pulled, and at Aidoji lie the remains of a climbing kiln 17 m long with 12 steps

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ikeda Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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