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20562 ／きじまだいらむら

Nagano Prefecture 下高井郡

Kijimadaira Village

A cliff shows a waterfall on May 8 only.

Taru Falls, May 8 water release

Photo by Qurren (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Netsuka Site

From a small hill in the rice paddiescame an iron sword with a spiral ornament.

Netsuka Site lies on a small hill in the middle of rice paddies, and a small-scale excavation in 1996 turned up an iron sword of the late Yayoi period. Of the three swords, Sword No. 2 has a spiral motif on its hilt and is 74 cm long. The village board of education records that component analysis showed all three to be iron from Gaya, in the south of the Korean Peninsula.

Sword No. 2: 74 cm long
Prefectural Historic Site, March 2005
362 finds designated prefectural treasures

02 ／ Ichikawa Chikuzen-no-kami

"Ichikawa Chikuzen-no-kami" is not one real person,the village records, but a name combining a father and son.

The village states that "Ichikawa Chikuzen-no-kami" was not a real individual but a figure combining two generations, a father and son of the Ichikawa family who ruled Kijimadaira. At the temple, two grave markers stand side by side, one a hokyointo pagoda type and one a slab type; the first is said to be the father's and the second the son's. It is not confirmed that either man ever bore the title Chikuzen-no-kami.

A father and son of the Ichikawa family
Two grave markers at the temple
Village-designated No. 33 (1987)

03 ／ Kayanodaira

At 1,500 m and 1,420 m,two wetlands of differing character.

The north wetland (Kita-Dobu) of Kayanodaira Plateau lies at 1,500 m and covers 7 ha. The village's own site calls it a first-class raised bog in the prefecture, where the sphagnum moss aomori-mizugoke is the most common. The south wetland (Minami-Dobu) lies at 1,420 m, covers about 0.5 ha, and has plenty of mizubasho (Asian skunk cabbage). Both are village-designated natural monuments.

Kita-Dobu: 7 ha, 1,500 m
Minami-Dobu: about 0.5 ha, 1,420 m
Village-designated natural monument (1985)

Kijimadaira 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 July–October 2022)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

On the alluvial fans of the Taru and Maguse rivers, 26 hamlets spread out.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

Kijimadaira lies in the north of Nagano Prefecture, across the Chikuma River from Iiyama City. The village's own site says 26 hamlets stand on alluvial fans at 320 to 750 m above sea level, that the snow-cover period lasts 110 days, and that this snow creates conditions suited to growing crops. The specialty is Kijimadaira-grown Koshihikari rice. There is no station; the gateway is the Kijimadaira Village Office bus stop.

People living here: 4,375people
Area: 99.32km²
Households: 1,567households
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.

Kijimadaira Village in Japan36.858°N 138.407°E

to IiyamaLocal bus13min

Travel times follow 木島平村公式『木島平村シャトル便の運行時刻表について』（建設課・2026-09-17 更新）の『時刻表2026.3版（令和8年3月14日ダイヤ改正対応版）』。飯山駅（4番のりば）発→木島平村役場着で、平日・土日祝とも運行する19:00発→19:13着の13分が最速（平日17:25→17:38も13分。ほかの便は15分） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Kijimadaira 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

11.3km

Yamanouchi Town, Iiyama City, Sakae Village, Nakano City, Nozawaonsen Village

Kijimadaira Village isthis kind of town.

01Taru Falls is the name for the male and female falls on the Taru River below the shrine to Fudo Myoo (a village-designated place of scenic beauty); the village says the fall formed on May 8 by water let down from the upper part of the cliff also became known as Taru Falls
02Netsuka Site, where an iron sword of the late Yayoi period came to light, is a prefectural historic site; at the temple stand grave markers for a father and son of the Ichikawa family, combined under the name "Ichikawa Chikuzen-no-kami"
03Kijimadaira lies across the Chikuma River from Iiyama City, and on Kayanodaira Plateau, at around 1,500 m, two wetlands are village-designated natural monuments

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kijimadaira Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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