Tsukize no Osugi, Neba Village
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20410 ／ ねばむら

Nagano Prefecture 下伊那郡

Neba Village

Two cedars appear as one at the base.

Tsukize no Osugi

Photo by Asturio Cantabrio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Source of the Yahagi River

A land improvement district downstreambought the headwater forest in 1914.

Source of the Yahagi River in Neba Village
Photo by Alpsdake (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The village describes itself as a water-source village located at the source of the Yahagi River. It says the Meiji Yosui Land Improvement District of Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, bought 427 ha of water-source conservation forest in Neba in the third year of Taisho, and that since the third year of Heisei it has had a forest management agreement with Anjo City.

  • Third year of Taisho: 427 ha of forest
  • Third year of Heisei: forest agreement with Anjo
  • Source of the Yahagi River

02 ／ Neba tago frog

Voice-print analysis showed its calldiffers greatly from the Tago frog's.

The Neba tago frog, known as the frog that barks like a dog, was described as a new species, Rana neba, in a paper dated 20 December 2014. It lives only around Neba Village. The Hachijuni Cultural Foundation lists it as a village natural monument (designated 1 March 2006).

  • 2014: described as Rana neba
  • Chromosome number 2n=28
  • Village natural monument (2006)

03 ／ Ox Kannon statue

In a village with over 280 horse-headed Kannon,only 11 ox Kannon, it is said, counting inscribed stones.

The Hachijuni Cultural Foundation lists the Ox Kannon statue of Ichinose, a stone work of 1815 (Bunka 12), as a village tangible cultural property (designated 1 September 2001). It notes that the village has over 280 horse-headed Kannon, but only 11 ox Kannon even counting inscribed stones, which is extremely few.

  • 1815 (Bunka 12)
  • Over 280 horse-headed Kannon
  • 11 ox Kannon, counting inscribed stones

Neba Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot May 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））

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Living here

No station in the village at Nagano Prefecture's far southwest.

  • about 1,000 people
  • Rural district town

The village says it lies at the far southwest of Nagano Prefecture, bordering Urugi Village, Hiraya Village, and Aichi and Gifu Prefectures. Annual rainfall is 1.4 times that of Iida or Nagoya, and planted cedar and cypress are said to grow remarkably well. There is no railway station in the village; its gateway is the Neba Village Office.

People living here
852people
19952020

−12.2% since 2015

1,522 → 852

Area
89.97km²

4.22km² of it habitable

2024

Households
383households

2.2 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
—
Healthcare
0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

23.5 per 10,000 people

2023

Area89.97km²Habitable land4.22km² ／ 5%
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.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Neba Village in Japan35.255°N 137.582°E
TokyoOsakaNeba Village
Territory of Neba 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

13.3km

Nagano Prefecture
Hiraya Village, Urugi Village
Aichi Prefecture
Toyota City, Shitara Town, Toyone Village
Gifu Prefecture
Ena City

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

Neba Village isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Tsukize no Osugi, designated a national natural monument in 1944, is described in its designation text as a cedar of two large and small trunks fused at the base that look like one, 13.04 m around at 1.5 m above ground
  2. 02Neba is a water-source village at the source of the Yahagi River, and the village says the Meiji Yosui Land Improvement District of Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, downstream bought its water-source forest in the third year of Taisho
  3. 03The Neba tago frog, which barks, lives only around Neba, and, according to the Hachijuni Cultural Foundation, among over 280 horse-headed Kannon in the village is an Ox Kannon statue of 1815, listed as a village-designated tangible cultural property

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Neba Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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