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20602 ／さかえむら

Nagano Prefecture 下水内郡

Sakae Village

A station post as tall as the snow was.

Morimiyanohara, snow marker

Photo by Mister0124 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Uchiike Mansion Site

This mansion site is known as one built by the Ichikawa clan,who ruled the Shikumi district.

Uchiike Mansion Site in Sakae Village — Photo by 前田左衛門佐 (Public domain)

The Ichikawa clan came from the Ichikawa district of Kai and, the village records, took the Shikumi district from the Nakano clan in the Kamakura period and ruled it. The Uchiike mansion site is a village historic site, and Setto Castle Site in Tsukioka is said to have been built by the Ichikawa clan as well.

Village historic site, designated Aug. 6, 2008
Took the Shikumi district from the Nakano clan in the Kamakura period
Kept by the Shikumi preservation society

02 ／ Abe Family House

A house with its main entranceat the tip of an L-shaped chumon wing.

A thatched chumon-zukuri house and a Prefectural Treasure. The geopark notes a stable and toilet in the chumon, the wing that juts out in an L from the main house, with the main entrance at its tip. It is estimated to date from about 1750 to 1770, and thick posts inside are described as a way to bear heavy snow.

Prefectural Treasure, designated Nov. 4, 1975
Thatched, chumon-zukuri
Estimated to date from about 1750 to 1770

03 ／ Sakae Tsugura

A winter handicraft, woven from rice straw.A basket for minding babies is one of them.

The prefecture records that once rice farming began in the Meiji period, "bobo-tsugura" baskets for minding babies came to be made from rice straw in winter. The tourism association says the oldest neko-tsugura confirmed in the village dates from the Taisho period, and that making them continues as a winter handicraft.

Prefectural traditional craft, designated Nov. 27, 2014
Oldest neko-tsugura is from the Taisho period (tourism association)
"Tsugura" means a container (tourism association)

Sakae 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

At the prefecture's northern tip, the Chikuma River becomes the Shinano.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

The village lies at the northernmost point of Nagano Prefecture, covers 271.66 km², and is 92.8% mountain forest and open land. The Chikuma River flows through it and changes its name to the Shinano River at the Niigata border. The JR Iiyama Line runs through, and the gateway the village itself points to is Morimiyanohara Station.

People living here: 1,660people
Area: 271.66km²
Households: 692households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 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.

Shape

Borders 9 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Sakae Village in Japan36.987°N 138.577°E

Territory of Sakae 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

34.0km

Nagano Prefecture: Nozawaonsen Village, Yamanouchi Town, Kijimadaira Village, Iiyama City
Niigata Prefecture: Tsunan Town, Yuzawa Town, Tokamachi City, Joetsu City
Gunma Prefecture: Nakanojo Town

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

Sakae Village isthis kind of town.

01The post inside the station grounds is, the village says, as tall as the 7.85 m of snow recorded on February 12, 1945; the station's name combines the hamlets of Mori in Sakae and Miyanohara in Tsunan
02The Uchiike mansion site in Shikumi is a village historic site known as built by the Ichikawa clan, and the Abe Family House, a thatched chumon-zukuri house, is a Prefectural Treasure
03Sakae tsugura, woven from rice straw, is a prefectural traditional craft; the village lies at the northern tip of the prefecture, where the Chikuma River becomes the Shinano

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Sakae Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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