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20521 ／さかきまち

Nagano Prefecture 埴科郡

Sakaki Town

A daimyo's inn has a row-house gate.

Sakaki-juku Honjin front gate

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Mikuriyasha Tumulus

The side walls are big flat stones laid end-on;the upper part is corbelled with small stones.

This is the stone chamber of a round mound northwest of the Mikuriyasha shrine. The side walls of the main chamber are large flat stones stacked end-on, the upper part is corbelled with small stones, and the width narrows toward the ceiling. The total length is 11.2 m. The town writes that it is thought to date from the latter half of the 6th century. It is privately owned.

Chamber length 11.2 m
Thought to date from the latter half of the 6th century
Town-designated Historic Site (1981)

02 ／ Iwabana

Across the Chikuma River,cliffs of rock face each other.

Iwabana in Sakaki Town — Photo by Togariishi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Iwabana at Nezumijuku in Sakaki, the Iwabana at Shimoshiojiri in Ueda City and the one at Hanga in Ueda City are sheer rock cliffs facing each other across the Chikuma River, a Prefectural Natural Monument. The town records that Moiwa-nazuna blooms with small white cross-shaped flowers at the end of April and is a cold-climate relict plant.

Prefectural Natural Monument (geology and minerals; 1974)
White cross-shaped flowers at the end of April
Cold-climate relict plant

03 ／ Former Kakuchi School Building

An arched front entrance in Western style,a tiled roof and plastered walls.

This two-story wooden schoolhouse was completed in the summer of 1878 (Meiji 11). The first floor holds seven classrooms and an office and storeroom; the second has a large hall and a room for officials. The town notes that its plain exterior has few decorative parts and is a distinctive feature.

Completed in the summer of 1878
Seven classrooms on the first floor
Prefectural Treasure, building (1976)

Sakaki 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 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

From Ueda, ten minutes on the Shinano Railway to Sakaki Station.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Sakaki is a town in Hanishina District. The town's own access guide says it takes 1 hour 30 minutes by Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station, then 10 minutes on the Shinano Railway to Sakaki Station. The town has two stations, Sakaki and Tekuno-Sakaki, and its gateway is Sakaki Station, in front of which stand the Cultural Properties Center and the Sakaki-juku Furusato History Museum.

People living here: 14,004people
Area: 53.64km²
Households: 5,461households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 11 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 2 municipalities.

Sakaki Town in Japan36.462°N 138.180°E

Territory of Sakaki 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

9.5km

Ueda City, Chikuma City

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

Sakaki Town isthis kind of town.

01The Former Sakaki-juku Honjin front gate belongs to the honjin where daimyo and court nobles stayed on the Hokkoku Kaido; it is a gabled row-house gate 6 ken (about 10.9 m) wide and a town-designated tangible cultural property
02Mikuriyasha Tumulus is a round mound with a chamber of flat stones laid end-on, a town-designated Historic Site; the Iwabana cliffs facing each other across the Chikuma River are a Prefectural Natural Monument (geology and minerals), where cold-climate relict plants such as Moiwa-nazuna grow
03The Former Kakuchi School Building, completed in 1878, is a Prefectural Treasure that joins a Western-style arch to Japanese-style tiles and plaster; the town's gateway is Sakaki Station on the Shinano Railway

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