Unno goshi, Unno-juku, Tomi City
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20219 ／ とうみし

Nagano Prefecture

Tomi City

Long and short lattice bars alternate.

Unno goshi, Unno-juku

Photo by Nux-vomica 1007 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Nomayoke ruins

So horses could not leave, a ditch was dugand an earthen bank raised around the pasture.

The grazing ground of Mochizuki Pasture lay on the Mimakihara plateau, spanning Tomi, Komoro and Saku. The ditch and earthen bank around it are called the Nomayoke ruins, and the city records 199 m surviving at the Mimaki-kami site. All those within the city are designated City Historic Sites.

  • City Historic Site (designated December 11, 1967)
  • 199 m survived at the Mimaki-kami site
  • The ruins survive in about 10 separate sections (city)

02 ／ Higashimachi Kabuki stage

Two lifts in the floor,and tiered seating in front.

Higashimachi Kabuki stage in Tomi City
Photo by Karacla (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Standing in the grounds of Hiyoshi Shrine, this gabled stage is 8 ken (about 14.5 m) wide and 5.5 ken deep. Its floor has a revolving section 3 ken (about 5.4 m) across. The city notes that a record from the Kaei era dates its construction to 1817 and that performances continue, centered on the Netsu Higashimachi Kabuki Preservation Society.

  • Nagano Prefecture Tangible Folk Cultural Property (designated February 19, 1990)
  • 8 ken (about 14.5 m) wide, 5.5 ken (about 10 m) deep
  • Built in 1817 (Bunka 14), per a Kaei-era record

03 ／ Hyakutai Kannon stone road markers

Along the bathing road,a Kannon is enshrined every cho.

Hyakutai Kannon stone road markers in Tomi City
Photo by Komoro no kaze (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Along a road of about 12 km that crosses Jizo Pass from Mihari in Netsu, Kannon from the first to the hundredth are enshrined at every cho (about 110 m). Serving as both distance markers and objects of Kannon worship, they were made over about ten years, from 1864 to 1873. Within the city they run from the first to the 81st, at the pass summit.

  • City Tangible Cultural Property, stone cultural property (designated March 27, 1967)
  • Enshrined every cho (about 110 m)
  • Made over about ten years, 1864 to 1873

Tomi City 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 2004)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, about 10 minutes by Shinano Railway to Tanaka Station.

  • about 30,000 people

The city was founded on April 1, 2004, from the merger of Tobu Town and Kitamimaki Village. Its area is 112.3 km². The city's access guide says it takes about 1 hour 20 minutes from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station by the Hokuriku Shinkansen, then about 10 minutes by Shinano Railway to Tanaka Station. The gateway, Tanaka Station, is about a 5-minute walk from City Hall.

People living here
30,122people
20052020

0% since 2015

31,271 → 30,122

Area
112.37km²

57km² of it habitable

2024

Households
11,260households

2.7 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
43,068yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
2 hospitals ／ 13 clinics

5.0 per 10,000 people

2023

Area112.37km²Habitable land57km² ／ 51%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—6 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Tomi City in Japan36.359°N 138.330°E
OsakaTomi City
Territory of Tomi City
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

16.5km

Nagano Prefecture
Komoro City, Ueda City, Tateshina Town, Saku City
Gunma Prefecture
Tsumagoi Village

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

Tomi City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Unno-juku opened in 1625 (Kan'ei 2) as a post station on the Hokkoku Kaido and was selected in 1987 as a national Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Unno goshi are lattices on building fronts in which long and short bars are combined alternately, and the city says they weave a beauty particular to Unno-juku
  2. 02The Nomayoke ruins are the remains of a ditch and earthen bank dug around the grazing ground of Mochizuki Pasture, and are City Historic Sites. The Higashimachi Kabuki stage is dated to 1817 by a Kaei-era record and is a Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property
  3. 03The Hyakutai Kannon stone road markers are a City Tangible Cultural Property with a Kannon enshrined at every cho along a bathing road. The city also has the Intate Stone Age dwelling site, a National Historic Site thought to date from the middle to mid-late Jomon period, and its gateway is Shinano Railway's Tanaka Station

See the town as it is now.

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

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