Agano City

Birthplace of a lone gazetteer compiler.

Yoshida Togo's birthplace

Photo by Tail furry (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Tenchozan Park

A hill of soil carried by hand,later home to an office like a prefectural government.

Tenchozan is an artificial hill. In the late Edo period the wealthy Ichijima family, building a villa, had soil carried on shoulders from nearby fields in teams of five, starting in 1837; the work took five years. In the Meiji era the villa was used as Echigo-fu, the national government office for Echigo, and for a little over a year an office equivalent to a prefectural government stood here, so a Suibara Prefecture existed. The park's Echigo-fu turret is a reconstruction.

Earthwork begun in 1837
Soil carried in teams of five
Prefectural historic site: Echigo-fu site

02 ／ Suibara Daikansho

The shogunate's intendant's office lasted22 intendants and 123 years; today's building is a 1995 reconstruction.

In 1746 an intendant's office was set up on the site of the Suibara fortified residence, on land held directly by the shogunate. Its jurisdiction was worth 60,000 to 100,000 koku, and its main aims were securing the tax rice, developing Fukushima-gata lagoon, and keeping watch on the Shibata and Murakami domains. It ran through 22 intendants and closed in 1868. The present building is a reconstruction of 1995.

Set up in 1746
22 intendants, 123 years
Reconstructed in 1995

03 ／ Fire-break embankments

The town was rebuilt at right angles to the wind,with earthen banks to stop the fire.

In Yasuda a strong local wind called Yasuda Dashi blows along the Agano River from spring to summer. The streets ran in the same direction as the wind, so fires never stopped. In the later 17th century the town was rebuilt at right angles to the wind, with a canal down the middle of the street, wide firebreak lanes and earthen banks to keep fire from spreading. The first character of the town's name was changed around then too.

Rebuilt in the later 17th century
Hiyokedote: city-designated site
Name's first character changed

Living here

6,500 hectares of paddies in the middle of the Niigata Plain.

about 40,000 people

Agano was formed in 2004 by the merger of Suibara, Yasuda, Kyogase and Sasakami, and lies about 20 km southeast of Niigata City. On a fan below the Gozu mountains, with the Agano River to the south, more than 6,500 hectares of paddies spread out. From spring to summer a strong southeasterly wind called Dashi sweeps across the surface of the river. The city's gateway is Suibara Station on the JR Uetsu Line.

People living here: 40,696people
Area: 192.74km²
Households: 13,484households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,008yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 22 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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 4 municipalities.

Agano City in Japan37.834°N 139.226°E

Territory of Agano City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)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

17.5km

新潟市, 新発田市, 阿賀町, 五泉市

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

Agano City isthis kind of town.

01Yoshida Togo compiled the national gazetteer Dai Nihon Chimei Jisho alone over some 13 years, and the Hatano house where he was born stands in the old Yasuda Town
02At Suibara, Tenchozan is a hill built by the wealthy Ichijima family with carried soil, and once held Echigo-fu and a Suibara Prefecture; the shogunate's intendant's office there lasted 22 intendants and its present building is a reconstruction
03In Yasuda the town was rebuilt at right angles to the wind with fire-break embankments, and roof tiles are said to have been produced since 1830; the city's chronology says Hyoko lake was built as a reservoir in 1626

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Agano City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗