Minamiuonuma City

South stones lined a river, it is said.

Sakado Castle, residence wall

01 ／ Daimochi sled

A sled about 6.5 m long was builtto carry the stone for a washing basin.

In snowy Uonuma, the Daimochi sled is a large mountain sled used to haul cut building timber. This one, about 6.5 m long, was made to carry the stone for a hand-washing basin to Hakkai Shrine at Yamaguchi in Jonai. The haul took place on 3 and 4 February 1902, and the villages along the way cooked meals for the haulers, a huge undertaking.

About 6.5 m long
3-4 February 1902
City-designated folk cultural property

02 ／ Bokushi-dori

Residents saw the road widening as aonce-in-several-centuries chance to remake the town.

Bokushi-dori lies in Shiozawa, once a post town on the Mikuni Highway, and takes its name from the local man of letters Suzuki Bokushi. When the road widening was decided in fiscal 2001, the street's owners founded the Bokushi-dori Association and, with building agreements and design rules, recreated the post town's scenery and put in gangi arcades. The power lines are buried and the pavement is stone.

Widening decided in fiscal 2001
Bokushi-dori Association
Power lines buried

03 ／ Single cedar

At the foot of a cedar that was once a signpost,a small stone shrine is enshrined.

The Japanese cedar at Anaji is 5.3 m around at eye level and about 30 m tall, and became a city natural monument in 1981. In the past it served as a landmark for people passing this way. According to the notice on site, it was originally two giant trees, and the northern one was felled in 1905, leaving the present form.

5.3 m around, about 30 m tall
City natural monument, 1981
One tree felled in 1905

Living here

Urasa Station to Tokyo in 78 minutes by shinkansen.

about 50,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Shinkansen stops here

From Urasa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen to Tokyo Station takes 78 minutes at the fastest. The city lies in the Uonuma Basin, where the Kan-Etsu Expressway and the Joetsu Shinkansen both run. It became a city in November 2004 through the merger of Muikamachi and Yamato, and took in Shiozawa in October 2005. The gateway is Urasa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen and Joetsu Line.

People living here: 54,851people
Area: 584.55km²
Households: 19,576households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,927yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 28 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —26 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Minamiuonuma City in Japan37.066°N 138.876°E

to TokyoJoetsu Shinkansen78min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表『上越・北陸新幹線下り（東京－新潟・長野－敦賀）』の平日・土曜休日の2表（https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/timetable-v/004d1.html・004d2.html。2026-10-15 に取得。運転日の欄に2026年11月末までの臨時の記載があるので、いまのダイヤ）。東京発・浦佐発の列から数えた (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Minamiuonuma 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

35.7km

Niigata Prefecture: 魚沼市, 十日町市, 湯沢町
Gunma Prefecture: みなかみ町

Minamiuonuma City isthis kind of town.

01At the nationally designated site of Sakado Castle, the residence ruins have a stone wall about 91 m long on the earthwork of the west front, and the south wall is said to have been removed and reused as stone for revetment work on the Uono River at the end of the Edo period
02The Daimochi sled of Jonai, about 6.5 m long, carried the stone for a hand-washing basin to Hakkai Shrine in 1902, and Bokushi-dori in Shiozawa, named after Suzuki Bokushi, recreated a post town's scenery and put in gangi arcades after a road widening
03At the foot of the Anaji cedar stands a small stone shrine, Hachimangu at Sengoku keeps 24 banners offered in prayer for skill at weaving, and at Urasa the Bishamondo of Fuko-ji hosts the Hadaka Oshiai every year on the first Saturday of March

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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