Mitsuke City

“Middle of Niigata Prefecture,” it says.

Niigata's center of gravity

01 ／ Mimitori Site

Villages that flourished about 5,000 years ago,about 4,000 years ago and about 2,300 years ago, on one site.

A national historic site on a ridge 76 m above sea level that extends from the Higashiyama Hills on the eastern edge of the Niigata Plain. Settlements of the Middle, Late and Final Jomon periods have been confirmed at this single site. The early Late Jomon ring-shaped settlement measured 200 m north to south and 118 m east to west. The city describes the Late Jomon settlement as the largest in the prefecture, and a jade taishu pendant 10.6 cm long was unearthed from a Middle Jomon building site.

National historic site, designated 2015
Late Jomon ring settlement, 200 m by 118 m
Jade pendant, 10.6 cm long

02 ／ Imamachi

Imamachi, which flourished on boat traffic on the Kariyata River,was a town apart from Mitsuke until 1956.

Imamachi flourished on boat traffic on the Kariyata River. In the Edo period people did business by boat and carried tribute rice, and river ports (kawato) developed as well. The Niigata Prefecture Tourism Association describes it as a townscape of river ports that flourished on boat traffic on the Kariyata River. It was merged into Mitsuke in 1956. At the annual Giant Kite Battle in June, kite groups on both banks of the levee entangle hexagonal giant kites, six of the groups from the Imamachi side.

Merged into Mitsuke, 1956
River ports (kawato)
Six kite groups from the Imamachi side

03 ／ Kannonyama

From a hill about 60 m above sea level,the city lies below and Mount Sumon far to the east.

観音山から望む見附市街.JPG — Photo by Neotarou (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Suidoyama-Kannonyama Park stands on a small hill about 60 m above sea level in the southeast of Mitsuke. To the west the city spreads out below, and far to the east Mount Sumon and Mount Awagatake can be seen. Somei-Yoshino and double-flowered cherry trees line the road, and from mid-June to early July about 10,000 hydrangea plants cover the hillside.

About 60 m above sea level
About 10,000 hydrangeas
Mount Sumon and Mount Awagatake to the east

Living here

Hills in the east, farmland from north to west.

about 40,000 people

Mitsuke lies near the middle of Niigata Prefecture, about 300 km from central Tokyo and about 50 km from central Niigata City. The east is forested hills, and the north and west are a plain of farmland; the Kariyata River, part of the Shinano River system, flows through the city as if dividing it north and south. Its textile history began around 1800, and Mitsuke Yuki cloth was becoming known in the last years of the shogunate. The gateway is Mitsuke Station on the JR Shinetsu Line.

People living here: 39,237people
Area: 77.91km²
Households: 14,136households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,787yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 30 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —11 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.

Mitsuke City in Japan37.532°N 138.913°E

Territory of Mitsuke 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

14.8km

長岡市, 三条市

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

Mitsuke City isthis kind of town.

01The city records the point where a map of Niigata Prefecture balances (37°31′19″N, 138°54′50″E) as the prefecture's center of gravity, and beside that point a spherical gas holder stands with the words "Here is the middle of Niigata Prefecture"
02Mimitori Site, a national historic site, has settlements of the Middle, Late and Final Jomon periods at one site, and Imamachi, which flourished on boat traffic on the Kariyata River, was merged into Mitsuke in 1956
03Suidoyama-Kannonyama Park, about 60 m above sea level, has about 10,000 hydrangea plants blooming from mid-June to early July, with Mount Sumon and Mount Awagatake to the east and the city to the west

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mitsuke City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗