Seiro Town

Once a landlord's private lagoon, now a park.

Benten-gata Scenic Park

Photo by Drph17 (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Sekinoto Hachiroji

Hokuetsu Seppu records the wrestlerSekinoto as born in Shidaihama.

Suzuki Bokushi's Hokuetsu Seppu lists, among Echigo wrestlers, "Sekinoto was born in Shidaihama." The town's booklet writes that Hachiroji was born in Shidaihama in 1757 (some say 1762), went to Edo, took the name Sekinoto and was active in the upper maegashira ranks.

Hokuetsu Seppu, vol. 2: "Sekinoto was born in Shidaihama"
Born 1757 (some say 1762), per the town
Katsukawa Shunsho wrestling print (1785)

02 ／ Ninomiya House Ryotei

A detached tea pavilion juts out,mostly over Benten-gata Lagoon.

Cultural Heritage Online (Agency for Cultural Affairs) describes the Ryotei as a single-story Taisho-era wooden building on the shore of Benten-gata, hipped-roof and two bays by one and a half, mostly projecting over the lagoon: a detached tea pavilion. The Ninomiya House was registered as a cultural property in 2006; the town counts 15 registered buildings.

Taisho era, 13 m² floor area
Registered 29 Nov 2006 (Registered Tangible Cultural Property)
15 registered Ninomiya House buildings

03 ／ Kamezuka Neriba

A rice-straw shimenawa 3.3 m longis taken around the hamlet to the shrine.

In Kamezuka Neriba, a rite of the Kamezuka hamlet, the neriba is a large shimenawa (sacred rope) of rice straw, 3.3 m long and 300 kg, the town writes. It is taken around the hamlet and offered at the torii of Suwa Shrine. The Niigata Tourist Association writes that it was once carried on the shoulders of young men of 19 by traditional reckoning, and has gone around on a truck since 2021.

3.3 m long, 300 kg
Town-designated intangible folk cultural property, 1995
Offered at the torii of Suwa Shrine

Living here

15 minutes by car from Shibata Station, 5 from Sasaki.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town has no railway station. Its official access map gives 40 minutes on the Hakushin Line from Niigata Station to Shibata Station, then 15 minutes by car, or 30 minutes to Sasaki Station, then 5 minutes by car. The town's eco minibus takes as little as 20 minutes from Shibata Station to the Town Office, and runs on weekdays only.

People living here: 14,259people
Area: 37.57km²
Households: 4,804households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 7 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.

Seiro Town in Japan37.974°N 139.274°E

Territory of Seiro Town

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

9.5km

新発田市, 新潟市

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

Seiro Town isthis kind of town.

01Benten-gata Scenic Park is a town-managed urban park around a lagoon with cherry blossoms in spring, lotus in summer and swans in winter; the Niigata Prefectural Tourist Association writes that the Ninomiya family took over the inlet, formed during Kaji River flood-control work, and made it part of its garden
02The wrestler Sekinoto Hachiroji, born in Shidaihama, appears in Hokuetsu Seppu as "born in Shidaihama"; the town's booklet writes that he went to Edo and was active in the upper maegashira ranks
03Town-designated properties include a private school building of the Ono family, the Kannon Hall and Nio Gate of Hoshakuin Temple, and a mound in the former Ichikawa Shrine precinct; the town writes that its cherries are the largest harvest in the prefecture

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Seiro Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗