Hasuda City

The Jōmon sea once reached the Motoarakawa.

Kurohama Shell Mound

Photo by JulieJCY (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Shell mound

A Jōmon seaside villagesurvives next to City Hall.

Photo by Tako88 at Japanese Wikipedia (Public domain)

About 7,000 to 5,000 years ago the sea reached far inland, and people lived on the edge of the uplands here. The Kurohama Shell Mound (黒浜貝塚) gave its name to Kurohama-style pottery, found across the Kantō region, and became a National Historic Site in 2006. The prefecture's oldest buried dog was found here. Since 2023 the site has been fully open, with the Jōmon shoreline recreated.

About 7,000–5,000 years ago
National Historic Site, 2006
Type site of Kurohama pottery

02 ／ Kurohama Marsh

Of some 330 bird species in the prefecture,about 150 come to this marsh.

Kurohama Marsh (黒浜沼) is thought to have formed when silt carried by the Motoarakawa (元荒川) and other rivers dammed it; in the early Edo period an embankment split it into an upper and a lower marsh. Over 250 wild plants and 38 dragonfly species have been recorded in the surrounding wetland and reed beds. In 1979 it became a prefectural Nature Conservation Area, the only one in the urbanized southeast of the prefecture.

About 150 bird species
38 dragonfly species
Only conservation area in the southeast

03 ／ Shikisanba

The Noh piece Okina,danced by local young men each autumn.

Uruido no Shikisanba (閏戸の式三番) is a folk performance in which Okina in a white mask, Senzai, and Sanbasō in a black mask dance in turn to pray for good harvests and prosperity. It is said to have been revived by a monk of Shūgen-ji (秀源寺) in the Hōei era (1704–1710). Every second Saturday of October, local young men perform it at the autumn festival of Atago Shrine (愛宕神社). It is the only shikisanba in the prefecture handed down as a folk event.

Only one in the prefecture
Said to be revived in the Hōei era
Second Saturday of October

Living here

Two stops to Ōmiya on the rapid.

about 60,000 people

By rapid train on the JR Utsunomiya Line, Ōmiya is two stops and about 8 minutes from Hasuda Station. The Ueno-Tokyo Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line run through to Ueno, Tokyo, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya without changing. City Hall is a bus ride from the east exit of Hasuda Station. The city notes that it ranks 9th in the prefecture for hospital beds and 6th for general clinics.

People living here: 61,499people
Area: 27.28km²
Households: 25,474households
Rent (average for rentals): 60,691yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 37 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —9 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.

Hasuda City in Japan35.995°N 139.662°E

to ŌmiyaJR Utsunomiya Line rapid8min

Travel times follow 市公式の魅力PRサイト「知る」（蓮田市公式ホームページ内）に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Hasuda City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.3km

白岡市, さいたま市, 伊奈町, 久喜市, 上尾市, 桶川市

Hasuda City isthis kind of town.

01The Kurohama Shell Mound, from the time the Jōmon sea reached inland, is restored as a National Historic Site next to City Hall
02Kurohama Marsh, where about 150 bird species are seen, is the only prefectural Nature Conservation Area in the urbanized southeast
03Uruido no Shikisanba, born from the Noh piece Okina, is still danced at the Atago Shrine autumn festival, the only such folk tradition in the prefecture

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hasuda City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗