Shiki City

An 8.7 m Mt. Fuji in a shrine's grounds.

Tagoyama Fujizuka

01 ／ Kappa

The priest spared the kappa,and next morning there were carp.

A kappa living in the Yanase River (柳瀬川) made mischief with people and horses until villagers caught it. The priest of Hōdō-ji (宝幢寺) talked them into letting it go, and the next morning crucian carp lay by his pillow. The tale was recorded in the Edo-period Gūisō (寓意草) and became known nationwide through Yanagita Kunio's Santō Mintan-shū (山島民譚集). The city has 28 kappa statues, each with a nickname.

28 kappa statues
Gūisō and Santō Mintan-shū
Legend of Hōdō-ji

02 ／ River trade

Village crops were loaded on boatsand sent down to Asakusa.

In 1647, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, lord of Kawagoe Castle, improved the Shingashi River (新河岸川) and opened river landings. At Hikimata-gashi (引又河岸), where it meets the Yanase River, a market grew up; farm produce from the area gathered there and went by boat to Hanakawado in Asakusa, and the boats came back loaded with goods from Tokyo. River works later lowered the water, and a prefectural order in 1931 ended more than 300 years of boat traffic.

Landings opened in 1647
Hikimata-gashi
Boats stopped in 1931

03 ／ Fujizuka

Earth piled on an old moundbuilt a Mt. Fuji.

The Tagoyama Fujizuka (田子山富士塚), in the grounds of Shikishima Shrine (敷島神社), was built in 1872 by piling earth on a mound long said to be an ancient tomb. It is about 8.7 m high and 30 m across, with a womb cave, a zigzag climbing path and stones marking the stations. In 2020 it became a nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property. On open days you can climb to the top.

Built in 1872
About 8.7 m high
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property

Living here

Shiki Station's address is in neighbouring Niiza.

about 80,000 people

Shiki Station on the Tobu Tojo Line carries the city's name but is officially in Niiza; the only station inside the city is Yanasegawa, in Tate. The Shingashi River splits the city into the Shiki district on the terrace and the Muneoka district on the Arakawa lowlands, where City Hall stands. Tobu Bus and Kokusai Kogyo Bus run from Shiki Station's east exit to City Hall. It is a small city of 9.05 km².

People living here: 75,346people
Area: 9.05km²
Households: 32,730households
Rent (average for rentals): 68,205yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 40 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —20 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

Surrounded by 5 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Shiki City in Japan35.837°N 139.580°E

Territory of Shiki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.7km

富士見市, 朝霞市, さいたま市, 新座市, 三芳町

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

Shiki City isthis kind of town.

01The 8.7 m Tagoyama Fujizuka, built in 1872, stands in the grounds of Shikishima Shrine
02A legend tells of a kappa spared by the priest of Hōdō-ji, and 28 nicknamed kappa statues stand around the city
03Hikimata-gashi opened where the Shingashi and Yanase rivers meet, linking the town by boat to Hanakawado in Asakusa for over 300 years until 1931

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shiki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗