Misato Town

Brightly painted, spanning since 1954.

Ago Ōhashi Bridge

Photo by Multi Ewell (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Ochi Yamakujira (Wild Boar)

Overabundant wild boar became a resource.Residents got hunting licenses and took action.

In 1999, Yasuda Ryo and others took on the damage wild boar caused, and licensed hunters grew from 29 to 100. A producers' cooperative formed in 2004 and became a company in 2017; today it recovers 70-80% of the 400-600 boar caught each year, turning them into canned meat and more.

Damage-control effort began in 1999
70-80% of 400-600 boar recovered yearly
Became a company in 2017

02 ／ Bali's Mas Village and the Jukung

Wanting to gather boats from around the world,the town found its way to a Balinese canoe.

In 1991, to mark the opening of its Canoe Museum, built under a hometown revitalization project, the town sought a boat from Bali: the jukung. Artisans came to build and launch one over about a month, and two years later, in 1993, the two communities signed a friendship agreement.

Canoe Museum opened in 1991
Jukung built and launched, May 1991
Friendship agreement signed in 1993

03 ／ Yanashio and Morihara Roads

Carried by 300 horses and 400 people,the mountain path best keeps its old look.

In the Edo period, silver from Iwami Ginzan and materials for refining it were carried by a great convoy of 300 horses and 400 people. The roughly 7km Yanashio road best preserves the look of that time, and together with the Morihara road, it was named a National Historic Site in February 2018.

Yanashio road: ~7km, best preserves its old look
A convoy of 300 horses and 400 people
Designated a National Historic Site, Feb. 2018

Living here

A mountain town split by the Gonokawa River.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

Near the center of Shimane, the Gonokawa River, the largest in the Chugoku region, runs north-south through these mountains. The town was formed in 2004 when the former Ochi and Yamato joined together. It has two hot springs, Chihara and Ushio, and six kagura troupes, including Miyako, keep Iwami Kagura alive here.

People living here: 4,355people
Area: 282.92km²
Households: 1,844households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 8 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Misato Town in Japan35.077°N 132.591°E

Territory of Misato Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

24.4km

Shimane Prefecture: 飯南町, 大田市, 川本町, 邑南町
Hiroshima Prefecture: 三次市

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

Misato Town isthis kind of town.

01Misato's Ago Ōhashi Bridge, built in 1954, is the oldest bridge over the Gonokawa River in town.
02Residents turned overabundant wild boar into a resource called Ochi Yamakujira, becoming a company in 2017.
03A 1991 canoe museum opening sparked ties with Bali's Mas Village, and the Edo-era Yanashio and Morihara silver roads became a National Historic Site in 2018.

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Misato Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗