Kanuma City

A school of chosen wood, little warped.

Former Awano Junior High School

Photo by Shikanuma (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Gōhan-shiki rite

Costumed yamabushi and gōrikipress heaped rice on the old and new stewards.

発光路の強飯式７.jpg — Photo by Shikanuma (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Every year on 3 January, after festival stewards are handed over at Myōken Shrine in Hokkōji, the gōhan-shiki rite has been held at the Hokkōji community hall. Yamabushi and gōriki press heaped rice on the old and new stewards and pin their necks down with a staff in blessing. It retains traces of Nikkō shugen and is said to have been held since the Enbun era (1356–61).

Every 3 January
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 1996
Said to be held since the Enbun era

02 ／ Stone warehouse

On the gable wall of a former hemp mill's stone warehouse,a relief of the hemp character in a circle.

A stone warehouse of an old hemp-spinning mill, built in the early Taishō era. It is a gabled hall 54.5 m long, with walls of nearby stone below and Ōya stone above, and one large interior with no pillars. A relief of the hemp character in a circle is carved on the south gable wall. It became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2014.

Built early Taishō era
54.5 m long
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2014

03 ／ Senbon Katsura

Two great katsura trees stand together in a stream,venerated as sacred trees for forming good ties.

千本桂.jpg — Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Partway up the approach path beside the main hall of the shrine at Mount Ozaku, two large katsura trees stand close together in a stream. The main trunk has died, but several trunks cluster at the base and, with dozens of small stems near the roots, form one large stock. They are estimated at 1,000 and 700 years old, and are a prefectural natural monument.

Estimated age 1,000 and 700 years
Height 26.0 m and 21.0 m (measured 1983)
Prefectural natural monument

Living here

About 70% forest. 82 minutes from Asakusa by limited express.

about 90,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The city covers 490.64 km², 33.0 km east to west and 28.2 km north to south, and its own introduction says about 70% is forest. To Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line it takes 82 minutes from Asakusa by limited express, 70 from Kita-Senju, 89 from Shinjuku by limited express and 58 from Ōmiya, all without a change.

People living here: 94,033people
Area: 490.64km²
Households: 36,098households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,718yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 68 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-01 に編入合併（粟野町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —19 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.

Kanuma City in Japan36.567°N 139.745°E

to AsakusaTobu Nikko Line ltd. exp.82min
to Kita-SenjuTobu Nikko Line ltd. exp.70min
to ShinjukuJR and Tobu Nikko Line ltd. exp.89min
to ŌmiyaJR and Tobu Nikko Line ltd. exp.58min

Travel times follow 東武鉄道公式の特急列車時刻表（2026.3.14改正。下り・浅草/JR新宿〜東武日光ほか。日光の第1段が取った PDF を画像にして読んだ）で、新鹿沼駅に停まる乗り換えなしの列車の浅草・北千住・JR新宿・JR大宮の発と新鹿沼の着を読んだ（運転日欄に印のない列車＝毎日運転）。JR東日本の時刻表（2610版・東武鉄道日光線下り平日／土曜・休日）で、特急きぬがわ3号が『全日』であることを確かめた (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kanuma 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

28.2km

Tochigi Prefecture: 日光市, 宇都宮市, 栃木市, 佐野市, 壬生町
Gunma Prefecture: みどり市

Kanuma City isthis kind of town.

01The Former Awano Junior High School building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, is a two-storey timber school built in 1949 of carefully chosen timber from the Awano Zaisanku (local property district); it sent out about 4,500 graduates in 56 years and closed in 2003
02The Hokkōji gōhan-shiki rite, held each 3 January, is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the gable wall of the former Teikoku Seni stone warehouse carries a relief of the hemp character in a circle
03The Senbon Katsura trees stand in a stream, and the city's Imamiya Shrine Festival yatai float rites are one of the 33 listed as UNESCO's "Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan"

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

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