Nogi Town

Fire moves through 16 sections in turn.

Nogi Brick Kiln

Photo by Wiiii (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Ginkgo

Drawn to the “breasts” on its branches,breast-shaped cloths are offered.

The ginkgo in front of the worship hall at Nogi Shrine was designated a prefectural natural monument in 2026. Its base is ringed by a stone wall 8.1 m on a side and about 80 cm high, and worshippers are barred from entering. Drawn to the "breasts" hanging from its branches, people still offer breast-shaped cloths filled with rice bran and the like.

Prefectural natural monument (2026)
Stone wall 8.1 m square, about 80 cm high
Breast-shaped cloths offered

02 ／ Shrine

On the shogun's pilgrimage to Nikkō,the first rest on the third day out of Edo.

Tomonuma Hachiman Shrine was used as the first rest stop on the third day out of Edo during the shogun's pilgrimages to Nikkō. A rest house reserved for the shogun, Unsei-an, was built on the grounds, and Mt. Tsukuba could be seen far off straight ahead. Above the worship hall is a votive picture offered in 1884 to mark the completion of work on the Tomonuma river wharf.

Rest stop, third day out of Edo
Rest house for the shogun, Unsei-an
Votive picture of 1884 (town-designated)

03 ／ Stone tablet

A stone tablet of Chichibu rock andInawashiro Kensai's grave share one temple ground.

In the grounds of Manpuku-ji Temple stands an itabi, a slab-shaped stone memorial, set up in the first year of Shōgen (1259). The town records that it is made of Chichibu green schist and is thought to be the oldest in the prefecture. The grounds also hold the grave of Inawashiro Kensai, who studied linked verse under Sōgi; in his last years he is said to have been invited by Ashikaga Shigeuji and to have died at 78.

Itabi of 1259 (town-designated)
Chichibu green schist
Grave of Inawashiro Kensai (town-designated)

Living here

71 minutes to Tokyo, 39 to Ōmiya.

about 20,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Rural district town

The town covers 30.27 km² of flat land. Its station is Nogi on the JR Utsunomiya Line, where through trains of the JR Ueno-Tokyo Line and the JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line run without a change: 71 minutes to Tokyo, 71 to Shinjuku, 65 to Ueno and 39 to Ōmiya. The town office is about a 10-minute walk from the east exit.

People living here: 24,913people
Area: 30.27km²
Households: 9,841households
Rent (average for rentals): 54,828yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 13 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Nogi Town in Japan36.233°N 139.741°E

to TokyoJR Ueno-Tokyo Line71min
to ŌmiyaJR Utsunomiya Line39min
to ShinjukuJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line71min
to UenoJR Utsunomiya Line65min

Travel times follow JR東日本の野木駅の時刻表（上り・大宮上野新宿方面。timetables.jreast.co.jp の2610版＝令和8年10月）で、野木駅から熱海・小田原・平塚・国府津・伊東・沼津ゆきの『東京経由』と逗子・大船ゆきの『新宿経由』と上野ゆき・大宮ゆきの普通列車が毎日出ていることを確かめた。所要時間は、2026-10-09（金）・10-10（土）・10-12（月・祝）の3日それぞれに、野木発5時〜23時台の各時を指定した Yahoo!路線情報の乗換案内（JR時刻表の令和8年10月現在の版。新幹線・有料特急を使わない条件）で、乗換0回の列車を数えた。【第2段で追記】JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2610版・2026年10月号）の野木駅上り（平日 tt1200/1200020・土曜休日 1200021）と列車ページで突き合わせた：野木5:14発の熱海ゆき（列車番号1521E。平日・土曜休日ともに運転）は大宮5:53着（平日。土休日は5:46着）・上野6:19着・東京6:25着で、大宮39分・上野65分・東京71分。新宿は野木10:33発の逗子ゆき（平日2541Y・土休日2535Y）が新宿11:44着で71分。これで Yahoo!路線情報の値とそろった。 (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Nogi 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

6.8km

Tochigi Prefecture: 小山市, 栃木市
Ibaraki Prefecture: 古河市

Nogi Town isthis kind of town.

01The former Shimotsuke Brick Manufacturing Company kiln is a Hoffmann kiln with a chimney at the center of its sixteen-sided plan, burning bricks section by section in turn; it was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1979
02The ginkgo at Nogi Shrine is said to have been planted by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro on his triumphant return, and the folk practice of offering breast-shaped cloths continues; it is a prefectural natural monument
03At Tomonuma Hachiman Shrine a rest house was built for the shogun on the Nikkō pilgrimage, and Manpuku-ji holds a Kamakura-period itabi and the grave of Inawashiro Kensai, who studied linked verse under Sōgi

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nogi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗