Shioya Town

Water wells up in over ten places.

Shojinzawa Spring

Photo by pcs34560 (Public domain)

01 ／ Cliff Buddha

On a left-bank cliff of the Kinugawa,a Dainichi Buddha 18.2 m tall.

A National Historic Site: a seated Dainichi Nyorai of the Kongokai mandala, making the chiken-in mudra, is carved into a cliff called Kannon-iwa. The face alone is about 3 m long. Who carved it, and when, is uncertain, and a tradition says Kobo Daishi made it in a single night. Erosion has set in, but the prefecture notes the whole figure can be seen in the morning.

National Historic Site
Height about 18.2 m
Face about 3 m long

02 ／ Beech forest

Above slopes used for army horse ranches,an inubuna beech forest has been left.

A national natural monument at 860 to 980 m on Mount Takahara, upstream of Shojinzawa. Inubuna beech is said to have been felled early on, and the gentle slopes around were cleared and used for army horse ranches and the like, but this forest was hardly used. Forest on gentle slopes is very rare, and its scientific value is also said to be high.

National natural monument
860 to 980 m above sea level
Surroundings used for army horse ranches

03 ／ Kagura

Flute, drum and dance all by word of mouth,36 kagura pieces handed down.

The Kazami kagura, a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property, begins with the Sorei no Mai, centres on the Iwato no Mai and ends with the Daikoku no Mai: 36 pieces in all. It follows the Kanda-ryu Iwato kagura and arrived in 1616. It has been offered on the first Sunday of April every year.

36 pieces
Arrived in 1616 (Genna 2)
First Sunday of April every year

Living here

No railway station; buses run to Utsunomiya Station.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town. Kanto Bus's Tamanyu line links Shioya Town Office with JR Utsunomiya Station, and the Funyu line also runs to Utsunomiya Station. For residents, the on-demand service Ekanbe-go, used by prior registration and reservation, reaches Yaita Station and Shintakatoku Station.

People living here: 10,354people
Area: 176.06km²
Households: 3,623households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 7 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.

Shioya Town in Japan36.779°N 139.857°E

Territory of Shioya 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

20.9km

矢板市, 日光市, 宇都宮市, さくら市, 那須塩原市

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

Shioya Town isthis kind of town.

01Shojinzawa Spring, on the slopes of Mount Takahara, wells up from over ten places, and a trail of about 30 minutes from the car park leads to the source
02On a cliff above the left bank of the Kinugawa, a Dainichi Buddha 18.2 m tall is carved, now the Sanuki stone Buddha, a National Historic Site
03Upstream of Shojinzawa lies a national natural monument, an inubuna beech forest, and in Kazami a 36-piece kagura is passed on by word of mouth

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shioya Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗