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13121 ／あだちく

Adachi Ward

Suribachizuka and Funayamazuka are gone.

Shirahatazuka Kofun, Iko tumuli

Photo by Masao (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Thatched farmhouse

A late-Edo thatched farmhouse,its floor and eaves laid with Meiji brick.

The former Waida residence was built in the late Edo period and has a thatched hip roof. It stood in Hanahata 2-chome; after its ward designation as a tangible folk cultural property in December 1983, it was moved to the Urban Agricultural Park over the following year. The earth floor and eaves are laid with Hanamata Imperial Brick Works bricks of the Meiji era.

Thatched hip roof
Hanamata Imperial Brick Works bricks
Ward-designated tangible folk cultural property (1983)

02 ／ Bridge-pile brazier

An inscription says this brazier was madefrom a pile of Senju Ohashi Bridge.

This brazier has come down in the Yamada family, once steeplejacks of Senju Hashidocho. A log is hollowed out and fitted with a copper hearth. Behind the hearth is the Hibachi Yuiki, inscribed in June 1891 by the second Yamada Keijiro. It records that a bridge pile was given by a construction magistrate and made into the brazier.

Hibachi Yuiki inscribed June 1891
Hollowed-log brazier
Ward-registered tangible folk cultural property

03 ／ Komochi magatama

Komochi magatama, said to re-enact jewelsgiving birth to jewels, come from Iko Site.

Excavation at Iko Site Park unearthed so many pots and beads that there was hardly room to step, and the spot is thought to have been a lively ritual site. The ward says komochi magatama are thought to re-enact one jewel producing another, and that Iko Site has an especially large number found in the Kanto region.

Komochi magatama and items from the same pit (22 items)
Ward-registered tangible cultural property
So many finds there was hardly room to step

Adachi Ward from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–November 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Tokyo to Kita-Senju in 14 minutes.

about 700,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the JR Ueno-Tokyo Line and Joban Line, the fastest afternoon special rapid takes 14 minutes from Tokyo Station to Kita-Senju Station (October 2026 timetable; the next-fastest rapid takes 17). The Ward Office is about a 12-minute walk from Umejima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line.

People living here: 695,043people
Area: 53.25km²
Households: 345,346households
Rent (average for rentals): 67,017yen
Healthcare: 59 hospitals ／ 454 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —106 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.

Adachi Ward in Japan35.775°N 139.804°E

to TokyoJR Ueno-Tokyo Line and Joban Line14min

Travel times follow JR東日本駅の時刻表（2610版・2026年10月ダイヤ）の北千住駅（駅コード0571）の常磐線快速下り（0571010 平日・0571011 土休日）。docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py で、東京・上野の発→北千住の着を列車ごとに数え、平日と土休日の両方に同じ分数で載る列車を毎日運転とみなした (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Adachi Ward

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

8.8km

Tokyo: Katsushika Ward, Arakawa Ward, Kita Ward, Sumida Ward
Saitama Prefecture: Kawaguchi City, Soka City, Yashio City

Adachi Ward isthis kind of town.

01Shirahatazuka Kofun is a round tumulus about 12 m across and 2.5 m high, a Tokyo Metropolis designated historic site. It once formed the Iko tumulus group with Suribachizuka, Kabutozuka and Funayamazuka, among others; today only this mound remains
02The former Waida residence is a late-Edo thatched farmhouse with Meiji-era Hanamata brick on its earth floor and eaves. A brazier inscribed as made from a Senju Ohashi Bridge pile is a ward-registered tangible folk cultural property
03The komochi magatama of Iko Site are ward-registered cultural property, and the ward says Iko Site has an especially large number found in the Kanto region. In the Daimonzushi hamlet of Nishi-Hokima 2-chome, a straw serpent called Jinganawa is dedicated

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Adachi Ward official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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