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13303 ／みずほまち

Tokyo 西多摩郡

Mizuho Town

Engishiki shrine name, matched here.

Azusamiten Shrine, Tonogaya

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Hakonegasaki post town

Hakonegasaki village was told to supplymen and horses to the Sen'nin Doshin.

When the Hachioji Sen'nin Doshin began their Nikko duty in 1652, Hakonegasaki village was ordered by the shogunate to relay men and horses for them, and prospered as a post town. It was a transit point for lime from Nariki in Ome, and summer buckwheat gathered here gained popularity as Hakone buckwheat noodle.

Nikko duty began in 1652
Relay of men and horses
Transit point for lime

02 ／ Sayama Pond and Sayama site

On the pond's east bank, a Jomon settlementand a Tumulus-period ditch leading east.

At the Sayama site on the east bank of Sayama Pond, pit dwellings were found, showing a middle Jomon settlement. A Tumulus-period ditch running east from the pond was also found; the town's anniversary book says it seems to have been cut to draw pond water for paddy development.

Middle Jomon pit dwellings
Tumulus-period ditch east of the pond

03 ／ Kanshin Jikkaizu

A painting said to have been madefor Kumano Bikuni's picture-telling.

This painting held at Enpukuji Temple measures 140.6 cm by 127.6 cm and is estimated to date from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era. It is said to have been made as a tool for the picture-telling of the Kumano Bikuni, and the town records its designation by Tokyo on 24 March 1989.

140.6 cm by 127.6 cm
Late Middle Ages to early modern era
Kumano Bikuni picture-telling tool

Mizuho Town 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

The only station in town is Hakonegasaki on the Hachiko Line.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

The town's only railway station is Hakonegasaki on the JR Hachiko Line. From Shinjuku, the town says, take the JR Chuo Line to Hachioji and change to the Hachiko Line, or change at Tachikawa to the Ome Line and at Hajima to the Hachiko Line.

People living here: 31,765people
Area: 16.85km²
Households: 13,017households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,180yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 14 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Mizuho Town in Japan35.772°N 139.354°E

Territory of Mizuho Town

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

North to south

6.1km

Tokyo: Musashimurayama City, Hamura City, Ome City, Fussa City
Saitama Prefecture: Iruma City, Tokorozawa City

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

Mizuho Town isthis kind of town.

01The Engishiki lists Azusamiten Shrine in Tama-gun, and the town library's anniversary book says it is now identified with Azusamiten Shrine in Tonogaya
02Hakonegasaki village was ordered to relay men and horses for the Hachioji Sen'nin Doshin, and middle Jomon pit dwellings were found at the Sayama site on the pond's east bank
03Enpukuji Temple holds a Kanshin Jikkaizu said to have been made for the picture-telling of the Kumano Bikuni, and the town records it as designated by Tokyo

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mizuho Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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