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13223 ／むさしむらやまし

Musashimurayama City

A temple gate holds a 1638 bell.

Shinpuku-ji gate and bell

01 ／ Sashida Diary

For 38 years, a Nakafuji onmyoji and priestwrote down village events and the weather.

The Sashida Diary was kept by Sashida Settsunokami Fujiakira, an onmyoji and Shinto priest of Nakafuji Village, from Tenpo 5 (1834) to Meiji 4 (1871), in 16 volumes. Besides his onmyodo and priestly work, it records village events, annual observances, weddings, funerals and the weather. It is a city-designated tangible cultural property.

Tenpo 5 to Meiji 4, 38 years
16 volumes
City-designated tangible cultural property

02 ／ Murayama Oshima Tsumugi

From carving the kasuri boards to hand weaving,some 40 steps pass through many hands.

Murayama Oshima Tsumugi is an Intangible Cultural Property of Tokyo (designated March 1967). Its hallmarks are itajime dyeing, in which kasuri threads are clamped between carved boards to dye them in patterns, and hand weaving. Board carvers, dyers, winders and weavers each take part before the cloth is finished.

Designated by Tokyo, March 1967
About 40 work steps
Board-clamp dyeing and hand weaving

03 ／ Oisenomori Shinmeisha

The general guardian shrine of Yokota and Nakafujiappears in a 1747 document.

Oisenomori Shinmeisha is the general guardian shrine of the two villages of Yokota and Nakafuji. The city's history walk guide says a document of Enkyo 4 (1747) already records the Shinmeisha, so it was probably founded before then.

General guardian shrine of Yokota and Nakafuji
Document of Enkyo 4 (1747)
Probably founded earlier

Musashimurayama City 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

21 minutes by bus from Tachikawa Station.

about 70,000 people

For getting to City Hall, the city lists first the Tachikawa Bus from the north exit of JR Tachikawa Station to Musashimurayama City Hall stop. By the Tachikawa Bus timetable, the fastest daily service takes 20 to 21 minutes on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

People living here: 70,829people
Area: 15.32km²
Households: 29,978households
Rent (average for rentals): 48,261yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 27 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —13 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.

Musashimurayama City in Japan35.755°N 139.387°E

to TachikawaLocal bus21min

Travel times follow 立川バス立川駅北口（のりば1）発立12-1 箱根ケ崎駅東口行の時刻表（transfer-cloud.navitime.biz の立川バス時刻表。2026年10月22日現在）。停車停留所の着時刻を便ごとに読んだ。鉄道の駅は市内に無い (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Musashimurayama City

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

North to south

4.6km

Tokyo: Tachikawa City, Mizuho Town, Higashiyamato City, Fussa City
Saitama Prefecture: Tokorozawa City

Musashimurayama City isthis kind of town.

01Shinpuku-ji in Nakafuji has a gate said to date from the Edo period, which holds a bell cast in Kanei 15 (1638); the bell is a city-designated tangible cultural property
02Sashida Settsunokami Fujiakira, an onmyoji and priest of Nakafuji Village, kept a diary from Tenpo 5 (1834) to Meiji 4 (1871), recording onmyodo work, village events, annual observances and the weather; it is a city-designated tangible cultural property
03Murayama Oshima Tsumugi, an Intangible Cultural Property of Tokyo, is marked by board-clamp dyeing and hand weaving in about 40 steps; Oisenomori Shinmeisha is the general guardian shrine of Yokota and Nakafuji

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

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