13202 ／ たちかわし
TokyoSix carved slabs, one hexagonal pillar.
Six-sided stone pillar, Fusai-ji01 ／ Branch canal
In 1688 the village of Shibasaki sent a petition to the magistrate's office at Nirayama in Izu, asking to cut a branch canal. Permission came about 50 years later, in 1737. The water served as drinking water on the terrace above and for fields and watermills below, and a branch still runs as an open channel.
02 ／ Plot layout
The Sunagawa branch canal was drawn in 1657. The village of Sunagawa was planned along the Itsukaichi road and the canal, with plots laid out as long strips, and the canal runs straight beside the road. The village had groups numbered one to ten.
03 ／ Banner
In the late Edo period Sunagawa raised great banners at shrine festivals, praying for a good harvest. The tenth group's banner was made in 1848: the cloth is 14.6 m long and 2.2 m wide, on a pole of about 22 m. The city says it is said to be among the largest in the Kanto region. Its festival characters were written by Honda Kakuan, a calligrapher of Yabo Village.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
From JR Tachikawa Station it is 20 minutes at the fastest to Shinjuku Station on the daily limited express, or 26 minutes on the Chuo Special Rapid on weekdays (October 2026 timetable). The city says City Hall is about 10 minutes on foot from Takamatsu Station on the Tama Monorail, or about 25 minutes on foot from the north exit of JR Tachikawa Station.
+4.1% since 2015
157,884 → 183,581
24.33km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
10.4 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（立川駅 中央本線・中央線快速 八王子・大月方面〈下り〉の平日・土曜休日、2026年10月版〈URL の版は 2610〉）から、東京駅・新宿駅の発→立川駅の着を列車ページ449枚で数えた（docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py を作業用に写して絞りを変えて使用） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.9km
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