Kamiichi Town

Hokuriku's largest cliff-carved Buddha.

Nisseki-ji cliff Buddha

Photo by MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Meteorite

From a meteorite found in the Kamiichi River,Enomoto Takeaki had swords forged.

Around 1890, a lump of iron weighing about 22 kg was found in the upper Kamiichi River (上市川). Once it was identified as a meteorite, Enomoto Takeaki bought it, and in 1898 had the swordsmith Okayoshi Kunimune make two long swords and three short swords called Ryuseito (流星刀, "meteor swords"), presenting one long sword to the Crown Prince. The meteorite is now at the National Museum of Nature and Science, and one short sword at the Toyama Science Museum.

Found around 1890 in the Kamiichi River
About 22 kg
Two long swords and three short swords

02 ／ West face of Mt. Tsurugi

From Banbajima at 750 m,a ridge runs straight to the summit.

The summit of Mt. Tsurugi (剱岳) lies on the border with Tateyama Town; Kamiichi's side is the west face. From Banbajima (馬場島) at 750 m, the long Hayatsuki Ridge (早月尾根) runs straight up to the 2,999 m summit. At the Banbajima trailhead there is a free campground and the Banbajima-so lodge (馬場島荘), and in the nearby forest stands Tsurugi no Daio-sugi (剱の大王杉), a cedar more than 1,000 years old.

Trailhead at 750 m
Summit at 2,999 m
A cedar over 1,000 years old

03 ／ Sacred spring

In a hall down 108 steps,one of Japan's 100 best waters springs up.

At Ananotan (穴の谷) in the Kurokawa district, water keeps welling up beside a statue of Yakushi Nyorai in the Yakushi Kannon hall, at the bottom of 108 stone steps down from the approach path. It became a sacred site after the monk Hakushin of Mino Province trained here in the Edo period, and it was chosen as one of Japan's 100 Exquisite and Well-Conserved Waters (名水百選) in 1985. The water is also used to make sake, miso and soy sauce.

One of the 100 best waters, 1985
108 stone steps
A sacred site since the Edo period

Living here

About 30 minutes from Kamiichi Station to Toyama Station.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town's railway is the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line. The town says Toyama Station is about 30 minutes from Kamiichi Station, and central Toyama about 30 minutes by car. Kamiichi Station is a switchback station where trains from both the Dentetsu-Toyama and Unazuki Onsen directions reverse. The town runs a general hospital, and introduces homes through its vacant-house bank.

People living here: 19,351people
Area: 236.71km²
Households: 7,256households
Rent (average for rentals): 36,217yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 11 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

Kamiichi Town in Japan36.698°N 137.362°E

Territory of Kamiichi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

16.4km

立山町, 滑川市, 魚津市, 富山市, 黒部市, 舟橋村

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

Kamiichi Town isthis kind of town.

01A Heian-period Fudo Myoo is carved into a rock face at Oiwasan Nisseki-ji (大岩山日石寺), which the prefecture describes as the largest cliff-carved Buddha in Hokuriku
02From the Shirahagi meteorite (白萩隕鉄), found in the upper Kamiichi River in the Meiji era, Enomoto Takeaki had five Ryuseito swords made
03Hayatsuki Ridge climbs straight up the west face of Mt. Tsurugi from Banbajima, and a sacred spring among Japan's 100 best waters wells up in the Kurokawa valley

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kamiichi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗