06363 ／ ふながたまち
Yamagata Prefecture 最上郡A 45 cm goddess lay in a road's path.
Jomon Goddess, Nishinomae Site01 ／ Excavation
The 1992 rescue excavation took place ahead of construction of the Obanazawa-Shinjo Road on National Route 13. In three days in early August, a clay figure in five pieces, head, chest, waist and legs, was found within a radius of about 3 m.
02 ／ Washi paper
According to the town's heritage booklet, its origin is unknown, but a retainer of the lord of Nagasawa is said to have taught paper making. It died out around 1964. In 1982, at the town's urging, a Nagasawa resident began making it, and it was also used in school diplomas as a watermark.
03 ／ Natural monument
Yamagata Prefecture designates the Oyasugi cedar of the Sabane fort ruins as a natural monument. In the town's list, Sabane Fort is also a town historic site, and the town's chronology records that in 1362 the fort was moved to a hill in Sabane.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot September–October 2013)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
The town's Jomon Goddess website guides visitors to the Nishinomae Site in five minutes on foot from the west exit of Funagata Station, and to the nearby Jomon Goddess monument in eight. From Tokyo, the town guides visitors to take the Yamagata Shinkansen to Shinjo and then the Yamagata Line for about ten minutes.
−11.1% since 2015
7,546 → 5,007
34.71km² of it habitable
2024
3.2 people per household
2020
8.0 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
20.4km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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