06324 ／ おおえまち
Yamagata Prefecture 西村山郡Yonezawa Domain set a boat house here.
Aterazawa, castle town and quay01 ／ Fossil
In August 1978, a pupil of Aterazawa Elementary School found a fossil in the Mogami River in Oe. A researcher at Howard University in the US identified it as a new species of sea cow, and it was named Yamagata Daikaigyu. It is about 3.8 m long, held by the Yamagata Prefectural Museum, and a prefectural Natural Monument.
02 ／ Castle ruins
The castle ruins overlook the Mogami River and are a national historic site. Enclosures, cut slopes and ditches remain in good condition. The town says it was built by the Aterazawa family, a branch of the Oe clan, and that excavations confirmed its use from the late 15th to the early 17th century.
03 ／ Temple gate
The gate is designated by the town. It is said to be a gate of the castle built by Sakai Naotsugu, lord of the Aterazawa domain. It is estimated to have been built between 1622 and the early Kan'ei era, and moved to the temple around 1648.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
2019 (shot FY2019)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（年度別空中写真（2019年度）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
The only railway station in the town is Aterazawa Station on the JR Aterazawa Line. It is the terminus of the line, and the town says the JR Aterazawa Line takes about 45 minutes from Aterazawa to Yamagata City. The town measures 24 km east to west and 16 km north to south, and about 80 percent of it is forest.
−9.7% since 2015
10,537 → 7,646
29.07km² of it habitable
2024
3.0 people per household
2020
5.2 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
15.4km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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