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06301 ／やまのべまち

Yamagata Prefecture 東村山郡

Yamanobe Town

Rice hangs on stakes to dry in the sun.

Owarabi terraces, stake drying

Photo by 三沢克年 (CC BY 2.0)

01 ／ Gate

The two-story gate with Nio guardiansin its side rooms was completed in 1764.

The town's booklet says the 17th head priest of Ankokuji Temple completed this gate in 1764. It is a two-story gate with Nio guardian statues in the rooms on either side, and its bracket sets mix the Tenjiku (Indian) and Kara (Chinese) styles. The roof was once thatched; repairs in the Taisho era replaced it with zinc-coated iron sheets.

Prefecturally designated building, March 24, 2015
Completed in 1764
Bracket sets mix Tenjiku and Kara styles

02 ／ Jinya

The entrance of a Shirakawa domain outpostserved a school and a martial arts hall.

In 1823 the Abe family of the Shirakawa (Tanagura) domain came to govern Yamanobe, Owarabi and other places in Dewa Province, 27,000 koku in all, as outlying holdings, and placed a jinya (local office) in Yamanobe Village. It was abolished in 1870. Its entrance later served a school and a martial arts hall, and in 2010 moved to the former town hall site.

Town-designated building, April 20, 1974
27,000 koku of holdings in Dewa Province
Jinya abolished in 1870

03 ／ Wetland

A pond with no outflowholds a floating-island wetland.

Biwanuma is one of the lakes and ponds scattered at the foot of Mt. Shirataka, about 2.3 ha in area. The town's booklet says it has no outflow, its depth falls to about 1 m in summer, and a floating-island wetland covers all of it except a belt of standing water at the edge. Sphagnum papillosum is its base, with Calla palustris and Scheuchzeria palustris.

Prefectural natural monument, March 29, 1978
About 2.3 ha
No outflow (town booklet)

Yamanobe Town 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 July 2021)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

The town's railway station is Uzen-Yamabe, on the JR Aterazawa Line.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Yamanobe's railway station is Uzen-Yamabe Station on the JR East Aterazawa Line. The town's "Access" page (updated March 1, 2016) offers a wide-area map, a detailed map and a map of town facilities.

People living here: 13,725people
Area: 61.45km²
Households: 4,551households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 10 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Yamanobe Town in Japan38.289°N 140.262°E

Territory of Yamanobe Town

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

North to south

12.0km

Yamagata City, Asahi Town, Nakayama Town, Shirataka Town, Nanyo City, Oe Town

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

Yamanobe Town isthis kind of town.

01At the Owarabi terraces, rice is hung on stakes to dry in the sun for two to three weeks, the town says. Its records go back to a 1636 land register, and the terraces were chosen as one of Japan's 100 terraced rice fields
02The gate of Ankokuji Temple is prefecturally designated and was completed in 1764. Nio guardians stand in its side rooms, and its roof was once thatched
03The entrance of the Yamanobe jinya, designated by the town, is a remnant of a Shirakawa domain outpost. Biwanuma, a prefectural natural monument, has no outflow and a floating-island wetland

See the town as it is now.

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

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Yamanobe Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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