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06461 ／ゆざまち

Yamagata Prefecture 飽海郡

Yuza Town

Cliff Buddhas line lava jutting to sea.

Juroku Rakan Iwa, lava Buddhas

Photo by Ultzsahari (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Main house

In the attic of the main housewas left a ridgepole plaque recording its construction.

The main house of the former Aoyama residence was completed in 1890, three years after it was planned in 1887. The town describes the ridgepole plaque in its attic as being "of a kind found nowhere else." It calls the large tiled roof, built in a village of thatched roofs, a way of "returning home in glory."

Main house completed in 1890
12 ken wide, 7 ken deep
Ridgepole plaque in the attic

02 ／ Main hall

The north half of the main hall is a hojo-style hall,the south part a kitchen with an earthen floor.

Main hall in Yuza Town — Photo by ChiefHira (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Agency for Cultural Affairs writes that the main hall of Ryuto-ji, built in 1844, has a six-room hojo-style hall in its north half and a kuri kitchen with an earthen floor to the south. The temple's Kannon hall, a mud-walled building from about 1875, has a dragon carving around the beam of its front porch.

Main hall built in 1844
Main hall, Kannon hall and Kaizan hall nationally registered, 2015
Grounds added to the Mount Chokai historic site, 2016

03 ／ Hiyama

In the grounds of Kumano Shrine in Sugisawa,Hiyama is performed over three nights.

The town says Sugisawa Hiyama is performed at Kumano Shrine in the Sugisawa district over three nights: Shikumi on August 6, Honmai on the 15th and Kamiokuri on the 20th. Of the original 24 pieces, 14 are handed down, and a full performance takes about four hours.

14 of the original 24 pieces remain
About 4 hours for all pieces
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 1978

Yuza 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 June 2024)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

From Yuza Station to Fukura Station, about 6 minutes on the Uetsu Main Line.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access map shows the route from Tokyo as the Joetsu Shinkansen to Niigata Station (about 2 hours), then a Uetsu Main Line limited express to Yuza Station (about 2 hours 20 minutes). It gives about 6 minutes on the Uetsu Main Line from Yuza Station to Fukura Station.

People living here: 13,032people
Area: 208.39km²
Households: 4,432households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 7 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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 3 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Yuza Town in Japan39.015°N 139.909°E

Territory of Yuza Town

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

North to south

17.5km

Yamagata Prefecture: Sakata City
Akita Prefecture: Nikaho City, Yurihonjo City

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

Yuza Town isthis kind of town.

01Juroku Rakan Iwa is a place on the coast of Fukura in Yuza where 22 Buddhist statues, vowed in 1864 and completed in 1868, are carved in lava jutting into the Sea of Japan, and it is listed among the Fisheries Agency's 100 historical and cultural assets of fishing communities
02At the former Aoyama residence, the main house completed in 1890 has a ridgepole plaque in its attic, and at Ryuto-ji in Warabioka the 1844 main hall combines a hojo-style hall and an earthen-floored kitchen
03At Kumano Shrine in Sugisawa, Sugisawa Hiyama, a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, is performed over three nights in August

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yuza Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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