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Matsunoyama 松之山町
Former municipality
Beech Forest
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Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Higashikubiki District
Merged	April 1, 2005 (now part of Tōkamachi)
Area
• Total	86.31 km (33.32 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,974
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Matsunoyama (松之山町, Matsunoyama-machi) was a town located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,974 and a density of 34.46 persons per km. The total area was 86.31 km.

On April 1, 2005, Matsunoyama, along with the town of Matsudai (also from Higashikubiki District), the town of Kawanishi, and the village of Nakasato (both from Nakauonuma District), was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi. It is located in the southeastern portion of the city.

Matsunoyama is home to one of the big three medicinal hot springs of Japan, along with Kusatsu (Gunma Prefecture) and Arima Onsen (Hyōgo Prefecture). One of the main roads in the town is lined with about a dozen traditional Japanese-style hot spring resorts, attracting many visitors.

Climate

Matsunoyama is also famous for the massive amount of snowfall it receives, with 2 to 3 meters on average during the severe winter months.

History

According to legend, a woodcutter discovered the hot springs 700 years ago when he saw a hawk resting its injured wing in it. It has also been told that the daughter of Uesugi Fusayoshi (the 15th century governor of Echigo Province, current Niigata Prefecture, ja:上杉房能) cured her skin disease by soaking in the hot springs.

Transportation

Highway

• National Route 353
• National Route 403

Local attractions

Matsunoyama is one of the sites of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial.

• Matsunoyama Onsen (ja:松之山温泉)
• Beech Forest (Bijin Bayashi, ja:美人林)
• Rice terraces

• Matsunoyama Onsen
• Kyororo Museum

See also

• Tōkamachi

References

1. 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. Tokamachi-shi, Kawanishi-machi, Nakasato-mura, Matsudai-machi and Matsunoyama-machi were incorporated into a newly established Tokamachi-shi as of April 1, 2005.
2. "十日町市の沿革|十日町市". 十日町市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 十日町市は、平成17年4月1日に旧十日町市、川西町、中里村、松代町及び松之山町の5市町村が新設合併して誕生しました。

External links

• Tokamachi Tourist Association (in English)
• Echigo-Tsumari Art Field (in English)

v t e Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture
Niigata	2001 Kurosaki 2005 Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata
Murakami	2008 Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku
Tainai	2005 Kurokawa Nakajō
Shibata	2003 Toyoura 2005 Kajikawa Shiunji
Agano	2004 Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda
Gosen	2005 Muramatsu
Aga	2005 Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa
Tsubame	2006 Bunsui Yoshida
Sanjō	2005 Sakae Shitada
Nagaoka	2005 Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi 2006 Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita 2010 Kawaguchi
Kashiwazaki	2005 Nishiyama Takayanagi
Tōkamachi	2005 Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato
Uonuma	2004 Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani
Minamiuonuma	2004 Muikamachi Yamato 2005 Shiozawa
Jōetsu	2005 Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa
Myōkō (Arai)	2005 Myōkō Myōkōkōgen
Itoigawa	2005 Nō Ōmi
Sado	2004 Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata
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