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Table 3.5 Proportion of believers per all households by districts in Toyosato, Tsukuba City, 1995
Name of district
Name of community
Number of all
Number of believers
Ratio (%)
Unit: household
Kamigo
Raijin
31
21
68
Kamigo
Node
23
12
52
Kamigo
Muko-kanamura
33
12
36
Kamigo
Kamisyuku
48
13
27
Kamigo
Hon-kanamura
73
18
25
Kamigo
Oyama
41
9
22
Kamigo
Shinsyuku
19
4
21
Kamigo
Gonge
40
8
20
Kamigo
Dokaku
73
10
14
Kamigo
Osyuku
213
29
14
Kamigo
Yoko-machi
46
5
11
Kamigo
Kamigo
43
4
9.3
Kamigo
Gonjo
38
3
7.9
Kamigo
Nishihara
31
2
6.5
Sakemaru
Sakemaru
141
9
6.4
Kamigo
Kamiyamori
86
5
5.8
Kamigo
Asahi-machi
35
2
5.7
Konomata
Konomata
38
2
5.3
Koya
Koya
117
5
4.3
Imakashima
Imakashima-S
321
13
4
Numazaki
Numazaki
209
8
3.8
Yoshinuma
Takura
108
4
3.7
Tokodai
Tokodai
277
10
3.6
Hakke
Hakke
89
3
3.4
Kamigo
Daisyuku
60
2
3.3
Tohigashi
Tohigashi
71
2
2.8
Imakashima
Imakashima-N
263
7
2.7
Tegomaru
Tegomaru
158
4
2.5
Kamigo
Kakunai
40
1
2.5
Nobata
Nobata
40
0
0
Kamigo
Shide
20
0
0
Imakashika-S: Kamishuku, Gotomaki, Shimosyuku, Ikehata and Teramachi
Imakashika-N: Imashinden, Kaihata, Tsubakimoto and Inarimae
Data source : Kanamura offi ce
(1) Religious Landscape
Here, I analyze the religious landscapes of the Kanamura faith in Konomata
district (Fig. 3.27 ). The tutelary Akagi Shrine was worshipped in the fl atland
forests along the south side of the east-west main street. The Akagi Shrine was
founded in about 1780. There are seven small shrines made of stone in the pre-
cincts of Akagi Shrine, worshipped inside a Torii that was a Shinto shrine arch-
way. A stone monument of the Batokannon and stone statues of Yakushi nyorai
and Jizo-son, which are worshipped by the community, stand along the north-
south main street. A stone statue of Yakushi nyorai , who is believed to cure
 
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