Cheap food - Ajiki

This is the central settlement of Sakaemachi, Inba County, in northern Chiba Prefecture. Formerly known as Ajikicho. It is located in the lowlands between the Tone River and Lake Inban. It served as a town in the rice paddy area of ​​the Nagato River basin, which is the drainage channel for Lake Inban. It was also a post town, located at the junction of the Choshi Highway along the Tone River and another road to Narita. From the mid-Edo period onwards, it developed as a base for pilgrimages to Naritasan. After the Meiji period, it fell into disuse, but after the New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) opened in 1978 in Narita City to the east, housing complexes were developed in Ajikidai and other areas, and the town's appearance changed. Otori Shrine is the god of success and good fortune, and its annual festival in December is known as the Ajiki Toriichi Festival. On the plateau to the east, there is the nationally designated historic site of Iwaya Kofun, an experiential museum including the remains of the tower in the grounds of Ryukakuji Temple, and the prefectural "Boso no Mura." There is JR Narita Line Ajiki Station, and National Route 356 passes through the area.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

千葉県北部、印旛(いんば)郡栄町(さかえまち)の中心集落。旧安食町。利根(とね)川と印旛沼に挟まれた低地にある。印旛沼の排水路である長門(ながと)川流域の水田地帯の在町として機能した。利根川沿いの銚子(ちょうし)街道と、成田への別街道の分岐点にあたり、宿場町でもあった。江戸時代中期以後、成田山参詣(さんけい)路の拠点として発達した。明治以後に鉄道が開通してからさびれたが、東隣の成田市に新東京国際空港（現、成田国際空港）が開港（1978）後、安食台などに住宅団地が造成され、町のようすが変化した。大鷲神社(おおとりじんじゃ)は出世開運の神で、12月の例祭は安食の酉市(とりのいち)として知られる。東方の台地上に国指定史跡の岩屋古墳(いわやこふん)や、竜角(りゅうかく)寺境内塔跡を含めた体験博物館、県立「房総のむら」がある。JR成田線安食駅があり、国道356号が通じる。

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