Due to the problem that the plate on the border of Tochigi, Gunma, and Saitama prefectures was stolen, manufacturers decided to make and re-install the plate of the same shape free of charge.
The border between Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture, Itakura Town, Gunma Prefecture, and Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture is about 400 meters from Tobu Nikko Station, and it is a tourist spot because it is located on a flat land that is rare in Japan. It has become.
On August 17, it was found that a circular plate with a diameter of about 8 cm indicating the position of the boundary had disappeared, and it was suspected that the police who received the damage report from Tochigi City had been stolen. I am investigating as there is.
Since there were voices from the locals who were reluctant to use the plate, the manufacturer decided to cooperate with the surveying company to make a plate of the same shape free of charge and re-install it in mid-September.
Manufacturers are considering construction methods that make it difficult to remove, such as denting the concrete pillars to be attached in the shape of a plate, and Tochigi City is also considering anti-theft measures such as installing a security camera nearby.
The Watarase Retarding Ground Division of Tochigi City, which manages this place, commented, "Because it is a symbolic plate, we are grateful for the free installation. We would like to take measures and protect it."