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12463 ／きよなんまち

Chiba Prefecture 安房郡

Kyonan Town

A stone shrine after every whale hunt.

Whale mounds, Benzaiten shrine

Photo by Freetrashbox (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Temple bell

A painter gave his home temple a bella month before he died.

In May of Genroku 7 (1694), Hishikawa Moronobu donated a temple bell to Betsuganin in Hota, in memory of his relatives. He died the next month, on 4 June. A restored bell now stands in front of the Hishikawa Moronobu Memorial Museum. His birthplace is a prefectural historic site.

Donated in May 1694
Restored bell at the museum
Birthplace: prefectural site (1958)

02 ／ Ukishima

Said to hold an emperor's temporary palace,and a feast cooked by Iwakamutsukari.

Ukishima is an uninhabited island about 780 m around, right in front of Katsuyama Port. Citing the Nihon Shoki, the town says Emperor Keiko set up a temporary palace here and stayed, and his attendant Iwakamutsukari-no-Mikoto prepared a meal. It also records a spirit-carrying crossing to the island held in July.

About 780 m around, uninhabited
Iwakamutsukari's cooking legend
Spirit crossing (town)

03 ／ Yoritomo landing

Where Yoritomo is said to have landed,Ryujima locals are said to have gained surnames.

The town says Minamoto no Yoritomo landed at Karijima, now Ryujima, on 29 August 1180. The Kyonan town history says some 18 houses there each received a surname, called the Seven Surnames of Ryujima. The place said to be the landing site is a prefectural historic site.

Landing: 29 Aug 1180
About 18 houses then
Prefectural site (1935)

Kyonan 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 October–November 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 Awa-Katsuyama Station, about 7 minutes' walk to the town office.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

The town has two JR Uchibo Line stations, Awa-Katsuyama and Hota. The town says the office is about 7 minutes on foot from Awa-Katsuyama Station, or a short walk from the Kyonan Town Office stop on the town bus from Hota Station.

People living here: 6,993people
Area: 45.17km²
Households: 3,034households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Kyonan Town in Japan35.111°N 139.836°E

Territory of Kyonan Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

7.2km

Futtsu City, Minamiboso City, Kamogawa City

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

Kyonan Town isthis kind of town.

01At a Benzaiten shrine in Katsuyama, dozens of stone shrines were offered by the Deba group, who handled the whales, and are also called whale mounds. The town says one was built after each hunt
02A month before he died, Hishikawa Moronobu gave Betsuganin in Hota a temple bell. A restored bell stands in front of the museum
03Ukishima holds a legend of an emperor's temporary palace, and Ryujima one of Yoritomo's landing. The Nokogiriyama temple grounds are a prefectural place of scenic beauty

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kyonan Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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