Shikokuchuo City

Water diversion was a century-old wish.

Dozan River Canal

01 ／ Toyouke Shrine Festival

On festival days, dumplings are thrown into a rock holesaid to be where the yamaji wind blows out.

Near the summit of Mt. Toyouke (1,247 m), beside Toyouke Shrine, is a rock hole called the "kazaana" (wind hole); the local wind called "yamaji" is said to blow out of it. People of Oomachi in Toyooka and Toyosaka in Tomisato have thrown dumplings into it at festival time, praying against damage from the wind.

Mt. Toyouke is 1,247 m
City-designated intangible folk cultural property (1978)
Festivals in the 6th month (old calendar) and September

02 ／ Uma Mukaiyama Tumulus

On a single burial mound,two stone chambers open side by side to the south.

A huge-stone tumulus of the final Kofun period in Shimobun, Kinsei. Two chambers of green schist open in parallel on a single mound, facing south. Chamber 1 is 11.4 m long, its rear and side walls each a single slab. Recent surveys show the mound is rectangular, 70 m east-west and 46 m north-south.

National Historic Site (designated 2011)
Chamber 1 is 11.4 m long
Mound is 70 m east-west, 46 m north-south

03 ／ Sankakuji Okunoin Path

At Sankakuji, which had no Daishi Hall,the mountain path to its inner sanctuary was the way to worship.

A mountain path linking Temple 65, Sankakuji, with its inner sanctuary, Senryuji. The city board of education explains that until the 19th century Sankakuji had no Daishi Hall, and pilgrims worshipped at the sanctuary, whose principal image is Kobo Daishi. Zigzag stone paving remains, and about 3.9 km is a National Historic Site.

National Historic Site (designated 2017)
About 3.9 km of the 4.3 km route is designated
Also recorded in Shinnen's 1687 pilgrim guide

Living here

From the coastal plain to the highlands among the mountains.

about 80,000 people

At the eastern edge of Ehime Prefecture, the city borders Kagawa, Tokushima and Kochi. The coastal plain along Hiuchi-nada Sea averages 16.0 degrees C a year and the mountain areas 13.3 degrees C, with snow and frost in winter. From early spring to early summer, the yamaji wind blows down from the Hoo mountains.

People living here: 82,754people
Area: 421.24km²
Households: 35,738households
Rent (average for rentals): 32,926yen
Healthcare: 8 hospitals ／ 53 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —24 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 7 municipalities across 3 prefectures.

Shikokuchuo City in Japan33.981°N 133.549°E

Territory of Shikokuchuo City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

23.8km

Ehime Prefecture: 新居浜市
Kochi Prefecture: 本山町, 大豊町, 大川村, 土佐町
Tokushima Prefecture: 三好市
Kagawa Prefecture: 観音寺市

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

Shikokuchuo City isthis kind of town.

01Shikokuchuo is a city on the Uma plain, facing Hiuchi-nada Sea at the eastern end of Ehime. According to a prefectural document, the plan to divert the Dozan River (Dozan-gawa), part of the Yoshino River system, onto the plain was first conceived in 1855, and the 1954 completion of Yanase Dam marked a "wish of 100 years fulfilled."
02The yamaji wind is said to blow out of a rock hole near the summit of Mt. Toyouke, and dumplings are thrown into it at Toyouke Shrine's festivals. The Uma Mukaiyama Tumulus in Kinsei is a National Historic Site with two stone chambers, and the mountain path linking Sankakuji and its inner sanctuary is also a national site.
03The city announces that its shipments of pulp, paper and processed paper products have ranked first in Japan for 20 years in a row since the 2004 merger (2023 figures). Mizuhiki cord craft is a local specialty, and the city is known for the Shodo Performance Koshien, which began in a high school calligraphy club, and for its taiko-drum float autumn festivals.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shikokuchuo City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗