Aka Village

Aka Village isthis kind of town.

1. 01The Uchida Sanren Bridge (内田三連橋梁, nicknamed Mitsuankyō, みつあんきょう) in Aka is a three-arch brick bridge, 17 m long, built by a railway company (豊州鉄道) in 1895 (Meiji 28) and designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. The Agency for Cultural Affairs explains that cut stone is laid on the upstream wall, while on the downstream side bricks are laid with raised and recessed relief in consideration of double-tracking. It is owned by the Heisei Chikuho Railway (平成筑豊鉄道), which announced that in March 2026 the council of municipalities along its lines resolved on a broad direction of converting to buses, and says that for the time being it will keep running as before.
2. 02Aka lies in the mountains of the Chikuho region; the village says that in Chikuho, where coal mines once numbered over 300, Aka alone had no coal mine. On the remains of the former Japanese National Railways Yusubaru Line, a trolley run by the Akamura Trocco Association (赤村トロッコの会) runs from the front of Aka Station.
3. 03Ouchida Kagura (大内田神楽) in April and the processions of Kōmyō Hachiman Shrine (光明八幡神社) and Aka Hachiman Shrine (我鹿八幡神社) on May 4 and 5 have been held as annual events of the village. As for the village's name, the village says that Aka is thought possibly to be the presumed site of the Nihon Shoki's Aga Miyake (我鹿屯倉).