Chikujo Town

Welcomed ashore with rope, it is said.

Tsunashiki Tenmangu, Takatsuka

Photo by そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Funasako Kiln Ruins

Kilns that fired Buzen Kokubunji's tilessurvive together with their workshop site.

A nationally designated historic site. Kilns 1 and 2 of the Dogaeri Kiln Site (堂がへり窯跡) fired tiles for the Buzen Provincial Temple (Buzen Kokubunji, 豊前国分寺) in the late 8th century, and on the flat ground to the north remain two large post-set buildings, about 30 m long and 6 m wide at the core, thought to be tile workshops. Regarded as one of the few kiln sites whose whole layout is clear, with kilns and workshops together, it is now a park with a workshop reconstructed.

National historic site (designated January 28, 1999)
Two post-set buildings about 30 m long and 6 m wide (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Fired Buzen Kokubunji tiles in the late 8th century (Dogaeri kilns 1 and 2)

02 ／ Former Kurauchi Residence

The rooms and tea room stand in a staggered row,so the pond garden's views can be enjoyed.

The garden and main house were built around 1906 (Meiji 39), and Kurauchi Yasufusa, president of a coal-mining company, greatly extended the residence from 1916 to 1920 (Taisho 5-9). To a pond garden made for viewing from the reception room, a tea room, tatami rooms and a great hall were added in a staggered line (ganko-gata) so its varied views could be enjoyed. The garden is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty, and 12 of the buildings are nationally registered Tangible Cultural Properties.

National Place of Scenic Beauty (Former Kurauchi Garden, designated March 10, 2015)
Greatly extended in 1916-1920 (Taisho 5-9) (town)
12 buildings are nationally registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Agency for Cultural Affairs)

03 ／ Honjo Great Camphor

A record exists of the ritual before Usa Shrine's rebuildingbeing held beneath the camphor tree.

A nationally designated Natural Monument. Once the mountain forest to cut timber for the periodic rebuilding of Usa Hachimangu (宇佐八幡宮) was chosen, the Misomahajime (御杣始祭) ritual was held before construction began. The oldest document is a record of 1156 (Hogen 1), and the 1418 (Oei 25) Usagu Zoei Nikki (『宇佐宮造営日記』) gives the site as "the camphor tree at Kawachi Mido-dokoro, Denboji, Tsuiki District." The ritual lapsed in 1856 (Ansei 3) and was revived in 1995 (Heisei 7).

National Natural Monument (Honjo no Kusu, designated March 8, 1922)
Oldest document on the Misomahajime ritual is a 1156 record (town)
Lapsed in 1856 (Ansei 3); revived by local volunteers in 1995 (Heisei 7) (town)

Living here

Rivers rising in the southern mountains water the northern plain and reach the Suo-nada Sea.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

Chikujo lies in eastern Fukuoka Prefecture on the Suo-nada Sea (周防灘), bordering Yukuhashi to the north, Miyako to the west, Buzen to the east and Oita Prefecture to the south. The south is mostly mountain forest, and the many rivers rising there water the northern plain. The town hall's main office is a five-minute walk from Shiida Station on the JR Nippo Line.

People living here: 17,189people
Area: 119.61km²
Households: 6,963households
Rent (average for rentals): 35,823yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 13 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Chikujo Town in Japan33.656°N 131.056°E

Territory of Chikujo Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.3km

Fukuoka Prefecture: みやこ町, 豊前市, 行橋市
Oita Prefecture: 中津市

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

Chikujo Town isthis kind of town.

01Tsunashiki Tenmangu (綱敷天満宮) is a shrine in Takatsuka. The name is said to come from the tale that when Sugawara no Michizane's ship was wrecked on his way to exile at Dazaifu and drifted ashore at Takatsuka beach, local people laid the ship's rope in a circular mat to welcome him. About 1,000 plum trees grow in its grounds, and the plum is the town's flower.
02The town has the nationally designated Funasako Kiln Ruins (historic site), the Former Kurauchi Residence (Place of Scenic Beauty) and the Honjo Great Camphor (Natural Monument). There are also Kii Valley (城井谷), base of the Utsunomiya (Kii) clan, who governed Buzen for about 400 years, and Shiida-juku (椎田宿), a post station midway between Kokura and Nakatsu; Buzen Kagura (豊前神楽), a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, is carried on by seven groups in the town.
03A town in eastern Fukuoka Prefecture facing the Suo-nada Sea, bordering Yukuhashi to the north, Miyako to the west, Buzen to the east and Oita Prefecture to the south. It was formed on January 10, 2006 (Heisei 18) by the merger of Shiida and Tsuiki.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Chikujo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗