Fukutsu City

A tomb's chamber is now a sanctuary.

Miyajidake Kofun, Fudo Shrine

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Shinbaru-Nuyama Tumulus Cluster

Built on a terrace by a former inlet,thought to be graves of the Munakata clan.

Built between the 5th and 6th centuries on a terrace facing a former inlet, the tombs are thought to be graves of the Munakata clan. From the terrace you can see Oshima and the sea stretching on toward Okinoshima. Tomb No. 22 is a scallop-shaped mound 80 m long.

Inscribed as a World Heritage site in July 2017
Built in the 5th–6th centuries (city)
Tomb No. 22 is 80 m long (city)

02 ／ Aranishinoato Site (Toubou)

Porcelain inked with "Tsuna" and "Wang Qian"is strong evidence of a landing port.

The site of a settlement that lasted from the late Heian period to the early Edo period, it appears in medieval records as "Toubou" (唐坊). Much 12th-century Chinese porcelain has been unearthed; "Tsuna" (綱) is thought to mark a trade-ship master and "Wang Qian" (王千) a Chinese man surnamed Wang.

Much 12th-century Chinese porcelain unearthed (city)
Called "the Chinatown of 800 years ago" by the city
City-designated historic site

03 ／ Ai-no-ie (旧上妻家住宅)

The indigo dyer's shop, built in 1901,was donated to the city by its owner.

This nationally registered building in Tsuyazaki Sengen keeps the look of a townhouse in its main house. Its large beams of salt-making firewood and broad earthen-floored entrance can be seen. It was given to the city in 1994; the city preserves it and a private group runs it.

Nationally registered tangible cultural property (main house)
Built in 1901 (Meiji 34) (city)
Donated by its owner to the city in 1994

Living here

Twenty minutes or so by car north to south, with farmland, old streets and housing estates.

about 70,000 people

The city was formed in 2005 by the merger of former Fukuma Town and former Tsuyazaki Town, and its western side faces the sea. Daily-life facilities cluster around JR Fukuma Station; in the Himakino area, the city says, shops, medical institutions, schools, a library and the city hall are all within walking distance.

People living here: 67,033people
Area: 52.76km²
Households: 26,534households
Rent (average for rentals): 58,551yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 50 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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.

Fukutsu City in Japan33.767°N 130.491°E

Territory of Fukutsu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

13.3km

宗像市, 古賀市, 宮若市

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

Fukutsu City isthis kind of town.

01Miyajidake Kofun is a round tomb of the first half of the 7th century in the nationally designated Tsuyazaki Kofun Cluster, and serves as the sanctuary of Fudo Shrine, the inner shrine of Miyajidake Shrine. Its corridor-style stone chamber is 22 m long according to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and an image of Fudo Myoo is enshrined inside.
02The inside of the chamber is normally closed and visitors pray at the entrance; the city says it can be entered on January 28, February 28 and July 28. The National Treasure grave goods are held by the Kyushu National Museum (Dazaifu). The Tsuyazaki cluster also includes Katsuura Minenohata Kofun, whose chamber has stone pillars, and Tebika Namikiri-Fudo Kofun, whose chamber resembles Miyajidake's.
03Facing the Genkai Sea, Fukutsu also has the Tsuyazaki Gion Yamakasa, in which three oiyama floats run through Tsuyazaki Sengen every mid-July, the Tsuyazaki tidal flat, the prefectural natural monument Koinoura coast, and Katsuura beach, where sea turtles come ashore.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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