Kasuya Town

An eight-inlet pond was dammed in 1697.

Kayocho Pond, Chikuzen Big Three

Photo by そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ae Government Office Site (阿恵官衙遺跡)

The chief named on a national-treasure bellis said to have governed from this site.

This is the site of the Kasuya district office (hyo, later Kasuya gun) of the Asuka to Nara periods, where the government hall, granary and ancient road were found. The name Kasuya-no-kori-no-miyatsuko Tsukishine-no-muraji Hirokuni, inscribed on a national-treasure bell at Myoshinji in Kyoto, is the title of the district's chief; the town says it is now clear he governed here.

National historic site (designated March 10, 2020; extended October 11, 2024)
The bell was made in 698 (town)
Displayed at the Kasuya Town History Museum

02 ／ Cho Uhei's Water Channel (長夘平の導水)

The project to bring water from Mt. Wakasugito the pond took ten years to complete.

From 1815 (Bunka 12) to 1824 (Bunsei 7) in the Edo period, Cho Uhei, headman of Tohara village, planned to bring water from Mt. Wakasugi to Kayocho Pond to help people suffering from famine. The picture map of the route is 361 cm long and designated by the town; a replica is displayed at the history museum.

Bunka 12 (1815) to Bunsei 7 (1824)
The picture map (Shin-Oma Tsutsumi Kaisaku Zue) is 361 cm long (town-designated)
A replica is displayed at the history museum

03 ／ Etsuji Sites (江辻遺跡群)

The early Yayoi settlement site consists only of"Shokuri-type (松菊里型)" dwelling remains.

A total of nine sites have been confirmed in the Etsuji district. The settlement consists only of "Shokuri-type" dwelling remains that came from the Korean Peninsula, which the town also calls an "immigrant rice-farming settlement." Nearby were found a cemetery and an artifact inscribed "Kamata-gun" (加麻又郡), a phantom district name.

Nine sites confirmed (town)
Only Shokuri-type dwelling remains
Artifact inscribed "Kamata-gun" (2000 survey)

Living here

About 10 minutes by JR to Hakata Station.

about 50,000 people
Rural district town

In northwestern Fukuoka Prefecture, the town borders Fukuoka City to the west, Hisayama to the north, Sasaguri and Sue to the east, and Shime to the south. The JR Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) and Kashii Line run through it, with six stations. The town's overview says Hakata Station is about 10 minutes away by JR. Though near Fukuoka, it keeps much farmland, with suburban farming such as broccoli.

People living here: 48,190people
Area: 14.13km²
Households: 19,899households
Rent (average for rentals): 61,495yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 28 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 5 municipalities.

Kasuya Town in Japan33.611°N 130.481°E

Territory of Kasuya Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.9km

福岡市, 志免町, 須恵町, 篠栗町, 久山町

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

Kasuya Town isthis kind of town.

01Kayocho Pond (駕輿丁池) is a reservoir surrounded by Kayoicho Park (駕与丁公園), counted as one of the three great ponds of Chikuzen. An old document records that district magistrate Kawamura Moemon embanked it in 1697 (Genroku 10) to give it its present form, and the town says it was told that the pond's promontories split into eight, with a serpent putting out one head in each inlet.
02The town's history includes the nationally designated Ae Government Office Site, the Etsuji Sites with an early Yayoi settlement, the prefecturally designated Okuma Stone Coffin, the Uchihashi Tsubomi Site thought a likely location of the Hinamori post station, the Mikidono sake hall in Sakado tied to the place name, and the Maruyama Castle ruins, a Sengoku hill fort. Brick pit remains of the Nakabaru coal mine stand in Kagaura Park.
03A town in Kasuya District east of Fukuoka City, with six JR stations and an area of 14.13 km². Kayoicho Park, with its cherry-lined path and rose garden, is the town's symbol, and the town says Hakata Station is about 10 minutes away by JR.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kasuya Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗