Keisen Town

A worker's pickaxe opened the chamber.

Ozuka Kofun

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Ozuka Kofun Murals (王塚古墳)

Six colors, red, yellow, green, black, white and gray,cover nearly the whole stone chamber.

Across the chamber except both side walls of the antechamber, horse riders, yuki quivers (靫), shields, bead motifs (珠文) and warabite-mon (わらび手文) line up. The chamber is sealed; it is viewed through glass on public days in spring and autumn. The photo shows a full-size replica at the Ozuka Decorated Tomb Museum.

Six colors: red, yellow, green, black, white, gray
Tombs with warabite-mon: 7 in all (town)
Chamber opened to the public twice a year, spring and autumn

02 ／ Haji Lion Dance (土師の獅子舞)

A male and a female lion cross the sea from Tangand reach Oimatsu Shrine (老松神社) in dance.

A Fukuoka Prefecture-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Two lions, male and female, leave Tang China, cross the rough East China Sea and reach the shrine, all in dance. Kami-Haji and Shimo-Haji (上土師・下土師) take turns every year; it is said to have begun with an offering in Karyaku 3 (1328).

Fukuoka Prefecture-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Kami-Haji and Shimo-Haji alternate each year
Offered every April and September

03 ／ Yoshikuma Coal Mine (吉隈炭鉱)

Once, a great mine at Yoshikuma helda third of all the households in town.

According to the town's guide, miners numbered over 2,000 at the peak, and the mine closed in 1969 (Showa 44) owing to the energy shift and cheap coal imports. Hirayama Mining Office, the last in town, closed in 1972. The hoist base of the Kamikaho mine is called one of the few coal-mine remains.

A third of the town's households
Over 2,000 miners at the peak
Closed in 1969 (Showa 44)

Living here

A town about 4 km wide and 8 km long, in an inverted triangle.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Keisen lies near the middle of Fukuoka Prefecture, with Iizuka to the northwest and Kama to the southeast. National Route 200 runs north-south along its west, and the JR Fukuhoku Yutaka Line reaches Fukuoka in about 30 minutes.

People living here: 12,878people
Area: 20.14km²
Households: 5,132households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 8 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 2 municipalities.

Keisen Town in Japan33.579°N 130.678°E

Territory of Keisen Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.1km

飯塚市, 嘉麻市

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

Keisen Town isthis kind of town.

01Ozuka Kofun (王塚古墳) is a keyhole-shaped tumulus thought to date from the first half of the 6th century. In 1934 (Showa 9) its stone chamber was found during earth-taking for coal-mining repair work, and in 1952 it was designated a national Special Historic Site.
02The Haji Lion Dance (土師の獅子舞) at Oimatsu Shrine (老松神社) is offered by Kami-Haji and Shimo-Haji in alternate years. The Yoshikuma Coal Mine (吉隈炭鉱) once held a third of the town's households and closed in 1969.
03The chamber of Ozuka Kofun is open to the public only twice a year, in spring and autumn; in autumn 2026 the days are October 17 and 18. The town's Ozuka Decorated Tomb Museum reopened on August 25, 2026.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Keisen Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗