Munakata City

Seven wells quenched travelers' thirst.

Tsujiido well, Akama-shuku

01 ／ Tagumaishibatake Site

The 15 bronze weapons from the burial plotare the most in northern Kyushu.

This is a settlement site of the first half of the Middle Yayoi period. The 2008 (Heisei 20) excavation confirmed nine wooden-coffin tombs, and bronze weapons came from all six that were examined, 15 in total. It is a national historic site, its finds are a national Important Cultural Property, and the ground is now the Isekingu Munakata (いせきんぐ宗像) historical park.

National historic site (designated February 22, 2010)
Finds are a national Important Cultural Property (designated August 21, 2014)
15 bronze weapons from the six coffin tombs examined (national)

02 ／ Jinoshima

The island's Yamakasa festivalmoves its platform by boat.

An island in the Genkai Sea, about 9 km around. It has two settlements, Tomari and Shirohama (Toyooka), and about 6,000 wild Yabu-tsubaki camellias grow on it. The Jinoshima Yamakasa (a Gion festival) is held by the Tomari and Toyooka wards in turn, and the yamakasa's platform is carried on a boat.

About 9 km around (city)
About 6,000 wild Yabu-tsubaki camellias (city)
Yamakasa held by Tomari and Toyooka wards in turn (city)

03 ／ Okitsu-miya Yohaisho

No main sanctuary, only a worship hall,to pray straight at Okinoshima.

宗像大社沖津宮遥拝所.jpg — Photo by ハポニアラ (CC BY 4.0)

The Okitsu-miya Yohaisho (沖津宮遙拝所) of Munakata Taisha stands in the Iwase district on the north side of Oshima. Its origin is said to be a site set up by a shrine family in the Edo period, and fishermen's wives once prayed here for their husbands' safety. The present hall was rebuilt in 1933 (Showa 8) through the labor of Oshima's parishioners.

Component of the World Heritage site (inscribed 2017)
Present hall rebuilt in 1933 (Showa 8)
Stone monument dated 1750 (Kan'en 3) at the entrance (city)

Living here

30 km from Fukuoka City, 35 km from Kitakyushu City.

about 100,000 people

The city lies between Kitakyushu and Fukuoka, ringed by mountains on all sides but the north, with islands such as Oshima, Jinoshima and Okinoshima in the Genkai Sea. The JR Kagoshima Main Line and National Route 3 link it to both cities; housing estates moved in, the population grew, and it has held steady since.

People living here: 97,095people
Area: 119.94km²
Households: 41,038households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,774yen
Healthcare: 9 hospitals ／ 67 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2003-04-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。2005-03-28 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —15 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.

Munakata City in Japan33.806°N 130.541°E

Territory of Munakata City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

55.5km

福津市, 宮若市, 岡垣町, 鞍手町, 遠賀町

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

Munakata City isthis kind of town.

01Tsujiido (辻井戸) were shared wells, seven of them dug in Akama-shuku (赤間宿), a post town on the Karatsu Kaido, and they quenched the thirst of the people passing through. Akama-shuku was laid out around 1603 (Keicho 8) by Kuroda Nagamasa, lord of the Fukuoka domain, and is about 500 m long. Tsujiido and narrow-fronted townhouses still stand along the old road.
02The World Heritage site "Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region" has seven component properties in the city, including Nakatsu-miya and the Okitsu-miya Yohaisho on Oshima, and Okinoshima. Kanezaki (鐘崎) is called the "birthplace of ama divers along the Sea of Japan coast," and the ama diving gear is a prefecturally designated tangible folk cultural property. Sakurakyo Kofun (桜京古墳), a tomb with decorated stone chamber walls, is a national historic site.
03A town on the Genkai Sea in northern Fukuoka Prefecture, between Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, with Oshima, Jinoshima and Okinoshima lying offshore.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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