Shingu Town

Stone-piled tombs cluster on a beach.

Ainoshima Tsumiishizuka-gun

Photo by そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Sakihato and Maehato Wharves

One wharf for the envoys to land,one for their retinue, built in 1682.

To receive the Joseon missions to Japan (Chosen Tsushinshi), the Fukuoka domain built the Sakihato and Maehato wharves in 1682 (Tenna 2). Sakihato, about 47 m long and about 5 m wide, was for the envoys to land; Maehato, about 27 m long and 3.9 m wide, was for their retinue. Maehato is still used as the landing for the town-run ferry.

Two wharves built in 1682 (Tenna 2) (town)
Sakihato about 47 m by about 5 m; Maehato about 27 m by 3.9 m (town)
The Fukuoka domain hosted the missions on Ainoshima 11 of their 12 visits (town)
Sakihato was chosen in February 2006 for the "100 Historical and Cultural Assets of Fishing Villages to Hand Down to the Future" (town)

02 ／ Yokooji Family Residence (Sennen-ya)

Columns set at every bay, a bent-house layoutthat shows the age of its construction.

A nationally designated Important Cultural Property. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as a farmhouse of the magariya (L-shaped) type and writes that it "is considered the oldest surviving farmhouse in Kyushu." A tradition says Saicho stayed here and gave the family its surname and a Bishamonten statue, and it is called "Sennen-ya" (千年家) as a house that lasts a thousand years. It is temporarily closed now; the exterior can be seen.

National Important Cultural Property (designated January 28, 1977; owned by the town)
Said to be built in the mid-17th century (town) / mid-Edo period, 1661-1750 (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Temporarily closed; exterior viewing allowed (town)

03 ／ Tate-no-Matsubara

The pines guarding crops from sea wind and sandcame to be called the "Tate-no-Matsubara."

Pines have been planted along the coast for over 2 km. The Fukuoka domain of the time planted them in the 17th century, and because their purpose was to protect crops from sea wind and sand, they came to be called the "Tate-no-Matsubara" (楯の松原, shield pine grove). A record says 200,000 pine seedlings were planted, and the grove is still protected today.

Planted by the Fukuoka domain in the 17th century (town)
Pines continue for over 2 km (town)
A record of 200,000 pine seedlings planted (town)

Living here

Next to Fukuoka City, about 60% of the town lies 40 m or less above sea level.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

The town faces the Genkai Sea to the northwest, with the Tachibanayama mountains to the east and flat land spreading toward the coast to the west. About 60 percent lies 40 meters or less above sea level, and Shingu-Chuo Station is 14.8 kilometers from Hakata Station. The town says it is strongly influenced by being next to Fukuoka City.

People living here: 32,927people
Area: 18.93km²
Households: 12,469households
Rent (average for rentals): 58,487yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 29 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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.

Shingu Town in Japan33.715°N 130.446°E

Territory of Shingu Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

10.3km

古賀市, 久山町, 福岡市

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

Shingu Town isthis kind of town.

01The Ainoshima Tsumiishizuka-gun (相島積石塚群) is a cluster of burial mounds at Nagai Beach on Ainoshima, built either of stone alone or of stone mixed with earth. 254 mounds have been confirmed, and it is a nationally designated historic site.
02The town has Ainoshima's Sakihato and Maehato wharves, where the Joseon missions to Japan were received in the Edo period; the nationally designated Important Cultural Property Yokooji Family Residence (Sennen-ya); and the Tate-no-Matsubara, planted by the Fukuoka domain in the 17th century. The Tachibanayama camphor primeval forest, a nationally designated Special Natural Monument, straddles Hisayama Town, and Hanaguri-se (鼻栗瀬, popularly called Megane-iwa), a rock rising from the sea east of the island, is a prefecturally designated place of scenic beauty. The town's history museum displays a replica of the banquet food served to the missions and introduces finds from the Yusu-Mishiro district sites (夜臼・三代地区遺跡群).
03Located in northwestern Fukuoka Prefecture, it is a Kasuya District town surrounded by Fukuoka City's Higashi Ward, Koga City and Hisayama Town, facing the Genkai Sea to the northwest. There are several theories about the origin of the name "Shingu" involving the enshrinement of Kumano and Sumiyoshi deities, and the town says much about it remains unclear.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shingu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗