Akitakata City

A stone, said to replace a human pillar.

Hyakuman Isshin, Motonari's tomb

Photo by TT mk2 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Kotachi Kofun (甲立古墳)

On the crest of the rear mound,five house-shaped haniwa stood in a row.

This keyhole-shaped tomb, 77.5 m long, was found in a mountain forest in January 2008. On top of its rear circular mound, excavators uncovered a stone-paved plot where five house-shaped haniwa clay figures had been set in a line. The best-preserved, No. 2, was restored and proved to be a raised-floor building about 70 cm high. The tomb dates from the late 4th century.

Length 77.5 m
Five house-shaped haniwa in a row
No. 2 haniwa is about 70 cm high

02 ／ The Watershed Nakiwakare (分水界泣き別れ)

The valley of the Misasa River is thoughtto have captured a river flowing north.

At 205 m above sea level in Toshima, rain divides here, south to the Ota River and north to the Gono River. The spot is called Nakiwakare (泣き別れ, "parting in tears"). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explains that the valley of the Misasa River is thought to have seized a river that flowed north. The name was given by people who imagined the rain parting in tears.

205 m above sea level
South to the Ota River, north to the Gono River
City Natural Monument (1989)

03 ／ Tajihi Sarugake Castle Ruins (多治比猿掛城跡)

Motonari moved here at fourand stayed until he returned at twenty-seven.

In 1500, the four-year-old Motonari moved from Koriyama Castle to this mountain castle when his father Hiromoto retired. He lived here until he inherited the family headship at 27 and returned to Koriyama Castle. Huge moats cut into the ridge remain south of the main enclosure, and the graves of Hiromoto and his wife lie at the foot of the mountain.

Moved here in 1500 at age 4
Returned to Koriyama Castle at 27
One of the National Historic Site "Mori Clan Castle Ruins"

Living here

Kagura, hayashida and a fault: all in Takamiya.

about 30,000 people

Takamiya has six kagura troupes designated as Hiroshima Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Properties, and the Takamiya Kagura Festival is held on the second Saturday of October each year. In Harada, the open day of the nationally designated "Aki no Hayashida" (安芸のはやし田) rice-planting rite is the last Sunday of May each year. In Sasabe stands the Funasa reverse fault, a National Natural Monument.

People living here: 26,448people
Area: 537.71km²
Households: 11,060households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,352yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 28 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —12 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 across 1 prefectures.

Akitakata City in Japan34.666°N 132.704°E

Territory of Akitakata City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

35.2km

Hiroshima Prefecture: 三次市, 北広島町, 広島市, 東広島市
Shimane Prefecture: 邑南町

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

Akitakata City isthis kind of town.

01The Hyakuman Isshin Monument stands at the grave of Mori Motonari in Yoshida. In a legend from when Motonari enlarged Koriyama Castle, he is said to have had the words "Hyakuman Isshin" carved on a foundation stone and buried in place of a human pillar. The present monument was erected in 1931.
02Kotachi Kofun in Koda is a keyhole-shaped tomb 77.5 m long, where five house-shaped haniwa stood on top of the rear mound. At the watershed Nakiwakare in Toshima, Mukaihara, rain divides south to the Ota River and north to the Gono River.
03Tajihi Sarugake Castle Ruins in Yoshida is the mountain castle where Motonari lived from age four to 27. Takamiya has six kagura troupes designated as Hiroshima Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Properties, as well as the nationally designated Aki no Hayashida and the Funasa reverse fault, a National Natural Monument.

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

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