Hatsukaichi City

Itsukushima's defeated lord rests here.

Tōun-ji, Sue Harukata's grave

01 ／ Kanmuri Sites (冠遺跡群)

Layers of stone tools, made from Mount Kanmuri'sandesite, are stacked in the plateau's ground.

On the Kanmuri plateau in Yoshiwa, flaked stone tools were made from Mount Kanmuri's volcanic rock for about 30,000 years, from the Late Paleolithic into the Yayoi period. The sites spread about 1 km east-west and 2 km north-south. In the 2024 second survey, stone tools from a lower layer were dated to 42,300 years ago.

About 1 km east-west, 2 km north-south
Dated to 42,300 years ago in the 2024 survey
Discovered in December 1970

02 ／ Miyajima's Tanomo-san

Boats carrying thanks for the harvestgo out to sea on the night of the 1st of the eighth lunar month.

Households on Miyajima gather handmade tanomo boats at Momijidani Park, have them purified by a Shinto priest, and float them toward the Inari shrine across the strait, loaded with dolls, one for each family member. In 2009 the custom was selected by the national government as an intangible folk cultural property requiring documentation.

1st day of the eighth lunar month
Selected by the national government in 2009 (intangible folk cultural property requiring documentation)
Boats gather at Momijidani Park

03 ／ Momijidani River Garden Sabo Facilities

The concrete of the check dams was wrappedin unworked stone, out of sight.

The Momijidani River sabo (erosion-control) works were begun in 1948 and completed in 1950. Stones from the site were carried without heavy machinery and laid unworked, under a policy of using gardeners. The garden section now measures 688 m, and five check dams survive.

Begun 1948, completed 1950
Garden section 688 m, five check dams extant
Designated an Important Cultural Property in December 2020

Living here

From Miyajima's sea to the heavy-snow highlands of Yoshiwa.

about 110,000 people

The city stretches north to south, from Miyajima on the Seto Inland Sea to the western Chugoku mountains over 1,000 m high. Yoshiwa is designated a heavy-snow area. Kendama production in the city stopped in 1998 and resumed in 2001. The old Tsuwano Kaido road, about 77 km, runs to Tsuwano.

People living here: 114,173people
Area: 489.49km²
Households: 47,821households
Rent (average for rentals): 49,911yen
Healthcare: 10 hospitals ／ 95 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2003-03-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。2005-11-03 に編入合併（大野町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。2005-11-03 に編入合併（宮島町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —30 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 2 prefectures.

Hatsukaichi City in Japan34.348°N 132.332°E

Territory of Hatsukaichi City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

39.0km

Hiroshima Prefecture: 大竹市, 広島市, 安芸太田町
Yamaguchi Prefecture: 岩国市
Shimane Prefecture: 益田市

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

Hatsukaichi City isthis kind of town.

01Toun-ji (洞雲寺) is a Zen temple opened in 1487 (Chokyo 1) by Fujiwara Norichika, chief priest of Itsukushima Shrine and lord of Sakurao Castle. Within its grounds, the grave of Sue Harukata, who lost the Battle of Itsukushima, stands as a hokyointo pagoda alongside those of Tomoda Okifuji and Hoida Motokiyo and his wife.
02On Miyajima, Itsukushima Shrine, the sea before it, and the Misen primeval forest behind it are components of the World Heritage site, and the whole island is a Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Tanomo-san and the Momijidani River sabo works are also found on the island.
03Yoshiwa has the Kanmuri Sites and the Oshigatao fault zone, a national Natural Monument. In Hara, the Chorakuza troupe carries on Sekkyo Genjibushi, a prefectural intangible folk cultural property. Nichigetsu Ball, the kendama with a cup, began to be made in Hatsukaichi.

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

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