Kure City

A breakwater of two concrete freighters.

Concrete ship "Takechi Maru"

Photo by Carpkazu (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Honjo Reservoir Dam Waterworks (本庄水源地堰堤水道施設)

A dam built in Taisho 7 is still in service,the mainstay of Kure's water supply.

To deal with a water shortage, the former Navy dammed the Niko River and built this reservoir, completed in 1918. The dam is 97 m long and 25 m high. Cast-iron pipes and sluice valves remain in their original state, and as a working waterworks it became a National Important Cultural Property. It is normally closed to visitors and opens to the public during the cherry blossom season.

Completed in 1918 (Taisho 7)
97 m long, 25 m high
Open to the public in cherry blossom season

02 ／ Sannose and the Joseon Missions (三之瀬と朝鮮通信使)

Joseon envoys would usually pull in at Kamagari Island'sSannose and stay the night.

From 1607 to 1811 the Joseon missions to Japan, 400 to 500 people in all, sailed the Seto Inland Sea back and forth, and the Asano domain looked after them at Sannose. A scroll about 8 m long depicting an envoy fleet is among the materials registered in 2017 in the Memory of the World, and is on view at Shotoen (松濤園) in Shimokamagari.

Visits from 1607 to 1811
400 to 500 people in all
Scroll about 8 m long

03 ／ Katsurahama Shrine Main Hall and Nagato Island (桂濱神社本殿と長門島)

A main hall with a ridge-tablet dated Bunmei 12stands by a beach identified with Nagato Island's shore.

The main hall of Katsurahama Shrine (桂濱神社) on Kurahashi Island has a ridge-tablet dated 1480. Its three-bay nagare-zukuri form, with even the eave posts made round, is rare in the prefecture. Katsurahama is identified with the shore of Nagato Island, where the Silla-bound envoys of 736 stopped and left poems.

Ridge-tablet dated Bunmei 12 (1480)
Silla-bound envoys, 736
National Important Cultural Property

Living here

Islands joined by bridges, and a harbor where ships waited for the tide.

about 210,000 people

The Akinada Tobishima Kaido links six of Kure's islands and one of Imabari's with seven bridges, from Kawajiri in Kure to Okamura Island in Imabari, 35 km one way. Mitarai on Osakishimo Island flourished in the Edo period as a port where ships waited for the tide and wind, and was selected as a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1994.

People living here: 214,592people
Area: 352.04km²
Households: 94,483households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,322yen
Healthcare: 26 hospitals ／ 209 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。2004-04-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。2005-03-20 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —54 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 4 municipalities.

Kure City in Japan34.249°N 132.566°E

Territory of Kure City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

33.9km

東広島市, 熊野町, 坂町, 広島市

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

Kure City isthis kind of town.

01The two ships in the Yasuura fishing port breakwater are reinforced-concrete freighters, the Takechi Maru (武智丸), built in Takasago, Hyogo, at the end of the Pacific War. Fitted with engines, they carried military supplies, and after the war they were acquired and became the breakwater.
02The Honjo Reservoir dam in Yakeyama is a working waterworks designated a National Important Cultural Property. Sannose in Shimokamagari is a port where Joseon envoys would usually stay a night, and Katsurahama Shrine on Kurahashi Island has a main hall with a ridge-tablet dated Bunmei 12.
03Kure is a port town where the former Navy's naval district was based, with bridge-linked islands and the streets of Mitarai. The Aga rowing boats tow the palanquin ship at Itsukushima Shrine's Kangensai festival, and Kawajiri brush (川尻筆), a traditional craft designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, is made in Kawajiri.

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

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