Otake City

A 25 m stone wall came out of the soil.

Kamei Castle, Masanori's branch

01 ／ Kunosaka Pass

Said to be named for a goddess who threwher weaving tool into a pond.

A steep slope on the old Saigoku Highway, 553 m on the Misono side and 453 m on the Kino side. The goddess Ichikishimahime (市杵嶋姫命), moving from Tsukushi to Aki with a small child on her back, is said to have run out of breath here and thrown her weaving tool, the "chikiri", into a pond at the foot. The shrine built over the pond, Chikiriike Shrine (榺池神社), is said to stand there. Yoshida Shōin also crossed this pass in 1859.

553 m on the Misono side, 453 m on the Kino side
Saigoku Highway route in Ōtake: about 8.1 km
Yoshida Shōin crossed it in 1859 (Ansei 6)

02 ／ Ogata Shinobi Yakko (小方しのび奴)

A yakko procession without a shoutmoves quietly through a town of red-lattice houses.

This yakko (footman) procession is said to represent Fukushima Masanori's trip to Edo. It has no shouts and no spear exchanges, and it leads the festival as its harbinger. The night before, the marchers visit the Wada family, who were district headmen in the Edo period, to borrow the chief inspector yakko's spear and costume. It became a city Important Cultural Property in September 2025 and took part in the Ogata Festival on October 5, 2025.

Ogata Festival: first Sunday of October
City Important Cultural Property since September 2025
Spear and costume borrowed from the Wada family the night before

03 ／ Yellowtail of Atata Island

Raised on lemons, the yellowtailgets a faint citrus note in its taste.

Yellowtail farming began on Atata Island (阿多田島) in the 1965–74 period. After four years of research from fiscal 2013, the island developed "Atata Hamachi to Lemon" (あたたハマチtoレモン), yellowtail raised on lemons. Limonene from the citrus is said to slow oxidation and keep the flesh color. Shipping is winter only, and the fish are sold at the Otake Fisheries GOGO Market held around November to February.

Yellowtail farming began in the 1965–74 period
Four years of development from fiscal 2013
Shipped in winter only

Living here

Even the city's mark is a hand-painted carp streamer.

about 30,000 people

At the western edge of Hiroshima Prefecture, the city covers 78.66 km² (as of October 1, 2020). Ōtake handmade washi (大竹手すき和紙), made with water from the Ose River, includes "koigami" paper for carp streamers, and became a Hiroshima Prefecture traditional craft in 2025. The city's symbol mark and mascot Koi-chan (コイちゃん) are both based on hand-painted carp streamers. The city also has the Aso-zuka and Ashiro-zuka mounds (浅生塚・芦路塚) honoring Yaba-style haikai, the brick Atata Island Lighthouse Museum (visits inside by prior notice), and the prefectural natural monument Jaguiiwa (蛇喰磐). Regular ferries to Atata Island leave from Ogata Port.

People living here: 26,319people
Area: 78.66km²
Households: 11,591households
Rent (average for rentals): 40,158yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 25 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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 across 1 prefectures.

Otake City in Japan34.238°N 132.222°E

Territory of Otake City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

23.6km

Hiroshima Prefecture: 廿日市市
Yamaguchi Prefecture: 岩国市, 和木町

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

Otake City isthis kind of town.

01Kamei Castle site is the ruin of a branch castle built by Fukushima Masanori for Hiroshima; it was dismantled soon after completion, and in 1977 a stone wall was dug out of the soil west of the keep base of the main enclosure.
02The city scatters small, specific stories: Kunosaka Pass on the Saigoku Highway, the silent Ogata shinobi yakko, and Atata Island's yellowtail raised on lemons.
03Ōtake handmade washi, including koigami paper for carp streamers, is a Hiroshima Prefecture traditional craft and the model for the city's symbol mark and mascot.

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Otake City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗