Kahoku City

Said to be Hokuriku's Jomon yardstick.

Kamiyamada Shell Mound

Photo by MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Nishida Kitaro and the Kosseikutsu Study

A study built in Kyotowas moved, twice.

The "Kosseikutsu" (骨清窟) study was built in Kyoto in 1923 (Taisho 12), part of the Nishida family's residence. It was moved to the former Unoke Town in 1974, then moved again in 2010 to stand before the philosophy museum. Its Western-style room still holds the desk, chair, bookshelves, and about 2,000 books just as they were.

1923 (Taisho 12): built in Kyoto
1974: moved to former Unoke Town
2003: registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property

02 ／ Sand-Dune Grapes of Takamatsu

Grapes test-planted in 1919became a sand-dune specialty.

In the Takamatsu (高松) district, grape growing on the sand dunes has continued since a test planting in 1919 (Taisho 8). Alongside Delaware and Kyoho varieties, cultivation of "Ruby Roman" (ルビーロマン), a brand variety bred in Ishikawa Prefecture, began in 2005. The grapes are now known as "sand-dune grapes."

1919 (Taisho 8): recorded test planting
2005: Ruby Roman cultivation began
Varieties include Delaware and Kyoho

03 ／ Takamatsu Roof Tiles

Craftsmen came from Echizen,and records say firing began in 1808.

In 1808 (Bunka 5), Kaneya Kuemon of Nakanuma village invited craftsmen from Tsuruga, Echizen, and records in the Kita family documents say tile-firing began. Takamatsu tiles were even used on barracks at the former Kanazawa Castle site, reaching their peak around 1955, before production ended for good in 1989.

1808 (Bunka 5): recorded start of tile firing
1835 (Tenpo 6): a signed demon-face tile
1989 (Heisei 1): production came to an end

Living here

Daikon and sweet potatoes grow in the dune fields.

about 30,000 people

In Takamatsu's sand-dune fields, a range of vegetables is grown, including daikon radish, sweet potatoes, watermelons, and yams. The city certifies them under the "Kahoku City specialty brand" and promotes them as a face of the region.

People living here: 34,889people
Area: 64.44km²
Households: 12,528households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,233yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 21 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —9 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.

Kahoku City in Japan36.720°N 136.707°E

Territory of Kahoku City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.2km

津幡町, 宝達志水町, 内灘町

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

Kahoku City isthis kind of town.

01The Kamiyamada Shell Mound (上山田貝塚) is a national historic site; pottery unearthed there is considered a yardstick for dating the middle Jomon period across the Hokuriku region. The Kyoto study of philosopher Nishida Kitaro (西田幾多郎), called "Kosseikutsu" (骨清窟), now stands on the grounds of the philosophy museum after being moved twice.
02Kahoku City (かほく市) was formed in 2004 from the merger of Takamatsu, Nanatsuka, and Unoke towns. It faces the Sea of Japan, with sand dunes and the shores of Kahoku Lagoon.
03In the Takamatsu district, grapes have been grown on the sand dunes since 1919. Tile-making, begun in the late Edo period, supplied barracks in Kanazawa (now the castle park) by the Meiji era.

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.

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