Zentsuji City

Burned to ashes, now a fourth pagoda.

Zentsu-ji pagoda

Photo by Zairon (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Kaikōsha

A social hall for army officersis now a National Cultural Property.

The Imperial Japanese Army's 11th Division was established in Zentsuji in 1898, with Nogi Maresuke (乃木希典) as its first commander. In 1903 the Kaikōsha (偕行社), a social hall for its officers, was built. It became a National Important Cultural Property in 2001 and reopened to the public in 2008 after restoration.

1903: Kaikōsha built
2001: National Important Cultural Property
First division commander: Nogi Maresuke, from 1898

02 ／ Arioka Kofun Cluster

Line engravings on a stone chamber wall,found nowhere else in Shikoku but Kagawa.

The Arioka Kofun Cluster (有岡古墳群), six mounded tombs built between the late 3rd and early 7th centuries, was designated a National Historic Site in 1984. The Ōhakayama Kofun (王墓山古墳) yielded a gilt-bronze crown cap and an iron sword with silver inlay, while the stone chamber of the Miyagao Kofun (宮が尾古墳) bears line-engraved images of warriors, a horse and boats. The city says decorated tombs like this have been confirmed nowhere else in Shikoku but Kagawa Prefecture.

1984: National Historic Site
Six tombs, late 3rd to early 7th century
Decorated tombs confirmed only in Kagawa, within Shikoku

03 ／ Lion Dance

Before the prince regent,the lion dance became twelve roles.

In 1922, Prince Regent Hirohito (later Emperor Shōwa) stayed at the Kaikōsha during army manoeuvres in Kagawa, and lion dance troupes from the old town of Zentsuji gathered to perform before him. The city says the dances were unified into twelve set roles on that occasion, including shihō-shizume (四方鎮め) and batori (場取り).

1922: performed before the prince regent
Lion dance unified into twelve roles
Role names include shihō-shizume, batori and others

Living here

Five of the 88 pilgrim temples are in this city.

about 30,000 people

JR Zentsūji Station, on the Dosan Line, is about a 3-minute walk from city hall. Temples 72 through 76 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage all lie within the city, which sits at the centre of the Marugame Plain, bordering Marugame, Tadotsu, Kotohira and Manno.

People living here: 31,631people
Area: 39.93km²
Households: 13,145households
Rent (average for rentals): 38,800yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 30 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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.

Zentsuji City in Japan34.228°N 133.787°E

Territory of Zentsuji City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

7.9km

三豊市, 多度津町, 丸亀市, 琴平町, まんのう町

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

Zentsuji City isthis kind of town.

01Zentsu-ji, said to be the birthplace of Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師空海), has a five-storied pagoda standing 43 m from base to finial — the fourth built here, completed in 1902, and a National Important Cultural Property.
02The Kaikōsha (偕行社), a Western-style hall where officers of the Imperial Army's 11th Division gathered, is a 1903 National Important Cultural Property whose first division commander was Nogi Maresuke; at the Miyagao Kofun in the Arioka Kofun Cluster, line-engraved murals survive that the city says are found nowhere else in Shikoku but Kagawa.
03In 1922, when Prince Regent Hirohito stayed at the Kaikōsha, the lion dances of old Zentsuji were unified into twelve roles that are still performed today.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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