Shibushi City

Four mountain castles share one name.

Shibushi Castle Site, 4 castles

01 ／ Kawagokeso and Usukawagoromo of the Anraku River

In the Anraku River, two species ofthe Podostemaceae grow mixed together.

The Podostemaceae are seed plants that grow in fast-flowing water and look like moss. The Agency for Cultural Affairs designated the Anraku River as a rare area where two species grow mixed together, and the Mae River as a good growing environment. The Anraku River has both Kawagokeso and Usukawagoromo; the Mae River has Usukawagoromo.

Two species in the Anraku, one in the Mae
2010: national Natural Monument
Endangered per the Ministry of the Environment and Kagoshima

02 ／ Great Camphor of Shibushi

The camphor at the shrine entrancehas a large hollow inside its trunk.

This camphor tree stands to the right of the entrance in the grounds of Yamamiya Shrine in Anraku. The city says the inside of its base is a large hollow, with an entrance opening on the north side. The prefectural museum records 24 species of epiphytes, such as Japanese wax tree and Japanese privet. It is 22 m tall and became a national Natural Monument in 1941.

22 m tall
24 epiphyte species (prefectural museum)
1941: national Natural Monument

03 ／ Dago Festival at Tanoura Yamamiya Shrine

Red-and-white rice cakes, decorated by hamlet,are fought over after the offering.

A prefecturally designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property; the city says it is held on the first Sunday of February. Each hamlet decorates green bamboo with red and white rice cakes (dago) like flowers and offers it, and after the ritual people scramble for them. Eating dago is said to bring a year of good health, and they are eaten raw or in sweet bean soup.

Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property
First Sunday of February (city)
Red and white rice cakes on green bamboo

Living here

A bay town bordering Miyakonojo and Kushima in Miyazaki.

about 30,000 people

Shibushi lies on the Osumi Peninsula in eastern Kagoshima, bordering Miyakonojo and Kushima in Miyazaki. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of Shibushi, Matsuyama and Ariake. The gateway is Shibushi Station on the JR Nichinan Line; there is no Shinkansen station.

People living here: 29,329people
Area: 290.21km²
Households: 13,241households
Rent (average for rentals): 33,913yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 24 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —17 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 across 1 prefectures.

Shibushi City in Japan31.477°N 131.100°E

Territory of Shibushi City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

23.2km

Kagoshima Prefecture: 曽於市, 大崎町
Miyazaki Prefecture: 串間市, 都城市

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

Shibushi City isthis kind of town.

01Shibushi Castle is the collective name for four medieval mountain castles — Uchijo, Matsuojo, Takajo and Shinjo — on the tip of a Shirasu plateau at the mouth of the Mae River; in 2005 all of Uchijo and part of Matsuojo were designated a national Historic Site
02The Anraku and Mae rivers are the national Natural Monument "Shibushi Habitat of Podostemaceae." The city says Podostemaceae also grow in other rivers in the prefecture besides those in Shibushi
03Shibushi Fumoto is one part of the Japan Heritage story "Satsuma Samurai Towns," and three gardens including the Fukuyama garden are national Places of Scenic Beauty. The pyroclastic flow deposits of Natsui Coast are a national Natural Monument

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shibushi City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗