Yasuda Town

A numeral is carved into a corner stone.

Oomukae Tunnel, forest railway

Photo by Navian (Public domain)

01 ／ The Buddhist statues of Kita-dera

Nine small statues, each under 1 m,are enshrined at Kita-dera.

The main image, a wooden seated Yakushi Nyorai, stands 49.7 cm tall. There are also statues of Shaka Nyorai, bodhisattvas, Jikokuten and Zōchōten; all nine are carved from a single piece of kaya wood and are Important Cultural Properties (sculpture). Viewing requires a reservation in advance. The temple is said to have been built by Kūkai from timber cut for the western temple at Muroto (Kongōchō-ji).

Nine Buddhist statues designated Important Cultural Properties (sculpture) (Japan Heritage site)
All are small statues under 1 m (town board of education)
Viewing requires a reservation in advance (Japan Heritage site)

02 ／ The Karanohama Group

Fossil shells and shark teeth lie in a stratumnamed after the place name Karahama.

The fossil digging site lies halfway up the mountain toward Kōnomine-ji (神峯寺), five minutes by car from National Route 55. In strata 2.7 to 2.6 million years old there are fossils of shells, fish and shark teeth from the Tosa Bay of that time. Signs explain the strata, and tools are lent free of charge. Contact the town board of education to use the site.

Strata 2.7 to 2.6 million years old (town website)
Tools lent free of charge (town board of education)
The group is named after the place name Karahama (town website)

03 ／ Takamatsu Junzō and the Saishōka

A gōshi scholar gathered over 2,000 poemsinto the four volumes of the Saishōka.

Takamatsu Junzō (1807–1876) was a Confucian scholar and poet who inherited his gōshi (rural samurai) post at the age of eight. He was the husband of Chizuru, the eldest sister of Sakamoto Ryōma. People kept coming to learn from him, and many of them were loyalist activists, including Nakaoka Shintarō. His grave lies on the hill behind Yasuda Elementary School, where he rests with Chizuru.

Over 2,000 poems composed in his lifetime (Yasuda Machinami Exchange Hall Nagomi)
The collection Saishōka has four volumes (same)
Lived 1807–1876 (same)

Living here

Facing the Pacific, with the Yasuda River through its middle.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

In Aki District in eastern Kōchi, the town covers 52.36 km². Its south faces the Pacific, and the Yasuda River flows through its center. On the plain downstream, eggplant, myoga and okra are grown; in the mountains upstream, yuzu and wild yam. It became a town in 1925 and merged with Nakayama Village in 1943. It is about 70 minutes by car from Kōchi City, and the Gomen-Nahari Line runs through it.

People living here: 2,370people
Area: 52.36km²
Households: 1,064households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Yasuda Town in Japan33.439°N 133.981°E

Territory of Yasuda Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

13.2km

安芸市, 北川村, 田野町, 馬路村

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

Yasuda Town isthis kind of town.

01The Oomukae Tunnel in Ogawa, Yasuda, is a stone tunnel 36.7 m long, built in 1911 when the first section of the former Yanase Forest Railway opened. It is the third tunnel from the Tano side, has the numeral "Ⅲ" carved in the cornerstone of its portal, and is designated an Important Cultural Property.
02At Kita-dera in Bessho there are nine Buddhist statues designated Important Cultural Properties, and at the fossil digging site in Karahama visitors can dig in strata 2.7 to 2.6 million years old. The Yasuda Machinami Exchange Hall Nagomi (安田まちなみ交流館・和) introduces Takamatsu Junzō, a gōshi and poet.
03The town opened up along the Yasuda River, and buildings registered as Tangible Cultural Properties, such as the former Ichikawa Clinic (an early Taishō Western-style building) and the former Kashiwabara residence, remain in its streets. Yasuda Station on the Gomen-Nahari Line is the gateway.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yasuda Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗