43511 ／ いつきむら
Kumamoto Prefecture 球磨郡A 35m tree, about 14m around, stands.
Miyazono Great Ginkgo01 ／ Slash-and-burn farming
The ethnologist Sasaki Komei (佐々木高明) surveyed Itsuki in 1958-60 and later became the second director-general of the National Museum of Ethnology. From the Edo period, villagers grew foxtail millet and barnyard millet by slash-and-burn farming, a way of life that lasted into modern times. It died out but was revived in 2022.
02 ／ Kumagatake Inosuke
Kumagatake Inosuke (熊ヶ嶽猪之介, real name Kuroki Matsujiro) was an Edo sumo wrestler born in the Hirano district in 1807. He became a wrestler retained by the Sagara domain, and the village describes him as a makuuchi wrestler for 17 straight tournaments. He retired in the February 1853 tournament and, back home, devoted himself to training successors.
03 ／ Itsukidani picture map draft
The Itsukidani Ezu Shitaji (五木谷絵図下地), a draft map dated 1815 (Bunka 12) by an unknown maker, is a village-designated cultural property. Besides terrain, hamlets, shrines and temples, it records the Sagara domain's reserved forests (御立山) and bamboo groves (御竹林) and the names of the weir-trap spots (筌場) used to catch sweetfish. A report on the village headman's documents (庄屋元文書) includes the Edo-period distribution of slash-and-burn fields and records of votive archery counted at 3,000 hon (本).
Living here
There is no railway station. The Sankō Bus Itsuki Line links Hitoyoshi Sankō (人吉産交) and Itsuki Yakuba-mae (五木役場前) in 58 minutes (village timetable, updated September 30, 2026). Seven buses a day leave Hitoyoshi, and some run on weekdays only.
−11.8% since 2015
1,687 → 931
14.59km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
10.7 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 五木村公式『産交バス時刻表』（2026-09-30 更新・九州産交バス五木線）。人吉市→五木村：人吉産交（産交ターミナル）発 6:00・7:00・10:00・11:30・13:20・14:30・17:20 の7便が、五木役場前 6:58・7:58・10:58・12:28・14:18・15:28・18:18 着で、いずれも58分（終点の駐在所前は59分）。五木村→人吉市：五木役場前 7:11・8:11・11:11・12:41・14:31・16:46・18:31 発が、人吉産交 8:09・9:09・12:09・13:39・15:29・17:44・19:29 着で、いずれも58分（駐在所前発は59分）。『平日のみ』の見出しが付くのは、五木村発の 7:10（駐在所前）・14:30（同）の便と、人吉発の 6:00・13:20 の便（それぞれ表の1列目と5列目。ほかの便の運行日は時刻表に書かれていない）。人吉駅前までは五木役場前発が55分、人吉駅前発→五木役場前が56分 (checked 2026-10-03). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
17.4km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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