Kawaminami Town

Its inscription: “no east or west.”

Sorinbaru Kuyoto, Kankan Butsu

Photo by Koyu (Public domain)

01 ／ Kawaminami Wetland

The Agency for Cultural Affairs calls it“the only natural habitat in Japan” of Hyuga hoshikusa.

A small wetland in the middle of the Hyuga Plain, surrounded by open fields, it is a National Natural Monument. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says it holds almost every type of wetland plant found in warm regions and is a noted site for the carnivorous Nagaha-no-ishimochiso (ナガハノイシモチソウ). Hyuga hoshikusa (ヒュウガホシクサ) blooms from September to October.

National Natural Monument (designated 1974)
Small wetland in the center of the Hyuga Plain
Hyuga hoshikusa blooms Sept–Oct

02 ／ Mukaita Site

From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Jomon,traces of life are found almost without a break.

It spreads over the tip of a tongue-shaped plateau about 1km north of the town center. Traces of life are found almost without a break from the Late Paleolithic (about 40,000 years ago) to the Early Jomon (about 8,000 years ago), and the town says it is regarded as the oldest site in the prefecture.

About 40,000 to 8,000 years ago
Over 3,000 items excavated
Regarded as the oldest site in Miyazaki (town)

03 ／ Kawaminami Kofun Cluster

Mound No. 11 matches Ishizukayama Kofun in Fukuokaalmost exactly when drawn to the same scale.

A National Historic Site on the Kokumitsubaru plateau, built from the 4th century to the end of the 6th. Mound No. 11 is 107m long, with a rear circle 58m across; the town says it may well be a kofun from the emergence period. Around 1929 the cluster suffered large-scale looting, without any detailed survey beforehand.

National Historic Site (designated 1961)
Mound No. 11: 107m long
Large-scale looting around 1929

Living here

From Kawaminami Station, the town center is about 5 minutes by car.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town has JR Nippo Main Line's Kawaminami Station. The town's official guide gives about 5 minutes by car, or about 50 minutes on foot, from the station to the town center. It faces the Hyuga Sea on the east and borders Kijo, Takanabe and Tsuno towns on the west, south and north. The town measures about 12km east to west and about 10km north to south.

People living here: 15,194people
Area: 90.13km²
Households: 6,036households
Rent (average for rentals): 32,103yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 7 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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.

Kawaminami Town in Japan32.192°N 131.526°E

Territory of Kawaminami Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.1km

都農町, 木城町, 高鍋町

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

Kawaminami Town isthis kind of town.

01Sorinbaru Kuyoto (宗麟原供養塔, a National Historic Site) is a tower that honors those killed in battle, friend and foe alike. Its inscription is read as “Honrai tozai nashi,” and it is affectionately called “Kankan Butsu” after the bell visitors strike.
02The Kawaminami Wetland Plant Community (a National Natural Monument) is home to Hyuga hoshikusa, and the Mukaita Site is regarded, according to the town, as the oldest in the prefecture. Mound No. 11 of the Kawaminami Kofun Cluster (a National Historic Site) matches Ishizukayama Kofun in Fukuoka almost exactly when drawn to the same scale.
03Settlers came from all over Japan after the war, and the town is called “Kawaminami Gasshukoku” (the United States of Kawaminami). “Torontoron,” a place name used by the shopping street, is the venue of the kei-truck market. Hirata Shrine is one of the six old shrines that take part in the Takanabe Kagura Rokusha Rengo Daishinji.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kawaminami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗