Kushima City

Found imo-washing, wrote to researchers.

Mito Satsue, Koshima's monkeys

Photo by z tanuki (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Misaki-maki Through the Years

The domain ranches turned state-owned;in 1874 Misaki-maki was sold to a union.

In 1697 (Genroku 10), Akizuki Tanemasa of the Takanabe domain set up seven domain-run ranches, starting with Toimisaki-maki, plus 80 village-run ones. By 1700 Kushima's horses reached 6,223. Misaki-maki covers about 560 hectares.

7 domain ranches, 80 village ranches
Genroku 13: 6,223 horses
Misaki-maki: about 560 hectares

02 ／ Former Yoshimatsu Residence

A modern Japanese-style house raised in 1919has a Western room under a coffered ceiling.

The Yoshimatsu family served as village heads in the Edo period and prospered in forestry after Meiji. The main house uses fine timber for its coffered-ceiling entrance, its Western-style reception room with an orikami coffered ceiling (折上格天井), its staircase and its Buddhist-altar room.

Main house raised in 1919 (Taisho 8)
Important Cultural Property: 2008-12-02
Stone wall 66m long, gate 5.5m wide

03 ／ Stone Fudo Myoo at Eitoku-ji

Pour water on the relief in the rock,and the figure of Fudo Myoo appears.

In the grounds of Eitoku-ji (永徳寺) in Hagase, Kitakata, a Fudo Myoo (不動明王) about 120cm high is carved in relief in the rock face. Swordsmith Sanjo Kokaji Munechika is said to have settled in Hagase and carved it as a likeness of himself with a sword tip. The standing stone beside it is said to stand for his wife.

About 120cm high
Municipal designation: 1978-02-03
Said to be carved by Sanjo Kokaji Munechika

Living here

Five stations on the Nichinan Line lie within the city.

about 20,000 people

Hyuga-Otsuka, Hyuga-Kitakata, Kushima, Fukushima-Imamachi and Fukushima-Takamatsu stations are on the Nichinan Line. Kushima Station's timetable runs in two directions, toward Miyazaki and toward Shibushi. Within the city, the municipal community bus Yoka Bus (よかバス) runs.

People living here: 16,822people
Area: 294.92km²
Households: 7,225households
Rent (average for rentals): 31,430yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 17 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —11 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 across 1 prefectures.

Kushima City in Japan31.465°N 131.228°E

Territory of Kushima City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

31.2km

Miyazaki Prefecture: 日南市, 都城市
Kagoshima Prefecture: 志布志市

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

Kushima City isthis kind of town.

01Koshima is an island of about 3.5km in circumference off Ishinami Beach in Ichiki, and a national natural monument, the Koshima Monkey Habitat. Mito Satsue served as a local teacher, and discovered the monkeys' sweet-potato washing (イモ洗い) and wrote to researchers about it.
02The Misaki horses of Cape Toi began with a ranch set up by the Takanabe domain, and were designated a national natural monument in 1953. In Toi, the Toimisaki Himatsuri (都井岬火まつり) recreates the legend of the priest Eitokubo (衛徳坊) driving out a serpent with fire; its 60th edition was held in August 2026.
03The Former Yoshimatsu Residence is an Important Cultural Property with a Western-style reception room. Toimisaki Lighthouse first shone in 1929 and became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2019.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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