Nobeoka City

A lord's title on a bell has “Nobeoka.”

Shiroyama Bell, first “Nobeoka”

Photo by Sanjo (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Iwaguma Weir

Idekita, unable to draw water, was “a lark's nest.”By a senior retainer's order, a Gokase weir rose.

岩熊井堰.JPG — Photo by Dentist trust (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Idekita (出北), below Nobeoka Castle (延岡城), sat higher than the river and could not draw water. In 1724 Fujie Kenmotsu (藤江監物), a senior retainer of the domain, ordered a weir built; Ejiri Kitaemon (江尻喜多右衛門), a county magistrate, completed it in 1734, three years after Kenmotsu's death. After major repairs in 1933 and 1971, it became today's headworks.

Weir ordered in 1724
Completed 1734, three years after Kenmotsu's death
Major repairs in 1933 and 1971

02 ／ Minamikata Kofun Group, Mound 24

By the Edo period already standing open:a side-entrance stone chamber.

On a hill in Onuki (大貫), this round mound is about 21m across and 4.2m high. The city's signboard says it has “the largest-scale side-entrance stone chamber in the northern part of the prefecture.” By the Edo period it was already open and had been looted, but a 1913 survey by Dr. Torii Ryuzo (鳥居龍蔵) found sword fragments and Sue ware (須恵器).

National Historic Site, Minamikata Kofun Group (designated 1943)
Round mound, about 21m across and 4.2m high
Sword fragments found in the 1913 survey

03 ／ Tatami Levee

Into a 7cm gap in a 60cm-high levee,tatami mats were fitted to stop overtopping.

This concrete levee, 60cm high, remains in the urban stretch of the Gokase River (五ヶ瀬川). Seen from above, it has a gap 7cm wide, and in floods tatami mats were fitted into it in an effort to stop overtopping. The Japan Society of Civil Engineers (土木学会) says tatami levees survive only on the Nagara, Ibo and Gokase rivers.

60cm high, 7cm gap
Built from late Taisho to early Showa
Selected Civil Engineering Heritage (FY2015)

Living here

Backed by the Kyushu Mountains, facing Hyuga-nada.

about 120,000 people

Nobeoka lies in eastern Kyushu, and the clear Gokase River flows through it. In 2006 it took in the former towns of Kitakata (北方町) and Kitaura (北浦町), and in 2007 Kitagawa (北川町). In the Edo period it was the castle town of the Nobeoka domain, whose lords changed among five families: Takahashi, Arima, Miura, Makino and Naito. The gateway is Nobeoka Station on the JR Nippo Main Line.

People living here: 118,394people
Area: 868.02km²
Households: 51,566households
Rent (average for rentals): 40,653yen
Healthcare: 16 hospitals ／ 88 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-02-20 に編入合併（北方町・北浦町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。2007-03-31 に編入合併後は（北川町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —36 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.

Nobeoka City in Japan32.582°N 131.665°E

Territory of Nobeoka City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

38.7km

Miyazaki Prefecture: 日之影町, 門川町, 美郷町
Oita Prefecture: 佐伯市

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

Nobeoka City isthis kind of town.

01The Shiroyama Bell hangs in a bell tower on the keep site of Nobeoka Castle Ruins. The inscription “Lord of Nobeoka Castle in Hyuga, Arima Saemon-no-suke” (日州延岡城主有馬左衛門佐) on the first bell, donated to Imayama Hachiman Shrine (今山八幡宮) in 1656, is what the city treats as the oldest source currently confirmed to mention “Nobeoka.” The first bell is on display at the Naito Memorial Hall (内藤記念館).
02Iwaguma Weir was built on the Gokase River from 1724, and Ejiri Kitaemon carried out the work on the orders of Fujie Kenmotsu. At Onuki, Mound 24 of the Minamikata Kofun Group (a National Historic Site) has a side-entrance stone chamber, and in the urban stretch of the Gokase River a tatami levee, built to take tatami mats, remains.
03The Hidaka family house (日高家住宅), nicknamed “Buri Goten” (ブリ御殿), in Akamizu (赤水町) is the first building the city has designated a tangible cultural property. Of the 72 Noh and Kyogen masks once owned by the Naito family, 30 carry a “Tenka-ichi” brand. Addresses in the former Kitakata include the zodiac characters “ne” and “ushi.” Shimanoura Island (島野浦島) is the city's only offshore island, and Mt. Mukabaki (行縢山) has the 77m Mukabaki Falls.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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