Nagayo Town

In the Paleolithic this sea was a basin.

Dozaki Site, Dozaki-no-hana Cape

Photo by na_sh (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Nagayo Sansai

Excavation unearthed failed sansai pieces.Firing them in Nagayo became more likely.

At Tao in Ureri-go (嬉里郷田尾), the remains of a climbing kiln about 115 m long (Nagayo Sarayama Kiln Site) survive. Nagayo ware began at this kiln in Kanbun 7 (1667). Because the sansai's methods and more are unknown, the town calls it the "phantom Nagayo sansai" (幻の長与三彩). Failed pieces unearthed in a Heisei 17 (2005) excavation made firing at the site more likely.

Climbing kiln, about 115 m long
Began in Kanbun 7 (1667)
Heisei 17 (2005): failed sansai pieces unearthed

02 ／ Nakao Castle Ruins

A rampart of tamped earth, piled up six times,is said to be exceptional among Nagasaki's Sengoku castles.

The rampart is 4 m wide at the base, about 1 m at the top, and 2.5 m high. A Heisei 4 (1992) excavation observed six layers of tamped earth, showing it was built up six times. Ramparts at Sengoku castles in the prefecture are said to be mostly flimsy. It is a town-designated site, and the rampart can be seen near the top of Nakao Castle Park (中尾城公園).

4 m wide at base, 2.5 m high
Six layers of earth
Town-designated site

03 ／ Terayashiki Gorinto Cluster

Muromachi five-ring towers stand in a housing area;"Meitoku" is seen as Nagayo's oldest inscription.

In a residential area of the Maruta district (丸田郷), six large and small five-ring towers (五輪塔) stand. From the scattered base stones, more than 30 are thought to have existed. The inscribed eras run from Meitoku 2 (1391) to Tenbun 10 (1541), and they are thought to relate to the Nagayo clan, the local lords. It is a prefecturally designated historic site.

1971: prefectural historic site
Six towers; 30+ estimated
Meitoku 2 (1391) to Tenbun 10 (1541)

Living here

About 16 minutes by train from Nagasaki Station, with sea and mountains in town.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

The town's access page gives about 16 minutes from JR Nagasaki Station to Nagayo or Kōda Station. The town lies about 10 km from central Nagasaki, and the Nagayo River (about 8 km long), rising on Mt. Kotonoo (琴ノ尾岳, 451.4 m), flows into Omura Bay. Dozaki-no-hana and Mt. Kotonoo are both scenic sites chosen for the "Nagasaki Hyakkei" (次代に残そう長崎百景) list.

People living here: 40,780people
Area: 28.73km²
Households: 16,011households
Rent (average for rentals): 54,152yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 37 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —9 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.

Nagayo Town in Japan32.825°N 129.875°E

Territory of Nagayo Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.0km

長崎市, 時津町, 諫早市

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

Nagayo Town isthis kind of town.

01Dozaki Site, on Dozaki-no-hana at the town's northern tip jutting into Omura Bay, is the town's oldest and largest. In the Paleolithic, Omura Bay held no seawater and was a large basin
02The oldest pottery confirmed in town, about 8,000 years old, comes from Maedakawachi Cave. The town names Dozaki Site, Terayashiki Gorinto, Nakao Castle Ruins and Nagayo Sarayama Kiln Site its "four representative sites"
03At Hamanojo (Tsunomi Castle) Ruins, a tale says soldiers swallowed their saliva at a cry of "umeboshi!" and took the castle, and that is said to give it its name

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nagayo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗