Unzen City

The old lord's main house dates to 1930.

Old Nabeshima House, Kojirokuji

01 ／ Awashima Shrine

Three mini torii: large, medium, small.The smallest stands 27 cm tall.

Inside the grounds stand three "mini torii" (ミニ鳥居): large, medium and small. The Nagasaki Prefecture tourism federation gives their sizes as 32.6 cm high by 33.2 cm wide (large), 30.2 by 30.0 cm (medium) and 27.0 by 28.0 cm (small). The shrine was built in 1812, and passing through all three is said to bring a healthy child.

Three torii: large, medium, small
Smallest: 27 cm tall (city)
Shrine built in 1812 (city)

02 ／ Obama History Museum

The hot-spring pioneer's house dates from 1844,and one beam measures a full 77 centimetres.

This is the residence (本多湯太夫邸) of the man who laid the foundations for the development of Obama Onsen (小浜温泉), built in 1844. The city introduces its "large beams and pillars" and a "splendid beam" of "a full 77 centimetres." It is now an exhibition hall (湯太夫展示館) of the Obama History Museum (小浜歴史資料館), which also displays items associated with the family.

Built in 1844 (city)
Beam: 77 centimetres (city)
Now a hall of the Obama History Museum

03 ／ Moriyama Otsuka Kofun

The keyhole shape survives,with today's graves standing on it.

This keyhole-shaped tomb (前方後円墳) in Azuma is given by the city as about 45 m across its round rear and 70 m long. Excavation in fiscal 2009 revealed cobble facing (葺石) and a moat (周溝), and pottery fragments showed it was built by the first half of the 4th century. The mound is still used as a cemetery.

Rear mound about 45 m across, 70 m long (city)
Fiscal 2009 dig: cobbles and moat
Built by the early 4th century (city)

Living here

Facing the Ariake Sea north, Tachibana Bay west.

about 40,000 people

The city lies in the northwest of the Shimabara Peninsula, wrapped around Mt. Unzen-Fugendake. It measures 17 km east-west and 24 km north-south. On 11 October 2005, seven towns (Kunimi, Mizuho, Azuma, Aino, Chijiwa, Obama and Minamikushiyama) merged to form it. Azuma Station on the Shimabara Railway carries the added name "Unzen City Hall" in its official station name.

People living here: 41,096people
Area: 214.29km²
Households: 15,141households
Rent (average for rentals): 34,952yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 36 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —23 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.

Unzen City in Japan32.835°N 130.188°E

Territory of Unzen City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

25.0km

島原市, 南島原市, 諫早市

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

Unzen City isthis kind of town.

01The Former Nabeshima Family Residence (旧鍋島家住宅) stands at the northwest end of Kojirokuji (神代小路), once the home of the Kojiro Nabeshima family (神代鍋島家). Its main house was built in 1930, and five buildings, including a retirement house of the late Edo period and a long gatehouse (長屋門) from its closing years, are Important Cultural Properties. The surrounding Kojirokuji is a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.
02The city lies in the northwest of the Shimabara Peninsula, wrapped around Mt. Unzen-Fugendake. It holds Unzen Onsen and Obama Onsen, in an area designated as Unzen-Amakusa National Park. Seven towns merged in 2005 to form Unzen City.
03Seki Keigo (関敬吾), born in Obama-cho, was a folklorist who completed the Nihon Mukashibanashi Shusei (『日本昔話集成』). The city has a statue of Chijiwa Miguel (千々石ミゲル), who was sent to Rome as an envoy. Minamikushiyama has a Christian gravestone dated Keicho 11 (1606), and Kunimi has the Goman-choja site (五万長者遺跡), where Nara-period roof tiles have been found.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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