Bungotakada City

A simple Amida hall stands among trees.

Fukiji main hall

Photo by STA3816 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Tashibu-no-sho Osaki (田染荘小崎)

The paddy plots are said to havebarely changed in a thousand years.

In the Heian period, Tashibu-no-sho was one of Usa Hachiman Shrine's core manor estates, the Honmisho Juhakkasho (本御荘十八箇所). The paddy plots of the Osaki area are said to have barely changed; in 2010 they became a National Important Cultural Landscape, and in 2013 part of a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. Stone images of Kannon watch over the valley: Asahi Kannon (Morning-Sun) to the east, Yuhi Kannon (Evening-Sun) to the west.

2010: National Important Cultural Landscape
2013: Globally Important Agricultural Heritage
Asahi & Yuhi Kannon stone images

02 ／ Showa no Machi (昭和の町)

Shops removed the boards over theirfronts, and 1950s signs reappeared.

The 2001 townscape project had shopkeepers remove the boards covering their shopfronts, revealing old signs from the 1950s (Showa 30s). About 70% of the buildings already predated the 1950s. A 2009 SME Agency survey counted 8 shopping streets and 136 shops. A bonnet bus, said to be a 1957 Isuzu BX141, runs along the Katsura River.

2001: townscape project begins
2009 survey: 8 streets, 136 shops
~70% of buildings predate the 1950s

03 ／ Kumano Magaibutsu (熊野磨崖仏)

A demon is said to have builtthe stone steps in one night.

The stone steps from the torii gate are said to have been built by a demon in a single night, stacking 99 steps of natural stone. Carved into the cliff are a Dainichi Nyorai (about 6.8m) and a Fudo Myoo (about 8.3m), both thought to date from the Heian period. In 1964 they became a National Important Cultural Property.

1964: National Important Cultural Property
Dainichi Nyorai: about 6.8m tall
Fudo Myoo: about 8.3m tall

Living here

Hometown-tax gifts go entirely to child-rearing.

about 20,000 people

Bungotakada City directs all of its hometown-tax (furusato nozei) donations to child-rearing support, aiming for some of the best support in Japan as it works to grow its population. In 2005, the city merged with the towns of Matama and Kagechi to form its present boundaries.

People living here: 22,112people
Area: 206.24km²
Households: 9,584households
Rent (average for rentals): 37,293yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 15 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-03-31 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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.

Bungotakada City in Japan33.556°N 131.447°E

Territory of Bungotakada City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

23.2km

杵築市, 国東市, 宇佐市

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

Bungotakada City isthis kind of town.

01Fukiji's main hall (大堂), said to have been built in the late Heian period, is a National Treasure Amida hall. Its plain exterior of chamfered pillars and boat brackets hides walls painted in vivid color inside. It was designated a National Treasure in 1952.
02Maki Odo, another cluster of Rokugo Manzan Buddhist statues, holds nine Important Cultural Property statues, including what is said to be Japan's largest Dai-itoku Myoo (241cm tall).
03On the 7th day of the first lunar month, demons said to be incarnations of Fudo Myoo and Aizen Myoo wave torches at Tennenji's Shuni-e fire festival. Matama Coast, chosen as one of Japan's 100 Best Sunsets, mirrors the sunset over its tidal flats.

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Bungotakada City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗