Yufu City

Said to be named for its shining scales.

Lake Kinrinko

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01 ／ The Stone Lane of Yunohira Onsen

Led by a man named Kudo Sansuke,villagers are said to have paved this lane.

Yunohira Onsen's origins are said to date to the Kamakura period, some 800 years ago. The hot-spring town took its present shape in the late Edo period. Along the Kagano River that runs through its center, villagers led by a man named Kudo Sansuke are said to have paved the stone-lane slope about 300 years ago. It is also recorded in the Edo-era gazetteer "Bungo Kokushi."

Founded in the Kamakura period, said to be about 800 years ago
Stone lane paved in the Edo period, about 300 years ago
Led by Kudo Sansuke, paved by villagers

02 ／ Otoike Spring

At the foot of Mt. Kurodake in Asono,Otoike wells up about 20,000 tons a day.

Otoike, welling up at the foot of Mt. Kurodake in Asono, Shonai, was named one of the Ministry of the Environment's "100 Best Waters of Japan" in 1985. Having taken more than a year to filter through the ground, it wells up at a constant 12.6°C year-round, at a rate of about 20,000 tons a day.

One of the "100 Best Waters of Japan," selected in 1985
About 20,000 tons well up a day
12.6°C year-round

03 ／ Shonai Kagura

Recorded as early as 1778,the kagura is still danced by 12 troupes.

Shonai Kagura, a folk kagura passed down in Shonai, Yufu, is recorded as having been offered by families of Shinto priests as early as 1778. Today two schools, Inuyama-ryu and Miyama-ryu, and 12 troupes keep it alive, taking turns performing on the third Saturday from May to October at Shonai Sports Park. It was designated a Yufu City Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2007.

Recorded as early as 1778
Yufu City Intangible Folk Cultural Property (2007)
2 schools, 12 troupes

Living here

Hasama, Shonai, and Yufuin became one city in 2005.

about 30,000 people

On October 1, 2005, the towns of Hasama, Shonai, and Yufuin merged to form Yufu City. The city spans a basin below Mt. Yufu and the hills around Mt. Kurodake. The JR Kyūdai Main Line runs through it, but no shinkansen or train reaches a major city center without a transfer. City hall stands in Kakihara, Shonai (柿原); the nearest station is Tenjinyama.

People living here: 32,772people
Area: 319.32km²
Households: 13,175households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,758yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 26 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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 6 municipalities.

Yufu City in Japan33.180°N 131.427°E

Territory of Yufu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

24.7km

別府市, 大分市, 九重町, 竹田市, 玖珠町, 宇佐市

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

Yufu City isthis kind of town.

01At Lake Kinrinko, in the Yufuin basin below Mt. Yufu, a Confucian scholar named Mori Kuso (毛利空桑) is said to have given the lake its name in 1884, after seeing its fish scales flash gold in the sunset.
02At Yunohira Onsen, villagers led by a man named Kudo Sansuke (工藤三助) are said to have paved the stone lane some 300 years ago in the Edo period; at Otoike, on Mt. Kurodake, one of Japan's "100 Best Waters" selected in 1985, about 20,000 tons well up each day.
03In Shonai, the folk kagura known as Shonai Kagura, recorded as early as 1778, is still carried on by two schools and 12 troupes, who take turns performing at Shonai Sports Park.

See the town as it is now.

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

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