Kibichuo Town

He moved his reputed first tea room.

Tenraian, Shigemori's tea room

Photo by Reggaeman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Yoshikawa Hachimangu (吉川八幡宮)

Its haiden joins the front of the honden in a T shape.At the festival, boys around ten, the "tonin" (当人), run a race.

The honden of Yoshikawa Hachimangu is single-storied, with an irimoya roof of cypress bark, and a gabled haiden is joined to its front in a T shape. The Toban Festival (当番祭) lasts about a month from October 1. "Tonin" chosen from the north and south districts live as sacred attendants. At the main festival, a procession centered on the tonin, riding horses, moves to the shrine, and after the mikoshi procession they race.

Honden: Important Cultural Property (national)
5 bays by 3 bays
Toban Festival: Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (prefectural)
About a month from October 1

02 ／ Myohonji Banjindo (妙本寺番神堂)

A one-bay shrine is adorned with carvingsand painted pillars.

Myohonji is a Nichiren-sect temple said to have been founded by the steward Date Tomoyoshi, who moved here from Kamakura, and is also called "Nishi-Minobu" (西身延). The Banjindo enshrines the thirty guardian deities of the Lotus Sutra in a one-bay nagare-zukuri hall. The prefecture's description infers the carvings were the work of a first-rate carpenter and calls it among the most splendid in the prefecture.

Banjindo: Important Cultural Property (national)
One bay by one bay
Features of the Momoyama period

03 ／ Kusagina no Kakemeshi (くさぎ菜のかけめし)

Dried shoots of wild clerodendrum are rehydratedand served on rice with a clear broth poured over.

Young shoots of wild kusagi (クサギ) are picked and dried, then rehydrated and stir-fried, served on rice with chicken and other toppings, and a clear chicken-bone broth is poured over. In the past pheasant and wild hare caught in hunts were used, and it was a treat for festive days. It was certified as a "100-Year Food" by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in fiscal 2022.

Certified as a 100-Year Food in fiscal 2022
Dried kusagi shoots
Clear chicken-bone broth poured on top

Living here

Cooler than the south of the prefecture, on a corner of the Kibi Plateau.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

A highland at 200 to 500 meters above sea level, with a somewhat inland climate. Agriculture is the core industry, with rice, highland vegetables, fruit, flowers, dairy and beef fattening. Enjo cabbage (円城白菜), grown on the Enjo plateau, is shipped from late October to late January.

People living here: 10,886people
Area: 268.78km²
Households: 4,283households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 13 clinics

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

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 5 municipalities.

Kibichuo Town in Japan34.863°N 133.694°E

Territory of Kibichuo Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

23.5km

岡山市, 高梁市, 美咲町, 総社市, 真庭市

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

Kibichuo Town isthis kind of town.

01Tenraian is a tea room said to be the first work of Shigemori Mirei (重森三玲), a garden researcher from the area. Built originally at the Shigemori residence, it was moved to its present site in Yoshikawa by Mirei himself in 1969 (Showa 44). It has a four-and-a-half-mat tea room and a three-mat preparation room, and the tea room has three alcoves in the formal, semi-formal and informal styles. It is a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
02In Yoshikawa, the town's Shigemori Mirei Memorial Museum stands beside Tenraian, and the Kayo town office building holds the "Yurin Garden" (友琳の庭) that Mirei designed in 1969 for the Kyoto Yurin Kaikan, moved there in 1999 (Heisei 11). Alongside the Toban Festival of Yoshikawa Hachimangu, the Kamo Grand Festival (加茂大祭) at Soja Shrine in Kamo-ichiba is counted among the prefecture's three great festivals.
03The town lies in the center of Okayama Prefecture on the Kibi Plateau at 200 to 500 meters, formed by the merger of the former Kayo and Kamogawa towns. Its specialties include Enjo cabbage and Pione grapes, and there are places serving the local dish kusagina no kakemeshi. An akiya bank is also available.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kibichuo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗