Nagi Town

A planted staff is said to be this tree.

Bodaiji Temple ginkgo

Photo by さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Yokosen Kabuki

The town hired kabuki successors as staff,training them under a Living National Treasure.

In 1996 and 2000 the town hired two "kabuki specialist staff" (歌舞伎専門職員), who trained in gidayu shamisen under a Living National Treasure of women's gidayu. The stage at Matsugami Shrine (松神神社), used for the spring performance, was built in 1846 in the grounds of Ōji Gongen and moved in 1921: a revolving stage 5.8 m across.

Kabuki specialist staff hired in 1996 and 2000 (town website)
Matsugami Shrine kabuki stage: prefectural designation (1963)
Revolving stage 5.8 m across, 32 wooden pulleys (town website)

02 ／ Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art

The central axis of the "Earth" roompoints to the summit of Mt. Nagi.

Designed by Isozaki Arata and opened in 1994. Its three rooms, Sun, Moon and Earth, have axes of their own based on the natural conditions of the site. The Sun room's axis runs north–south, and the Moon room's wall points to where the harvest moon stands at 10 p.m. Full renovation is planned from October 2026 to the end of March 2027.

Opened on April 25, 1994 (town website)
The Moon room's wall points toward the harvest moon at 10 p.m.
Full renovation planned October 2026 to end of March 2027 (groups not accepted)

03 ／ Jabuchi Falls

The pool at the Mt. Nagi trailhead is saidto have been ruled by the giant's mother, a great snake.

蛇渕の滝（那岐山）.jpg — Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A three-tiered waterfall with a drop of 20 m. In the local legend of the giant Sanbutarō (三穂太郎), his mother, a great snake, is said to have been the master of this pool. Tarō's head is enshrined as "Kōbe-sama" at Miho Shrine in Sekimoto, where people pray to be spared headaches and to do well in their studies.

Three-tiered waterfall, 20 m drop (town website)
In the Sanbutarō legend, his mother, a great snake, is said to be master of the pool
His head is enshrined as "Kōbe-sama" at Miho Shrine in Sekimoto

Living here

A town of 69.54 km² opening south of Mt. Nagi.

about 6,000 people
Rural district town

In northeastern Okayama, the town borders Mimasaka to the east, Tsuyama to the west and Shōō to the south; to the north, the watershed of Mt. Nagi and Mt. Taki marks the border with Chizu, Tottori. The town website's directions are from Tsuyama Station by Chutetsu Hokubu Bus, about 40 minutes. Once or twice a year a local gale, the Hirodo wind, can blow down the slopes of Mt. Nagi. In 2002 the town chose not to merge; its total fertility rate in 2019 was 2.95 (national average that year: 1.36).

People living here: 5,578people
Area: 69.52km²
Households: 1,942households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Nagi Town in Japan35.123°N 134.178°E

Territory of Nagi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.3km

Okayama Prefecture: 美作市, 津山市, 勝央町
Tottori Prefecture: 智頭町

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

Nagi Town isthis kind of town.

01At Bodaiji Temple in Nagi stands the Bodaiji ginkgo (a national natural monument), said to have sprouted from a staff planted by the priest Hōnen; a 2013 survey found it has the same DNA as the great ginkgo at the Amidadō at the foot of the mountain.
02Matsugami Shrine has a revolving kabuki stage of the Yokosen tradition, and the Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art has three rooms with axes drawn from the land (full renovation planned from October 2026).
03The town opens out at the southern foot of Mt. Nagi. At Jabuchi Falls the great-snake mother of the giant Sanbutarō is said to have been master of the pool, and his last breath is said to have become the Hirodo wind that blows down from Mt. Nagi.

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nagi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗