Kanzaki City

Pillar and base are uncut natural stone.

Japy Crash Monument, Mt. Sefuri

Photo by 大山剛文 (CC0)

01 ／ Former Koga Bank Kanzaki Branch

After the bank was dissolved, the building served asa maternity clinic and dental clinic, then was restored.

It was completed in 1914 (Taisho 3) as the Kanzaki branch of the Koga Bank (古賀銀行). A Western-style building with granite columns and a pediment at the front, it was used as a maternity clinic and a dental clinic after the bank was dissolved in 1933 (Showa 8), and the city bought and restored it. It became a nationally registered tangible cultural property in 2001.

Completed in 1914 (Taisho 3)
Used as a maternity and dental clinic
National registered tangible cultural property, 2001

02 ／ Kunen-an

"Kunen-an" originally named the tea house at thenorthwest corner. Now only its base and well remain.

Kunen-an (九年庵) is a villa and garden built by the businessman Itami Yataro. According to the city, the original Kunen-an was a 14-tsubo (坪) tea house built at the northwest corner. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says only its base and well remain, while the plaque and materials are preserved. The garden took about nine years to build, and it opens to the public for limited periods in spring and autumn.

Designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty in 1995
14-tsubo tea house (only base and well remain)
Open to the public for limited periods in spring and autumn

03 ／ Sefuri Elementary School Stone Gate

Granite pillars 4.3 m tall,cut from the quarry on the hill behind.

The gate stands on granite pillars 4.3 m tall and 1.09 m square, set across a 7.1 m opening. The stone was cut from a quarry on the hill behind Sefuri Elementary School (脊振小学校), and villagers who volunteered built it in memory of the Emperor Taisho's accession. The city says there was then a plan to build up to a university, and the gate became a nationally registered tangible cultural property in 2022.

1914 (Taisho 3)
Pillars 4.3 m tall and 1.09 m square
National registered tangible cultural property, 2022

Living here

Long and narrow, from northern mountains to a southern plain.

about 30,000 people

The city lies in eastern Saga Prefecture. It is long and narrow, divided between a mountainous north whose highest point is Mt. Sefuri and a fertile southern plain of grain fields. The area is 125.13 km², of which about 66% is forest and open land and 28% is farmland. The population is 29,748 (August 31, 2026).

People living here: 31,022people
Area: 125.13km²
Households: 11,452households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,338yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 22 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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 across 1 prefectures.

Kanzaki City in Japan33.312°N 130.371°E

Territory of Kanzaki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

22.7km

Saga Prefecture: 佐賀市, 吉野ヶ里町, みやき町
Fukuoka Prefecture: 久留米市, 福岡市, 大川市

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

Kanzaki City isthis kind of town.

01The Japy Crash Monument is a stone marker for the French aviator André Japy, who crashed on Mt. Sefuri (脊振山) in November 1936 during a prize flight from Paris to Tokyo. It was erected in 1966. Residents of the former Sefuri Village rescued him, and he survived.
02Kanzaki has held a sister-city agreement with Beaucourt (ボークール市), France, since 1996. The former Sefuri Village made it, 60 years after the rescue, with the aviator's hometown.
03On the border between Kanzaki and Yoshinogari lies the Yoshinogari Site (吉野ヶ里遺跡), a Yayoi-period moated settlement, and the Jobaru River (城原川) has 13 grass weirs and 9 nokoshi overflow points. Niibiyama (仁比山) also has the Suisha-no-sato (水車の里, Water Mill Village) and the former residence of Ito Genboku (伊東玄朴), and Chiyoda has local events such as the Ane no Shichifukujin (姉の七福神), the Oshima Mizukake Festival (大島の水かけまつり) and the Takashi Kyogen (高志狂言).

See the town as it is now.

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

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