Shiroishi Town

A mound an Edo map drew as "Oni-tsuka."

Ryūōzaki Kofun No. 6

Photo by Pekachu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Hachihei-garami

The name of the man who planned the reclamationremains in Hachihei-garami and in the district name.

Kii Hachihei was born in Fukudomi Village in 1882 (Meiji 15) and served as a prefectural assemblyman. He planned the reclamation in the early Shōwa era and died of illness before work began. It started as a national project in 1947 (Shōwa 22), the tide was closed in 1968 (Shōwa 43), and 430.26 ha of new land was created. The area was named Ōaza Hachihei, Fukudomi Town.

Tide closed in May 1968 (Shōwa 43) (town website)
430.26 hectares of new land (town website)
Named "Ōaza Hachihei, Fukudomi Town" (town website)

02 ／ Mizudō-san

The sacred water flows for only three months,from the 15th of the 4th lunar month to the 15th of the 7th.

At the Reisui-dō of Anpuku-ji (安福寺, Ōaza Tsutsumi), sacred water comes out from beneath the Kannon Bodhisattva. The town website says it wells up for only three months, from the 15th of the 4th lunar month to the 15th of the 7th. The temple gives the 2026 (Reiwa 8) Demizu Hōyō as May 31 to August 27. Tradition holds that the water cured Emperor Takakura's illness.

Wells up for only three months, from the 15th of the 4th lunar month to the 15th of the 7th (town website)
2026 Demizu Hōyō: May 31 to August 27 (Anpuku-ji)
30,000 to 40,000 visitors during the period (Anpuku-ji)

03 ／ Kōdo Junsei-hyō

In the year the monument was raised, 1876,Saga Prefecture had been abolished.

In a corner of the Sakata community hall in the Ariake district stands a natural-stone monument 2 m 4 cm tall. It was raised in December 1876 (Meiji 9) to commemorate the land survey for the land-tax reform, and bears the names of inspectors, village heads and villagers. Saga Prefecture was merged into Mizuma Prefecture that April, and was re-established in 1883 (Meiji 16).

Natural stone, 2 m 4 cm tall (town website)
Raised in December 1876 (Meiji 9) (town website)
Saga Prefecture abolished in April 1876, separated in May 1883 (Nagasaki Prefecture)

Living here

A town of 99.56 km² facing the Ariake Sea.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

In southwestern Saga Prefecture, within 25 km of central Saga City, it faces the Ariake Sea on its southeast. It was formed in 2005 (Heisei 17) by the merger of the former towns of Shiroishi, Fukudomi and Ariake. About 70% of private land is rice paddy, and the Rokkaku and Shioda rivers flow into the Ariake Sea.

People living here: 22,051people
Area: 99.56km²
Households: 7,247households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,777yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 19 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-01-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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 7 municipalities.

Shiroishi Town in Japan33.181°N 130.143°E

Territory of Shiroishi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

10.9km

江北町, 嬉野市, 大町町, 武雄市, 鹿島市, 小城市, 佐賀市

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

Shiroishi Town isthis kind of town.

01Ryūōzaki Kofun No. 6 stands in Ryūōzaki Kokon-no-Mori Park in Ōaza Fukaura. It is thought to have been built in the late 6th century and is a prefectural Historic Site. The stone at the base of the rear wall of its burial chamber is 1.8 m by 2.2 m and estimated at 10 tons, and one of the "Oni-tsuka" on an Edo-period map matches its location.
02The stone Hizen torii at Inasa Shrine is dated Tenshō 13 (1585) and is a prefectural Important Cultural Property. The town began work in fiscal 2020 toward national Historic Site designation of the Suko Castle site, a Sengoku-period castle ruin, and Suko-zushi, the box sushi of the Suko district, was certified as a "100-Year Food" by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in fiscal 2024.
03A 99.56 km² town in southwestern Saga Prefecture, formed in 2005 (Heisei 17) by the merger of the former towns of Shiroishi, Fukudomi and Ariake. Its southeast faces the Ariake Sea, and the Shiroishi Plain spreads out.

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Shiroishi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗