Yoshinogari Town

Water led to Saga spills toward Fukuoka.

Hamaguri Suido, Nokoshi overflow

Photo by Pekachu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ogawachi Cedar

Three cedars fused at the base were movedto make way for a dam.

The Ogawachi cedar (小川内の杉) was a sacred tree of Yamazumi Shrine (山祇神社), three cedars of different sizes that the prefecture says are fused at the base into one root. Its root circumference is 13.5 m and its height 27 m. With the construction of the Gokayama Dam (五ヶ山ダム), it was transplanted in 2016 (Heisei 28) to its present site in Matsuguma (松隈).

Root circumference 13.5 m
Height 27 m (prefecture)
Transplanted in 2016 (Heisei 28)

02 ／ Mount Sengoku Camellia Sasanqua Grove

On a south slope at about 200 m,sasanqua camellias form a pure stand of 2.9 ha.

It was designated a national Natural Monument in 1957 (Showa 32). The prefecture explains that giant trees with a root circumference of 1 m and a height of 10 m stand thick in the pure stand on the south slope. The town says about 2,200 trees grow wild and bloom white from late autumn to early winter.

Pure stand of about 2.9 ha
About 2,200 trees (town)
National Natural Monument, 1957

03 ／ Ryosen-ji Temple Ruins

Tea fields spread where, it is said,Eisai cultivated tea seeds.

According to the town, Ryosen-ji (霊仙寺) was founded in 709 (Wado 2) by the priest Tanyo (堪誉) and flourished as "Sefuri Senbo" (脊振千坊). The Otogo-do Hall (乙護法堂), built in the late Edo period, remains. Known as the place where Eisai (栄西) first grew tea seeds in Japan in 1191, it is introduced by the town as the tradition of "the birthplace of tea cultivation in Japan."

Founded 709 (Wado 2), per the town
1191: Eisai cultivates tea seeds
Otogo-do Hall, built in the late Edo period

Living here

The Sefuri Mountains and the Saga Plain share 43.94 km².

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town consists of two areas, the Sefuri Mountains and the Saga Plain, with an area of 43.94 km². Its northern part borders Fukuoka City and Nakagawa City, and when the Higashi-Sefuri Tunnel on National Route 385 was completed in March 2006 (Heisei 18), access from the Fukuoka side improved. The Nagasaki Expressway, National Route 34 and the JR Nagasaki Main Line run east to west across the town.

People living here: 16,323people
Area: 43.99km²
Households: 6,137households
Rent (average for rentals): 39,425yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 11 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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 across 1 prefectures.

Yoshinogari Town in Japan33.321°N 130.399°E

Territory of Yoshinogari Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

16.1km

Saga Prefecture: 神埼市, 上峰町, みやき町
Fukuoka Prefecture: 那珂川市, 福岡市

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

Yoshinogari Town isthis kind of town.

01Hamaguri Suido (蛤水道) is a 1,260 m waterway that draws water from the Ono River (大野川), which flowed from Mount Hamaguri (蛤岳) toward Chikuzen (the Fukuoka side), and supplies irrigation water to the Tade River basin. Through its "Nokoshi" (野越し) overflows, surplus water also drops into the Ono River system.
02It is said to have been built by Naritomi Hyogo Shigeyasu (成富兵庫茂安, 1560-1634), a senior retainer of the Saga domain called the "god of flood control." He took part in more than a hundred projects, including embankments, water gates, canals and reservoirs. The Japan Society of Civil Engineers and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism date its completion to the Genna era, the town to the Keicho era; the Hyogo Festival is held before the Suiko Monument each year in early May.
03The town holds the Special Historic Site Yoshinogari Site (吉野ヶ里遺跡, Yoshinogari Historical Park), which spans Kanzaki City as well. A map of the grounds of Tomyo-ji (東妙寺) and Myoho-ji (妙法寺) on either side of the Tade River is a national Important Cultural Property.

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

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