Katsuura Town

Gathers about 30,000 unshown hina dolls.

Original Big Hinamatsuri

Photo by Shizuha (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Cherry

A cherry said to be grown since the Edo periodgot its name from its doll-like charm.

It is said to have been grown since the Edo period by a jozukuri family in the Nakayama district. It is presumed to be a cultivar arising from an Edo-higan mother with a mountain-cherry line involved, and the Katsuura Hinazakura no Kai named it. About 60 trees stand on the slope of Mt. Kaseyama, and it blooms in late March.

Grown by a jozukuri family in Nakayama (Japan Flower Association)
About 60 trees on Mt. Kaseyama's slope (town website)
Blooms in late March (Japan Flower Association)

02 ／ Dinosaur fossils

From strata about 130 million years old,dinosaur teeth have been found.

In 1994 the first dinosaur fossil in Shikoku, an iguanodontian tooth, was found in the town. In 2018 a bone bed, a layer holding fossils, was found, and the prefectural museum continues its survey. Tatsukawa Gorge has "Kyoryu no Sato" (恐竜の里), set up to mark the find.

Early Cretaceous strata (about 130 million years ago)
1994: the first dinosaur fossil in Shikoku, an iguanodontian tooth
2018: a fossil-bearing layer found

03 ／ Katsuuraza

A puppet troupe that died out through fires and warwas revived after the war as Katsuuraza.

勝浦座十郎兵衛.jpg — Photo by JoeRuri (CC BY-SA 4.0)

In the late Edo period the town had two puppet troupes, and only the Kuguni-za remained. In Shikisanba (式三番叟), one puppeteer works three puppets, Senzai, Okina and Sanbaso, and the handling has been passed down almost unchanged from the past to the present. It has also been staged on March 3 during the Big Hinamatsuri.

Two puppet troupes in the late Edo period
Shikisanba: three puppets, one puppeteer each
Staged on March 3 at the Big Hinamatsuri (37th and 38th)

Living here

Ringed by mountains, with the Katsuura River through the middle.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

The area is 69.83 km2, with elevations from 20 m to 972 m. The town's website says the green mountains on all sides, the mandarin orange fields at their feet, the paddies on the plain and the clear Katsuura River flowing through the middle show the richness of its nature. There is no railway station in the town; Tokushima Bus's Katsuura Line connects it with Tokushima Station.

People living here: 4,837people
Area: 69.83km²
Households: 1,847households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Katsuura Town in Japan33.931°N 134.511°E

Territory of Katsuura Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.7km

上勝町, 阿南市, 徳島市, 佐那河内村, 那賀町, 小松島市

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

Katsuura Town isthis kind of town.

01Every year from late February to early April, the "Awa Katsuura Ganso Big Hinamatsuri" is held at the Ningyo Bunka Koryukan (人形文化交流館). Hina dolls no longer displayed across the country are gathered and about 30,000 are shown, with a "hundred-step" tier about 8 m high at the center of the hall.
02On the slope of Mt. Kaseyama, about 60 Katsuura Hinazakura, named for the town, are planted. In 1994 the first dinosaur fossil in Shikoku was found here, and the Kuguni-za, a puppet troupe of the late Edo period, was revived after the war and continues as Katsuuraza.
03The Katsuura River flows east to west through this mountain town, whose local industry is mandarin orange growing. There is no railway station in the town, and Tokushima Bus's Katsuura Line connects it with the front of Tokushima Station. Kakurin-ji, Temple No. 20, is called one of the hard stretches: "first Shosan-ji, second Otsuru, third Tairyu."

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Katsuura Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗