Tsurugi Town

Its name is written large over the arch.

Sadamitsu Gekijo (貞光劇場)

Photo by Razgrad (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Enoki tree

A giant tree known as a muku treeproved to be an enoki on survey.

In Ichiu's Kage district, it has a trunk 8.7 m around and stands 18 m tall. A town document says that until a 1998 survey identified it as an enoki (Chinese hackberry), locals had regarded it as a muku tree. It was designated a National Natural Monument in 2004 and is also the town's tree. It fell in 2022; the town is working on its recovery and restricts entry.

Trunk 8.7 m around, 18 m tall
National Natural Monument (designated 2004)
Town tree (designated 2007)

02 ／ Two-tier udatsu

Houses with two-tier udatsuline the shopping street.

An udatsu is a roofed side wall projecting from both sides of a building, serving as a firebreak and decoration. Along Sadamitsu's shopping street of about 700 m, udatsu remain on the houses, and two-tier houses stand in a row. The main house of Orimotoya was built in 1772 (Meiwa 9) and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property.

Shopping street of about 700 m
Orimotoya main house built in 1772
Nationally registered tangible cultural property (Orimotoya main house, registered 2006)

03 ／ Habashikoku 88 sites

Ten halls of Habashikoku arenationally registered cultural properties.

Habashikoku is an 88-site pilgrimage circuit centered on the Habayama area, and its halls were built between the mid-Edo and Meiji periods. Most are three-bay square halls; Bessho-do is Site 11 and Kira-do is Site 30. The town's tourism office says the route runs as long as 80 km.

10 nationally registered tangible cultural properties (registered 2017)
Bessho-do is Site 11, Kira-do is Site 30
Route as long as 80 km (town tourism office)

Living here

Yoshino River to the north, Mt. Tsurugi to the south.Three towns became one in 2005.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

Located in Mima District in western Tokushima Prefecture, the town covers 194.84 km2. It was formed on March 1, 2005, by the merger of Handa, Sadamitsu, and Ichiu. The Yoshino River flows along the north of the town, and Mt. Tsurugi, 1,955 m above sea level, rises in the south. The station the town's access guide names for alighting is Sadamitsu Station on the JR Tokushima Line.

People living here: 7,715people
Area: 194.84km²
Households: 3,407households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 5 clinics

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 3 municipalities.

Tsurugi Town in Japan34.037°N 134.064°E

Territory of Tsurugi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.9km

美馬市, 三好市, 東みよし町

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

Tsurugi Town isthis kind of town.

01Sadamitsu Gekijo (貞光劇場) is a former playhouse in the center of Sadamitsu, Tsurugi, built in 1932 and registered as a national registered tangible cultural property in 2025. Its front has an entrance with a large-span arch, and the trade name and theater name are written large above it.
02Tsurugi lies in western Tokushima Prefecture and was formed in 2005 by the merger of Handa, Sadamitsu, and Ichiu. The Yoshino River flows along the north, and Mt. Tsurugi, 1,955 m above sea level, stands to the south.
03The Handa area has Handa hand-stretched somen noodles, with a history of over 300 years; the drying of the noodles in yards after the autumn festivals has become a winter sight. In Sadamitsu, a modern version of the "Kuichi" market, held from the Edo period until after the war, takes place, and the nembutsu dances of Kiya-do and Kawami-do are designated Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Properties.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tsurugi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗