Daisen Town

A thatched headman's estate from 1769.

Kadowaki Family Residence

Photo by Flow in edgewise (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Akamatsu Kojin Festival

In leap years, a straw serpent about 25m longis made and carried through the village.

A ritual held in Akamatsu village on the first Sunday of March in leap years. Straw brought from each household is made into a giant serpent, with as many ritual paper wands (gohei) set above its head as there are households. The whole village carries it and offers it inside the Kojin enclosure at Hiyoshi Shrine. Its origin is said to be an oracle received during the great drought of 1654.

First Sunday of March in leap years (March 10 in 2024)
Serpent about 25m long
Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property (2013)

02 ／ Sannin Gorin

Said to be the head mound of Nawa Nagatoshi,killed in battle in Kyoto, and his two sons.

三人五輪全体像.jpg — Photo by C2revenge (CC BY-SA 4.0)

About 700m south of Nawa Shrine stand two large gorinto (five-ringed stone towers) and a hokyointo. They are said to be the head mound of Nawa Nagatoshi and his eldest son Yoshitaka and third son Takamitsu, and are said to be, from the left, those of Nagatoshi, Yoshitaka and Takamitsu. Nagatoshi fell in battle in Kyoto. The towers are estimated to date from the Nanbokucho period.

About 700m south of Nawa Shrine
Central tower about 1.85m tall
Town-designated cultural property (1982)

03 ／ Stone Path and Bakuroza

A stone path laid when the livestock market thrivedruns about 700m to the Okumiya.

The stone path to Ogamiyama Shrine Okumiya is about 700m long, paved with natural stones left as they are, and is said to be the longest in Japan. The meadow in front of Daisen-ji temple was designated Bakuroza, the livestock-trading ground, and cattle and horses were traded there until 1937. Today it is used for parking and events.

Natural-stone approach, about 700m
Livestock traded at Bakuroza until 1937
Part of the Japan Heritage story 'Daisen'

Living here

From sea level to the summit, all within 20km north to south.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

Daisen lies in western Tottori, and its territory runs from the Sea of Japan to the summit of the highest peak in the Chugoku region. Its main industries are farming, livestock, fishing and tourism: broccoli, Welsh onions and pears are grown, and turban shells (sazae) and other catches land at Mikuriya fishing port. The present town was formed in 2005 by the merger of Nakayama, Nawa and Daisen.

People living here: 15,370people
Area: 189.74km²
Households: 5,247households
Rent (average for rentals): 23,578yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 10 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-03-28 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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 4 municipalities.

Daisen Town in Japan35.511°N 133.496°E

Territory of Daisen Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.6km

琴浦町, 米子市, 伯耆町, 江府町

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

Daisen Town isthis kind of town.

01The Kadowaki Family Residence in Tokorogo is a thatched main house built in 1769 (Meiwa 6) for the Kadowaki family, who were appointed regional headmen (ojoya). Tokorogo is a farming village on the fan-shaped terrace at the northern foot of Mt. Daisen, and the whole settlement is selected as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.
02In Akamatsu, a serpent made of straw is carried in the Kojin festival every March of a leap year. At Takasugi Shrine in Miyauchi, the prefecture-designated Uwanari-uchi ritual is held in the ninth lunar month of leap years. In Nawa stands the Sannin Gorin, said to be the head mound of Nawa Nagatoshi and his two sons.
03The stone path to Ogamiyama Shrine Okumiya is a roughly 700m approach paved with natural stones. Mikuriya Station still has the station building put up when the San'in Line opened in 1902 (Meiji 35).

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Daisen Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗