Hoki Town

Octopus in hand, he is tossed 8 times.

Takomaishiki, Fukuoka Shrine

Photo by Sodonotfear (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Stone Shibi Roof Ornament

Here is a shibi, the ornament on each end of a roof,carved in stone.

This stone shibi (鴟尾) is thought to belong to Daiji Temple Ruins (大寺廃寺), estimated to date from the Hakuho period. A shibi is an ornament set on both ends of an ancient temple roof; this one is about 1m tall and 45cm wide, with fins carved in 10 tiers. The only other stone shibi known is from Sanno Temple Ruins in Gunma. It was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1959.

About 1m tall, 45cm wide
Fins carved in 10 tiers
1959: National Important Cultural Property

02 ／ The Ohara-sencho Irrigation Channel

A channel its guardian made in one nightis said to have turned Ohara-sencho into rice paddies.

Ohara-sencho (大原千町) carries the legend of a great serpent and a giant centipede. A channel that the guardian serpent is said to have made in one night, at the cost of its life, nourishes the local Yago rice (八郷米). Jizodaki Spring (地蔵滝の泉) in Maruyama, within the town, is one of Japan's Heisei Famous Waters. It stays at 11°C year-round and yields 194,000 tons a day.

Jizodaki Spring: 11°C, 194,000 tons a day
One of the Heisei Famous Waters
Local Yago rice

03 ／ Kizumiyama

The mountain where a demon is said to have settledcan look like an okame mask or a demon's, they say.

Kizumiyama (鬼住山) in Mizoguchi is said to be where a demon settled in ancient times. To its south, on Sasuto-san (笹苞山), Emperor Korei is said to have set up camp to fight the demon, shooting the younger brother, Otoushikani (乙牛蟹), with an arrow and driving off the elder, Oushikani (大牛蟹), as the legend goes. From its 326m height, Mt. Daisen fills the view.

326m elevation
Emperor Korei said to have camped on Sasuto-san

Living here

From the western foot, you see Hokifuji.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Hoki lies on the western side of Mt. Daisen. Its evenly shaped profile, seen from the town, looks like Mt. Fuji, so it has long been called Hokifuji (伯耆富士). The town covers 139.44 square kilometers and has about 10,000 residents. The Hino River runs north to south through it, and its Yago rice grows on Daisen's underground water. The town flower is the rape blossom, which blooms against the mountain's lingering snow.

People living here: 10,696people
Area: 139.44km²
Households: 3,648households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 6 clinics

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

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 5 municipalities.

Hoki Town in Japan35.385°N 133.407°E

Territory of Hoki Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

18.9km

南部町, 江府町, 米子市, 日野町, 大山町

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

Hoki Town isthis kind of town.

01Hoki is a town on the western side of Mt. Daisen, known for the Takomaishiki Shinji (蛸舞式神事) at Fukuoka Shrine. Held in October, men in loincloths repeatedly lift a man holding a straw octopus, then spin the octopus role around a beam. It is a prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
02The stone shibi from Daiji Temple Ruins is a National Important Cultural Property. The prefecture records that the only other stone shibi known is from Sanno Temple Ruins in Gunma.
03Legends of the Ohara-sencho channel and of Kizumiyama's demon are also told here, along with Jizodaki Spring.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hoki Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗