Nanbu Town

A boar-like stone is said to be buried.

Akaiiwa Shrine

Photo by Bioika0201 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ita Yusei and Yusei Deai-no-Yakata (祐生出会いの館)

He turned gifts into stencil printsand sent them back as thanks.

Ita Yusei (1889–1956), born in Nanbu, worked as a teacher while trading with people across Japan and collecting many things. He turned each gift into a mimeograph print, bound them into private books, and sent them as thanks. His works and collection total 40,000 items.

1889–1956
Prints and collection total 40,000 items
Yusei Deai-no-Yakata opened in 1995

02 ／ Hosshoji Railway Car (法勝寺電車)

The designation of the car also coversa token-block device and a stationmaster's seal.

The Hosshoji Railway, a local line of 12.4 km between Yonago and Nanbu, opened in 1924. Car Deha 203, a wooden electric car built in 1922, is a prefectural protected cultural property. Its operating records were designated with it, and it is now on display at Kinaru Nanbu.

Opened 1924, 12.4 km
Car Deha 203, built 1922
Prefectural protected cultural property

03 ／ Iron Buddhist Statues of Hakusan Honji (鉄造白山本地仏像)

Three halos, two statues.The third statue was in Kurayoshi.

Two cast-iron statues, of the Eleven-Headed Kannon and the Sho Kannon, have been kept at Hōnei-ji (豊寧寺) in Kasho. A recent survey showed that the Amida statue at Kisshō-in in Kurayoshi belongs to the same set. They bear an inscription dated 1320, and the prefecture records them as the only iron Buddhas confirmed so far in the Chugoku region.

Inscription dated 1320 (Genō 2)
Eleven-Headed Kannon: 38.9 cm
Prefectural protected cultural property (1986)

Living here

The whole town is a designated satoyama.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Nanbu is a town in western Tottori, bordering Shimane. Its area is 114.03 square kilometers. The entire town has been selected by the Ministry of the Environment as one of its 500 important satoyama. The town bird is the broad-billed roller, its specialties are persimmons, pears, and figs, and its flower is the cherry blossom.

People living here: 10,323people
Area: 114.03km²
Households: 3,548households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 5 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.

Nanbu Town in Japan35.340°N 133.327°E

Territory of Nanbu Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

17.4km

Tottori Prefecture: 伯耆町, 日南町, 米子市, 日野町
Shimane Prefecture: 安来市

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

Nanbu Town isthis kind of town.

01Akaiiwa Shrine in Nanbu enshrines the site called “Tema no Yamamoto,” where the Kojiki says Ōkuninushi lost his life. A boar-like burning stone is said to have been buried underground so as not to defile the earth; it cannot be touched today.
02The stencil prints and collection of Ita Yusei, a teacher, total 40,000 items. Hosshoji Railway car Deha 203, a prefectural protected cultural property, can be seen at Kinaru Nanbu.
03The iron statues of Kasho were found to belong to the same set as one in Kurayoshi, and the whole town has been selected as a satoyama by the Ministry of the Environment. The town bird, the broad-billed roller, is protected with nest boxes hung on utility poles.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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