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06321 ／かほくちょう

Yamagata Prefecture 西村山郡

Kahoku Town

A storehouse for a seal letter received.

Goshuin-gura, Horigome family

Photo by 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Bugaku

Ten bugaku dances are passed downin the Hayashi family of Yachi Hachimangu.

Bugaku in Kahoku Town — Photo by Towacoco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This bugaku has been handed down in the Hayashi family, who serve as priests at Yachi Hachimangu, and is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. All ten pieces, including Embu, Santai and Sanju, are passed down in the Hayashi family. When a Hayashi heir turns 13, he is said to dance Embu for the first time.

Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (1981)
Ten pieces in the repertoire
Heir is said to dance Embu first at 13

02 ／ Market

A market on the 2nd of the third lunar monthcame to be called the festival market.

According to the town, some 500 years ago Yachi held 18 markets a month. The one opened by the castle lord on the 2nd day of the third lunar month fell on the Doll Festival, and was later called the Sekku Market and Ohina Market. Today it is held in early April.

Market on the 2nd of the third lunar month
Opened by the castle lord, says the town
Held in early April

03 ／ Storehouse

The Musha-gura was built in 1853and later served as an armory for the farmer militia.

The Benibana Museum stands on the site of the residence of a wealthy merchant of the Horigome family. The Musha-gura was built in 1853. From 1863 to 1868 it served as an armory for a farmer militia organized by order of the shogunate, and held seven cannons among other arms.

Built in 1853
Armory for the farmer militia, 1863-68
Held seven cannons and other arms

Kahoku Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot July 2021)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

No railway station; 15 minutes by taxi from Sagae Station.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town's access guide lists about 25 minutes from Yamagata Station to Sagae Station, then 15 minutes by taxi or 20 minutes by bus to Kahoku Town. From Sakuranbo-Higashine Station it is also 15 minutes by taxi or 20 minutes by bus.

People living here: 17,641people
Area: 52.45km²
Households: 5,929households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,817yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 21 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 4 municipalities.

Kahoku Town in Japan38.426°N 140.314°E

Territory of Kahoku Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

10.9km

Sagae City, Higashine City, Murayama City, Tendo City

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

Kahoku Town isthis kind of town.

01The Goshuin-gura is a storehouse at the Benibana Museum, built in 1863 to hold a seal letter received from a shrine in a nearby village. It is a town-designated tangible cultural property (building)
02Hayashi-ke Bugaku, kept by the Hayashi family of Yachi Hachimangu, is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. In Yachi, a market opened by the castle lord on the 2nd of the third lunar month fell on the Doll Festival and came to be called the festival market
03The Musha-gura at the Benibana Museum was built in 1853 and later used as an armory for the farmer militia. There is no railway station in town; it is 15 minutes by taxi or 20 minutes by bus from Sagae Station

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kahoku Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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