Kudamatsu City

The 5th pine of a star legend stands.

Kanae no Matsu, Kanawa Shrine

01 ／ Tennomori Tumulus

Its sword-shaped haniwa closely resemblefinds from Imashirozuka, said to be a royal tomb.

A 45 m keyhole-shaped tumulus, thought to date from the first half of the 6th century. The restored sword-shaped haniwa stands about 120 cm tall. The quiver-shaped haniwa are the first found in the prefecture, and are said to be strikingly similar to examples from the kiln site that supplied Imashirozuka Tumulus, identified as the tomb of Emperor Keitai.

Thought to date from the first half of the 6th century; city-designated historic site
Quiver-shaped haniwa are a prefectural first (city release)
Shield, quiver and cylindrical haniwa on display at Starpia Kudamatsu (as of Sept. 2026)

02 ／ Hanaoka's Pagoda and Great Sword

In Hanaoka, a post town on the old Sanyo Road,a treasure pagoda and a 345.5 cm great sword.

閼伽井坊山門.jpg — Photo by Poren Chiang (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The treasure pagoda (tahoto) of Akaibo temple is 13 m tall and a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. The Haja no Ontachi at Hanaoka Hachimangu has a 345.5 cm blade and weighs 75 kg; it was dedicated in 1859. A votive painting (ema) from 1797 depicts a festival procession of the time.

Pagoda designated an Important Cultural Property in 1907
Said to be one of 16 pagodas built by Fujiwara no Kamatari, but estimated to date from the mid-to-late Muromachi period
Sword is city-designated No. 1 and normally closed to the public (shown at the Inaho Festival on Nov. 3, etc.)

03 ／ Fukaura Kangen Festival

On the night of the 17th day of the 6th lunar month,a lantern-lit boat heads for the sea shrine.

From Fukaura Pier on Kasado Island, a sailing boat hung with fifty-odd lanterns sets out. It pays respects to the Myojin shrine standing in the sea, then circles Kasado Bay as far as the Ojo lodge, praying for safety at sea. It is held on the 17th day of the 6th lunar month each year, and took place in 2025 as well.

Every year on the 17th day of the 6th lunar month
Fifty-odd lanterns on the boat
Circles Kasado Bay from Fukaura Pier to the Ojo lodge

Living here

89.34 km², with Kasado Island, Hanaoka and Yonegawa all in it.

about 60,000 people

Kudamatsu lies in southeastern Yamaguchi on the Seto Inland Sea. It borders Hikari and Shunan to the east, and Shunan to the north and west. The circumference of Kasado Island is 36 km. The city was founded in 1939 by merging Kudamatsu Town with Hanaoka, Kubo and Suetake-minami villages, and took in Yonegawa Village in 1954.

People living here: 55,887people
Area: 89.34km²
Households: 24,718households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,930yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 47 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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 2 municipalities.

Kudamatsu City in Japan34.015°N 131.870°E

Territory of Kudamatsu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.6km

周南市, 光市

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

Kudamatsu City isthis kind of town.

01At Kanawa Shrine in Kudamatsu stands the fifth generation of the "Kanae no Matsu" pine, said to be where a star fell. The city says that in the reign of Empress Suiko a great star fell on a pine, and that this became "Furimatsu" and then "Kudamatsu".
02Kudamatsu Shrine (降松神社) in Kochi enshrines the star deity and holds a star festival at Setsubun. The sword-shaped haniwa of Tennomori Tumulus closely resemble finds from Imashirozuka Tumulus, said to be a royal tomb.
03Hanaoka has Akaibo's treasure pagoda, an Important Cultural Property, and Hanaoka Hachimangu keeps the Haja no Ontachi with its 345.5 cm blade. On Kasado Island's Fukaura, a lantern-lit boat circles the bay on the 17th day of the 6th lunar month in the Kangen Festival.

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

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