Tabuse Town

Locals began remaking a lost sumac wax.

Shukui's Japanese wax tree

Photo by TT mk2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Goi Kofun

Inside the burial chamber stands a shrineto the fire god Akiba-sama, still tended by locals.

This round tomb of the late 6th to early 7th century has a horizontal stone chamber with a single side passage. The shrine in the burial chamber is dedicated to the fire god "Akiba-sama" (秋葉様), and local people keep up its rites. Tomb No. 2, thought to be keyhole-shaped, adjoins it. Only Tomb No. 1 is open to visit freely, and the local museum has a half-scale model of the chamber.

Round tomb of the late 6th to early 7th century (prefectural historic site)
One of the larger stone-chamber tombs in the prefecture (local museum)
Only Tomb No. 1 is open to visit freely

02 ／ Kogyoji

An exclave ringed by Yanai, Hikari and Iwakuni,where locals protect the Gifu butterfly.

Kogyoji is an exclave of Tabuse surrounded by Yanai, Hikari and Iwakuni. About 2.4 km² of it is a town-designated natural monument for the Gifu butterfly (ギフチョウ); Sanyo-aoi grows wild and the satoyama environment has been kept up. The butterfly can be seen from early to late April.

About 2.4 km² designated a town natural monument
The Gifu butterfly is ranked Vulnerable nationally
Seen from early to late April

03 ／ Ohano Kanmai

A kagura dance known from an inscribed gong to exist by 1781is handed down in four districts.

This kagura is handed down in four districts of Ohano: the upper, middle and lower groups and the exclave of Kogyoji. Every 5 years it is performed in one of the districts, and every 10 years at Yahata Hachimangu Shrine (八幡八幡宮), where 14 pieces are performed at the grand festival. An inscription on the gong shows it existed by 1781.

Prefectural intangible folk cultural property (2000)
14 pieces performed at the grand festival
Gong inscribed "Tenmei 1" (1781)

Living here

50.42 km², with the Tabuse River running through the middle.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town measures 8 km east to west and 15.2 km north to south, with mountains in the northwest and a flat urban area in the center. Small streams from the hills join to form the Tabuse River, which runs through the middle of town and flows into the Seto Inland Sea to the south. The cherry trees along the river host the Tabuse Cherry Blossom Festival.

People living here: 14,483people
Area: 50.42km²
Households: 5,955households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 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 4 municipalities.

Tabuse Town in Japan33.955°N 132.041°E

Territory of Tabuse Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.2km

光市, 柳井市, 平生町, 岩国市

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

Tabuse Town isthis kind of town.

01In Tabuse, a Japanese wax tree in Shukui, said to be 240 years old, stands as a living witness to the wax of the Edo period's Bocho "four whites" (rice, salt, paper, wax), and residents have worked to recreate wax making.
02A shrine to a fire god is enshrined in the burial chamber of Goi Kofun, and the local museum displays finds from the tombs along with belongings of Kishi Nobusuke and Sato Eisaku. The Ojiri site in Shukui yielded the only ancient seal found in the prefecture.
03The Gifu butterfly can be seen in the exclave of Kogyoji, ringed by Yanai, Hikari and Iwakuni, and the island of Umashima floats offshore in the Seto Inland Sea.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tabuse Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗