Miyako (Fukuoka)

Miyako (Japaneseみやこ 町, machi ) is a town in Miyako -gun in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka.

History

Miyako was born on 20 March 2006 from the merger of Machi Katsuyama, Saigawa and Toyotsu.

In Toyotsu remains were found from the Palaeolithic, the Jōmon, Yayoi and the Kofun period.

As found in Toyotsu remains of the buildings of the provincial administration ( Kokufu ) and a provincial temple, it is assumed that it was the capital of the province of Buzen.

After Ogasawara Tadanobu, the daimyo of the Han ( fief ) Kokura, Kokura Castle was burned down during the war with the Han Chōshū, he moved in 1866 the feudal seat until after Kawara and 1870 Toyotsu. With the abolition of the Han on August 29, 1871 Toyotsu became the capital of the short-lived Prefecture Toyotsu that worked in the prefecture Kokura already on 25 December of the same year.

1876 ​​Toyotsu was a battleground of the Akizuki Uprising, one of many uprisings shortly before abolished samurai caste against the government.

Traffic

  • Street: National Road 10 to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima
  • National Road 201, or to Fukuoka Kanda
  • National Road 496, according to Yukuhashi or Hita
  • National Road 500, according to Beppu or Tosu
  • Heichiku Tagawa - line, after Yukuhashi or Tagawa

Education

In Katsuyama district is home to the primary schools Isayama, Kubo and Kuroda, as well as the middle school Katsuyama.

In Toyotsu district is home to the primary schools Toyotsu, Setsumaru and Haraigō, the city - run middle school Toyotsu, and operated by the prefecture Ikutokukan - middle and high school, are summarized in the middle and high school.

In Saigawa district is home to the primary schools Saigawa, Kamitakaya, Yanase, Kii and Irahara, and the middle schools Saigawa and Irahara.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yoshida Masuzō (吉田 増 蔵, scholar; then still Katsuyama )
  • Hayama Yoshiki ( writer; then still Toyotsu )
  • Sakai Toshihiko (堺 利 彦, socialist thinkers, writers, then still Toyotsu )

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Kitakyushu
  • Yukuhashi
  • Chikujō
  • Kawara
  • Soeda
  • Aka
  • Nakatsu
List of towns in Japan Miyako District, Fukuoka Katsuyama (Fukuoka) Saigawa (Fukuoka) Toyotsu (Fukuoka) Paleolithic Buzen Province Kawara (Fukuoka) Abolition of the han system Kanda (Fukuoka) Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Hita, Ōita Beppu, Ōita Tagawa, Fukuoka Yoshiki Hayama Soeda (Fukuoka) Aka (Fukuoka) Nakatsu, Ōita Cities of Japan Asakura, Fukuoka Buzen, Fukuoka Chikushino, Fukuoka Dazaifu (Fukuoka) Fukutsu, Fukuoka Iizuka, Fukuoka Itoshima (Fukuoka) Kasuga, Fukuoka Koga (Fukuoka) Kurume, Fukuoka Miyama, Fukuoka Miyawaka, Fukuoka Munakata, Fukuoka Nakama, Fukuoka Ukiha, Fukuoka Yame, Fukuoka Yanagawa, Fukuoka Chikuzen (Fukuoka) Yoshitomi (Fukuoka) Nakagawa (Fukuoka) Kasuya (Fukuoka) Sue (Fukuoka) Umi (Fukuoka) Onga District, Fukuoka Ashiya (Fukuoka) Onga (Fukuoka) Fukuchi (Fukuoka) Kawasaki (Fukuoka)
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