TÅhÅ, Fukuoka
Toho (Japanese东峰 村, -mura ) is a village in the Asakura -gun in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
Toho is located in the southeast of Präfaktur Fukuoka at the intersection of Hiko - Kubote - Uplands (英 彦~求 菩 堤 山地) in the east to the Kosho - Homan - Bergland (古 处~宝 満 山地) in the west. North of the village lies the Chikuho Basin (筑 豊 盆地, Chikuho - banchi ) of the river Onga -gawa, southwest of the Chikugo - level (筑 后 平野, Chikugo - heiya ) of the Chikugo -gawa, and southeast of the Hita Basin (日 田 盆地, Hita - banchi ).
Within the area itself, there are only the Koishiwara Basin (小石 原 盆地, Koishiwara - banchi ) in the northwest as the only large open space. This is crossed by four rivers which unite at its southwest end to Koshiwara -gawa (小石 原 川). The remaining settlements are situated along the narrow valleys of the Ohi -gawa (大 肥 川) south of the level rises and its springing in the northeast tributary Hōshuyama -gawa (宝珠 山川), which combine both south on the municipality. This results in the 86 % of the municipal area mountain forests and meadows are.
The annual rainfall averages 2000 mm, compared to 300 mm in the plains of the prefecture, where are the big cities. In spite of the southern location ( about the same latitude as Crete) the winters are often snowy, while summers have temperatures of 25 ° C.
History
Toho was (小石 原 村, -mura ) and Hōshuyama (宝珠 山村, -mura ) founded on 28 March 2005 after the merger of the villages Koishiwara in Asakura -gun.
Koishiwara is known for its Koishiwara pottery (小石 原 焼, Koishiwara -yaki ) is known, which in turn have their origins in the Takatori pottery.
Traffic
- Roads: National Road 211
- National Road 500
- JR Hitahikosan - line
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Fukuoka Prefecture Asakura
- Kama
- Soeda
- Hita