大川市｜福岡県美しいまちめぐりガイド

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Ookawa City

Kobo and Enokizu area

（福岡県大川市大字榎津４７１－１）

The Kobo and Enokizu districts, located on the southern edge of the central city center of Okawa City, are the border town between the former Yanagawa Domain and the former Kurume Domain, and have historical townscape scenery and town houses from the Edo period, including the former Yoshihara Family Residence, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, and the former Ogata Family Residence, a Fukuoka Prefecture designated Cultural Property. It is also the birthplace of the woodworking industry, the core industry of Okawa City, where the traditional lifestyle of craftsmen still remains.

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Place where photo was taken: 33.206785,130.3698

3 minutes walk from Nishitetsu Bus Higashimachi bus stop. 15 minutes by car from Yanagawa Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line. Parking lot: Approximately 10 spaces

Nearby tourist attractions

Former Yoshiwara Family Residence (0.5km)
Chikugo River Lift Bridge (1.0km)
Okawa City Seiriki Museum of Art (4.7km)

Nearby event information

Funanomiya Grand Festival (naked) (around February)
Spring Okawa Woodworking Festival (around April)

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