Kawanabe District, Kagoshima

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Kawanabe (川辺郡 Kawanabe-gun) was a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 28,788 and a total area of 247.54 km².

The day before the dissolution on November 30, 2007, the district had two towns:

On December 1, 2007, the towns of Chiran and Kawanabe, along with the town of Ei (from Ibusuki District), were merged to create the city of Minamikyūshū. Kawanabe District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Traveling in Kawanabe

Prefecture road 16 is in front of Kawanabe high school. It joins national highway 225. Highway 225 continues straight to Kagoshima city. It is about 53 km from Kawanabe. If you take this road, you can find a rest facility named Kawanabe Yasuragi no Sato(川辺やすらぎの郷) You can use it at any time except January 1. There are rest rooms an restaurants. If you go to Kagoshima city by car,please stop there to rest.

Kawanabe High School

Kawanabe high school is located at the center of the city. It has about 450 students. Many of the students choose to enter university. One of the characteristics of this school is the spirit of "Jingaryo". "Jingaryo" is the name of the hill in the school. Many school events are named after this spirit. For example,at the school festival called "Jingaryo festival",students make some exhibitions related to school history. Graduates are proud of this spirit well after they leave school. Each year of graduates plants a tree and plaque to commemorate their time at Kawanabe. In school there are some clubs and students are eager to do various activities. For example, there is a symphonic band in the school. It has about 50 members. It got gold prizes 13 times continuously in Kagoshima prefectural contest. In 2010, saxphone four players got gold prlze in an ensemble contest in Kagoshima.

Nature in Kawanabe

Kawanabe has great nature. For example, a part of Kawabe, Kiyomizu, is famous for water and fireflies. Many people come to Kawanabe to get this clear and refreshing water In May, there are many fireflies. The scene is very fantastic. And at night, we can see a clear, beautiful starry sky. Kawanabe is also famous for agriculture. There are many farms, fields, and rice fields. So food tastes good. Chiran's(the town next to Kawanabe) green tea is famous too. We can see the change of the seasons through this nature . In spring there are many beautiful cherrytrees in Suwa park and Iwaya park, etc.

Life in Kawanabe

People in Kawanabe always separate garbage before they dump it,even what it is small. For example,they separate combustible garbage,in combustible garbage,plastic garbage,empty cans and empty bottles. So students in Kawanabe high school also separate garbage in their school days. Also in Kawanabe,the bricks used to make the sidewalk are made from the ash of burned garbage. Kawanabe is an environmentally friendly city.

Buddhism in Kawanabe

In the middle of the Kamakura period, family Buddhist altars became popular. They are called 仏壇 (butsudan) in Japanese. Early in the nineteenth century, these Buddhist altars the industry of making these altars started and became popular later. Today, it has become the base of Kawanabe Buddhist altar industry. Now there are many shops which sell Kawanabe Buddhist altars in Kawanabe.

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