Resort?
Fukutsu city, located between Fukuoka city and Kita-Kyushu city, is a small city where 55,000 people live. In 2005, Fukuma city and Tsuyazaki town was absorbed into the city. In the area where Fukuma city is located before, there is a Fukuma Station of JR line and you’ll also find residential suburb around the station. On the other hand, in the are where Tsuyazaki town is located before, rich natural environment has been preserved and you’ll see the beautiful beach where a sea turtle come and lay eggs, and the tideland where horseshoe crab king crab live, even though the city is close to Tenjin area. These facts mean that Tsuyazaki area will enable you to enjoy the features of both rural and urban area.
What's Tsuyazaki 1000gen?
Tsuyazaki has carried on its townscape and traditional houses, even though the numbers tends to be decreased. These features are not the same as the ones farm village has, which reminds you of good old days. The building and a chimney of Toyomura Shuzo, in the center of the area, are the symbol around there. Aino Ie, located next to Toyomura Shuzo, is always bustling with cheerful ladies. Other than these, there is a pharmacy, a shop selling a sea urchin, a fish store, green tea store, etc, which reminds you of 1960’s. Residents here still have the custom, kept by our ancestors, to share foods, like fishes, vegetables, soy sauce, which makes them comfortable to live. Treat visitors with heartfelt hospitality.
Film Sets?
Tsuyazaki Sengen is a village where once a salt pan was widely spread in Kyushu area, and one kinds of ship, called Isaba-Sen, went and came back many places, ranging from Setouchi area to Nagasaki city, exporting salts and importing many kinds of noted products of districts. “Sengen” means the rows of buildings and thrived before. There were many areas which had the name of “Sengen” but now just about 40 areas remain having the name, such as Seki Sengen in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, and Ashiya Sengen in Ashiya town, Fukuoka (researched by NPO Regional Exchange Center).
