About the Hoshitate Settlement

There is a Hoshitate Settlement on a flat land surrounded by mountains from north to east, rivers to the south, and the sea to the west.
You can see the scenery that was once everywhere in Mt Yae, such as a mansion surrounded by windbreaks, a row of Fukugi and Yarab trees and a stone wall of coral, everywhere you walk through the Hoshitate Settlement.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of birds, insects, or the wind.The tranquility unrelated to the hustle and bustle of the city spreads through.

Living by the sea, mountains, and rivers, which Hoshitate Settlement various blessings of nature depending on the season, is the basis of the current living in a Hoshitate Settlement.
Also, although little known, Iriomote Island is an island of rice culture.
At the same time as enjoying the bounty of nature, rice farming used to be the center of our lives.
Many of the traditional Shinto Hoshitate that have been passed down to the drylands have been built on the roots of rice cultivation.
Rice fields are still spreading around the village.

In the village continued for a long time among the Iriomote Island, 1605 years of Keicho Kenchi its name has been written Hoshitate has inherited a variety of traditional ones.
In the life of a village that has lived with nature, it is important to appreciate nature.
There are nine of God events in one year, especially the three major events Yuningai Festival, Honen Festival (harvest festival), Shichi Festival is not a large-scale to be a community center members full force.
"Shichi Festival", which is the largest Shinto ritual of the year, is designated as National Important Intangible Cultural Property.

The Hoshitate Settlement has been in continuous use for hundreds of years, is still a living place where about 100 people still live.
We hope that this life will continue for 100 years.
We ask for your consideration so that we can continue to live in peace.
For that purpose, we would like to ask those who visit the Hoshitate Settlement.

One of the proofs of continuous cotton and life is shown in the shop name.
The names of all the buildings of Irunty Futademura are the names of their houses.
The Irunty Futademura building is now under construction, but we would appreciate if you could feel that once there was also a living activity for people.

Event schedule for Reiwa 2(*Subject to change)