Tabira, Nagasaki

Tabira (田平町, Tabira-chō) was a town located in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,829 and a density of 226.21 persons per km². The total area was 34.61 km².

On October 1, 2005, Tabira, along with the town of Ikitsuki, and the village of Ōshima (all from Kitamatsuura District), was merged into the expanded city of Hirado.^[1]

• April 1, 1889—The villages of Tabira and Minamitabira were established.
• April 1, 1954—The villages of Tabira and Minamitabira village were merged and incorporated as the town of Tabira.
• October 1, 2005—Dissolved and merged with Hirado, Ikitsuki, and Ōshima into the expanded city of Hirado.

• Mountains: Mount Fukiage
• Islands: Yokoshima - uninhabited island off the coast of Kamata Harbor (inhabited until 1981).
• Rivers: Kubuki river
• Dams: Kubuki dam

• Matsuura
• Sasebo

Former Mayors

• Waseda Tsuguo (4/20/1954 - 4/19/1958)
• Kajikawa Zaiki (4/20/1958 - 4/19/1982)
• Inazawa Kenji (4/20/1982 - 4/19/1998)
• Yamasaki Yuuji (4/20/1998 - 9/30/2005)

• Tabira Kita Elementary School
• Tabira Higashi Elementary School
• Tabira minami Elementary School
• Tabira Middle School ja:平戸市立田平中学校
• Nagasaki Pref. Kitamatsuura Agricultural Senior High School ja:長崎県立北松農業高等学校

Nearest airport within Nagasaki Prefecture is Nagasaki Airport in Ōmura.

• Nishi-Kyūshū Line
  • Main station: Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station
  • Other stations in town: Higashi-Tabira Station - Naka-Tabira Station ja:中田平駅 - Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station - Nishi-Tabira Station

No express ways

• Nearest interchange is the Nishi-Kyūshū Expressway ja:西九州自動車道 - Ainoura Nakazato Interchange ja:相浦中里インターチェンジ.

• Hirado Bridge (free of charge since April 1, 2010)

• Japan National Route 204
  • Roadside Station: Hometown of the Insects - Tabira [1]
• Japan National Route 383

Nagasaki Prefectural Road 221 Iyoshi Tabira Harbor Line ja:長崎県道221号以善田平港線

The town’s top attraction is Tabira Insect Park. ja:たびら昆虫自然園 [1]

Other attractions include

• Satoda Historic Ruins ja:里田原遺跡
• Tabira Chapel ja:田平天主堂
• Tabira Park
• Hirado Bridge