Umi

Umi is a metropolis placed in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the city has an envisioned population of 37,663 and a density of 1,200 humans consistent with km². The overall vicinity is 30.22 km². The town has a river, the Umigawa, flowing through it, a massive Hachiman shrine and a small Protestant church. It additionally has some ancient burial mounds kofun. It is reputedly the birthplace of Emperor Ojin, an early Japanese emperor.

A railway became built in 1919 to facilitate the removal of coal, but this neighborhood enterprise led to 1963. The railway line changed into closed in 1985 and has been made into a pleasing semi-rural walkway. Umi nonetheless has every other JR line, the Kashii Line. Ban-dai sake is also made in Umi. The shrine is venerated as the legendary region where Empress Jingu adequately gave birth to the future Emperor Ojin, and remains patroned via those praying for secure childbirth and smooth baby rearing.