Kaijima Coal Mine

Japanese: 貝島炭鉱 - かいじまたんこう
Kaijima Coal Mine

...The town's name is said to come from "Kanda" (Kanda) when it became the sacred land of Munakata Shrine during the Karoku era (1225-27). Coal mining began at Kaijima Coal Mine in 1884, and in 1902 the Kyushu Railway (JR Miyata Line, abolished in 1989) opened from Katsuno Station on the Chikuho Main Line, and the town developed into one of the largest coal mining towns in the Chikuho coalfield. In 1955, the town had the largest population in Japan (55,000 people), but due to the coal rationalization policy, coal mines were closed one after another, and the population was halved. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to Kaijima Coal Mine is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…町名は嘉禄年間(1225‐27)に宗像(むなかた)神社の神領となったときの〈神田〉に由来するという。1884年貝島炭鉱による石炭採掘が始まり,1902年には筑豊本線勝野駅から九州鉄道(JR宮田線,1989廃止)が開通して,筑豊炭田有数の大炭鉱町に発展した。1955年には町としては日本最大の人口(5.5万人)を擁したが,石炭合理化政策によって炭鉱は相次いで閉山し,人口は半減した。…

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