was a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in

Mizuma District is a Districts of Japan, district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003 statistics and counting the decrease in size and population due to the Kurume, Fukuoka, Kurume merger, the district has an estimated population of 14,305 and a p ...

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 13,772 and a

density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...

of 783.39 persons per km². The total area was 17.58 km². On February 5, 2005, Jōjima, along with the town of Kitano (from Mii District), the town of Mizuma (also from

), and the town of

Tanushimaru was a town located in Ukiha District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 21,204 and a density of 415.85 persons per km². The total area was 50.99 km². On February 5, 2005, Tanushimaru, along with t ...

(from Ukiha District), was merged into the expanded city of

Kurume is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 303,579 and a population density of 1,320 persons per km². The total area is 229.96 km². On February 5, 2005, the town of Kitano (from ...

and no longer exists as an independent

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Jojima has been famous for Japanese Sake blessed with rice from Chikugo plain and water from Chikugo river since Meiji Er

Every February, they celebrate the opening of a storehouse for the first time in the New Yea

External links

Jojima official website of Kurume
in Japanese (some English) Populated places disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in Japan Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Kurume {{Fukuoka-geo-stub