Inuyama City

Lush green grass became a place name.

Aotsuka Kofun, green-grass name

Photo by Alpsdake (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ishiage Festival

On a mountain with a height-rivalry legend,many votive stones remain.

At Omiya Sengen Shrine on Owarifuji, the Ishiage Festival is held every year on the first Sunday of August. In the Tenpo era of the Edo period, the shrine's deity is said to have appeared in a villager's dream, lamented that the mountain was lower than neighboring Mount Hongu, and promised to grant a wish if stones were piled on the summit. Boulders weighing several tons also remain on the mountain.

Every year on the first Sunday of August
Aichi Prefecture intangible folk cultural property
Boulders of several tons on the mountain

02 ／ Townhouse

A kimono merchant's shop, 3.5 ken wide,runs 8 ken deep.

The main building of the Former Isobe House was the home of a kimono merchant who traded under the shop name Kashiwaya from the Edo period and later turned to tea processing and sales. It is 3.5 ken wide and 8 ken deep. On the first floor, an earthen-floored passage runs along the south side behind the shop, with a Buddhist altar room and reception rooms to the north. The main house, rear parlor, storehouse, rear storehouse and storeroom are five Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan.

3.5 ken wide, 8 ken deep
Main house built in the Keio era
National registration, 2005

03 ／ Castle site

At what can be called Inuyama Castle's gateway,remains of a moat and earthworks were confirmed.

犬山城大手門桝形跡の発掘調査.jpg — Photo by 村国左近 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The site of the former welfare hall, part of the Otemon masugata (the square enclosure at the castle's main gate), was added to the national historic site Inuyama Castle Site on September 18, 2025. A 2021 excavation confirmed remains of large Edo-period moats and earthen ramparts that separated the castle's inside from its outside. The added area is 3,367.58 square meters.

Added September 18, 2025
Excavated in fiscal 2021
3,367.58 square meters

Living here

Nagoya is 26 minutes by Meitetsu rapid limited express.

about 70,000 people
30 min to a city centre

From Meitetsu-Nagoya Station, Inuyama Station is 26 minutes by Meitetsu rapid limited express. The city says about 25 minutes by rapid limited express or limited express. The Former Isobe House is about a 10-minute walk from Inuyama Station. For Aotsuka Kofun Historical Park, change to the Meitetsu Komaki Line and ride 7 minutes to Gakuden Station, then walk about 30 minutes.

People living here: 73,090people
Area: 74.9km²
Households: 29,453households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,065yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 48 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —15 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Inuyama City in Japan35.379°N 136.945°E

to NagoyaMeitetsu rapid limited express26min

Travel times follow 名古屋鉄道『路線別時刻表』（https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/train/timetable/index.html）の犬山線・各務原線のPDF4本（いずれも『2026年03月14日改正』）。市公式『旧磯部家住宅復原施設について』（更新令和5年4月12日）・『青塚古墳史跡公園』（更新令和6年7月24日）・『犬山市のすがた』（更新令和7年4月25日）が名鉄名古屋から約25分と書く (checked 2026-10-19). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Inuyama City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.4km

Aichi Prefecture: 小牧市, 大口町, 扶桑町, 春日井市
Gifu Prefecture: 可児市, 各務原市, 坂祝町, 多治見市

Inuyama City isthis kind of town.

01Aotsuka Kofun is a keyhole-shaped tumulus about 123 m long that the city describes as the second largest in Aichi Prefecture; it was covered with stones when built, and its lush green grass also became the origin of the place name
02The Owarifuji Ishiage Festival, in which stones are carried up a mountain said to have a height-rivalry legend, is held at Omiya Sengen Shrine on the first Sunday of August every year and is designated an intangible folk cultural property of Aichi Prefecture
03The city's list of cultural properties includes Inuyama Castle's keep as a National Treasure, Higashinomiya Kofun as a national historic site, the Hitotsubatago (fringe tree) natural habitat as a national natural monument, and the Kiso River as a place of scenic beauty

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Inuyama City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗