Kota Town

Buried in Fukozu, wherever they died.

Fukozu Matsudaira Cemetery

Photo by Asturio Cantabrio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Mausoleum hall

An inscription behind the frieze board shows the Shoeidowas built earlier than previously thought.

The town describes the Shoeido as a mausoleum building that Tadafusa, the 6th head of the Fukozu Matsudaira family, lords of Shimabara, built to enshrine his father Tadatoshi. A full dismantling repair began in Reiwa 4 (2022), and reassembly took place in fiscal Reiwa 7 (2025). Excavation of the platform confirmed a stone chamber inside it.

Mausoleum built by the 6th head Tadafusa for his father Tadatoshi
Full dismantling repair from Reiwa 4 (2022)
Stone chamber confirmed inside the platform

02 ／ Reclaimed land

The district where the town office stands is named Hishiike,the name of a pond reclaimed in the Meiji era.

The town's newsletter writes that Kinnosuke Kamino's reclamation of Hishiike in the Meiji era was inevitable for the southern Nukata-gun, a region that developed together with the pond. The local museum has an exhibit on the reclamation, and the Kota Kite Festival is held within the Hishiike reclaimed land.

Reclaimed in the Meiji era by Kinnosuke Kamino (town newsletter)
Reclamation exhibit at the local museum
Town office is in the Hishiike district

03 ／ Natural monument

A Fudegaki persimmon tree, 300 years old, stands in Kamimutsuguri,the representative of the town's Fudegaki trees.

A town-designated Natural Monument, the tree is recorded by the town as 300 years old. The town explains that Fudegaki grew wild at the foot of Mt. Sangane and had long been a household fruit in gardens. In the Showa era, Sumi, Kiriyama, Nagamine and other areas were developed as production districts, and terraced orchards now shape the local landscape.

Town-designated Natural Monument
300 years old (town)
Production districts developed in the Showa era: Sumi, Kiriyama, Nagamine

Living here

38 minutes from Nagoya by JR rapid.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

Koda Station on the JR Tokaido Line is 38 minutes from Nagoya Station by rapid service (the difference between the departure times at Nagoya and at Koda in the JR Odekake Net timetable for 21 to 25 October 2026; the slower of the fastest daily services on weekdays and on weekends and holidays). The town covers 56.72 km².

People living here: 42,449people
Area: 56.72km²
Households: 15,810households
Rent (average for rentals): 54,974yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 26 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Kota Town in Japan34.864°N 137.166°E

to NagoyaJR Tōkaidō Main Line38min

Travel times follow JRおでかけネット区間時刻表東海道本線（米原～浜松）https://timetable.jr-odekake.net/line-timetable/2244 の2026-10-21（水）・24（土）・25（日）。名古屋発→幸田発の時刻の差。平日は毎時31分発の快速（10:31→11:09 など）が38分、土休日は15:16・16:16・18:15発の新快速が36分でほかの快速は38分。 (checked 2026-10-20). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Kota Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

10.5km

西尾市, 岡崎市, 蒲郡市

Kota Town isthis kind of town.

01The Fukozu Matsudaira family cemetery of the lords of Shimabara, at Honko-ji Temple, is a nationally designated historic site (notified 18 March 2014). Heads of the family from the 5th, Tadatoshi, to the 19th, Tadaaki, were carried to Fukozu and buried there regardless of where they died, and the practice was handed down
02Hishiike is a pond that Kinnosuke Kamino reclaimed in the Meiji era. The town office is in the Hishiike district, the local museum introduces the reclamation in an exhibit, and the Kota Kite Festival is held within the Hishiike reclaimed land
03The Fudegaki persimmon is a local specialty said to be named for its brush-like shape. Mikawa Manzai is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (designated 1995), and the Kota Town Mikawa Manzai Preservation Society is one of its recognized preservation groups

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kota Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗