Mihama Town

Gabled dormers flank the entrance.

Former Noma Post Office

Photo by 松乃翠 (CC0)

01 ／ Yoshitomo's grave

Many wooden swords are stilloffered at Yoshitomo's grave.

At the grave of Minamoto no Yoshitomo in Omidoji Temple (Noma Daibo), where he is said to have left the words "If only I had a sword here," many wooden swords are still offered today. The temple grounds were designated a prefectural historic site in 1956.

Offerings of wooden swords
Prefectural Historic Site, 1956

02 ／ Nomazaki Lighthouse

A lighthouse of plain concretewith walls 0.92 m thick.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs' registration data dates this round lighthouse to Taisho 10 (1921). It is built of unreinforced concrete, 18 m high, with an outer diameter of 3.8 m at the base and walls 0.92 m thick. The agency describes it as a white lighthouse on a rocky reef with five floors inside; it was registered in 2022.

18 m high
Walls 0.92 m thick
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2022

03 ／ Unoyama

The designation text says the droppingsgathered there amounted to a large sum.

The National Natural Monument Unoyama Cormorant Breeding Ground lies in the hills and pond of Kaminoma. The 1934 designation text says cormorants nest in the pine treetops and breed every year from April to May, and that the droppings gathered there amount to a large sum. The managing body is Mihama Town.

Natural Monument, 1934
April to May
Managed by Mihama Town

Living here

50 minutes from Nagoya.

about 20,000 people
60 min to a city centre
Rural district town

By Meitetsu limited express, Kowa Station is 50 minutes at the fastest from Meitetsu-Nagoya Station (timetable; services that run every day). From Kowa Station, Mihama Town Office is about 10 minutes on foot to the west.

People living here: 22,496people
Area: 46.2km²
Households: 9,530households
Rent (average for rentals): 32,267yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 7 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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.

Mihama Town in Japan34.779°N 136.908°E

to NagoyaMeitetsu limited express50min

Travel times follow 名古屋鉄道『路線別時刻表』PDF（ダイヤ改正 2026-03-14）。常滑線・空港線・河和線・知多新線の平日（TA_W1）・土休日（TA_H1）の下り、上り（TA_W2〈2026-06-22 改訂〉・TA_H2）。町公式『美浜町役場へのアクセス』（特急で約45分）と突き合わせた (checked 2026-10-20). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Mihama Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

9.9km

南知多町, 武豊町, 常滑市

Mihama Town isthis kind of town.

01The former Noma Post Office is a Showa 6 (1931) wooden building, one storey with a partial second floor, in Western style: gabled dormer windows stand on the roof on either side of the entrance, and sash windows are set in horizontal-board walls. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2015, it is described by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as a landmark loved by the area
02On the grounds of Omidoji Temple (Noma Daibo) stands the grave of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, where many wooden swords are still offered. The grounds are a prefectural historic site, and the bell in the bell tower, inscribed Kencho 2 (1250), is a National Important Cultural Property
03In Kowa stood the residence of the Mizuno family, who served the Owari domain in the Edo period; the town records that the grounds covered about 5,000 tsubo and were called the Oyashiki. Town-designated properties also include the Onoura ship-shaped float (a sengoku-bune type) and the Ikkoyama sand-quarrying site in Futto, a historic site

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Mihama Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗