Oguchi Town

Saplings a village head bought himself became the Gojo cherries.

Gojo cherries, Shamoto Etsuro

Photo by Tomio344456 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Tokurin-ji gate

The first black gate of Inuyama Castlewas moved here as Tokurin-ji's main gate in 1876.

The main gate of Tokurin-ji is the first black gate of Inuyama Castle, moved here in 1876 (Meiji 9), and is of the yakui-mon type. The middle gate is thought to date from 1475, judging by an inscription on a timber. The middle gate was designated a town cultural property in 1973 and the main gate in 1985.

Moved in 1876
Middle gate thought to date from 1475
Main gate: town-designated in 1985

02 ／ Horio Yoshiharu's residence site

West of the site said to be Horio Yoshiharu's residence,a moat thought to date from the Sengoku period was found.

The grounds of a shrine here are said to have been the residence site of the Horio clan, including Horio Yoshiharu. In 2009 (Heisei 21), a dig ahead of prefectural road construction 100 m west of the shrine confirmed a moat about 5 m wide, dated to the Sengoku period, and a group of post-set building remains.

Excavated in 2009
Moat about 5 m wide
Memorial stone raised in 1915 in the grounds

03 ／ Sweating Jizo

The temple tells that it shed sweat one New Year,a cast-iron Jizo at Chosho-ji.

The cast-iron standing Jizo Bosatsu at Chosho-ji is popularly called the Sweating Jizo. It stands 97.4 cm tall, was made in front and back molds joined together, and has no hollow inside, so it is very heavy. The temple tradition says it shed sweat in the New Year after the temple's founding. The work is dated to the late sixteenth century.

97.4 cm tall
Temple tradition: sweat the New Year after founding
Dated to the late 16th century

Living here

5 minutes by town bus from Kashiwamori Station.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. From Kashiwamori Station (in Fuso Town) on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line, the Oguchi community bus's main route reaches Oguchi Town Office in 5 minutes. The daily buses do not run from December 29 to January 3 (timetable as of June 1, 2026).

People living here: 24,305people
Area: 13.61km²
Households: 9,150households
Rent (average for rentals): 40,851yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 17 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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.

Oguchi Town in Japan35.333°N 136.908°E

to KashiwamoriLocal bus5min

Travel times follow 町公式『大口町コミュニティバス時刻表・乗り換え検索』（https://www.town.oguchi.lg.jp/2289.htm。更新 2026-06-02。『令和8年6月1日現在』の時刻表）の基幹ルート時刻表PDF（https://www.town.oguchi.lg.jp/secure/16723/基幹ルート.pdf）。『毎日運行便（12/29〜1/3は運休）』の柏森駅（発）→大口町役場の列 (checked 2026-10-19). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Oguchi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

6.3km

小牧市, 犬山市, 扶桑町, 江南市

Oguchi Town isthis kind of town.

01In 1952 the village head Shamoto Etsuro bought Somei-yoshino saplings with his own money, to bring the village together and give it a place of rest, and called on villagers to plant them on the Gojo River embankment. The saplings grew, and the Gojo River came to be called a cherry-blossom spot
02The main gate of Tokurin-ji is the first black gate of Inuyama Castle, moved here, and west of a shrine said to stand on the Horio Yoshiharu residence site, a moat thought to date from the Sengoku period was found
03The cast-iron Jizo at Chosho-ji is the Sweating Jizo, which the temple tradition says shed sweat. The town also has other cultural properties, such as the ceramic guardian dogs of Yono Shrine and the Nishonno site

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Oguchi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗