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23342 / とよやまちょう

Aichi Prefecture 西春日井郡

Toyoyama Town

Already in Emperor Kanmu-era records, the town says.

Hassho Shrine

Photo by Bariston (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 / Cast birth Buddha

A Kamakura-period birth Buddha,a cast figure 13.5 cm tall.

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Photo by Bariston (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Joan-ji Temple holds a standing cast birth Buddha 13.5 cm tall. Aichi Prefecture's Bunkazai Navi describes it as a representative cast Buddha of the Kamakura period, small yet clean in form. It is a prefectural designated cultural property, designated on 12 March 1954.

  • 13.5 cm tall
  • Kamakura period
  • Prefectural designation, 12 March 1954

02 / Kasane no Tsuitachi

A "Tengu-san" from the town's folktaleshas led the procession of those in unlucky years.

At the Kasane no Tsuitachi Yakuyoke ritual of Hassho Shrine, "Tengu-san", drawn from a local folktale, wears one-toothed geta clogs and leads the procession of people in their unlucky and celebratory years. The town records that kiyari work songs add colour to the day every year.

  • One-toothed geta
  • Procession of unlucky and celebratory years
  • Kiyari songs add colour

03 / Funeral scroll

28.7 cm by 949.2 cm,a scroll whose pictures unfold left to right.

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Photo by 円周率3パーセント (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The funeral picture scroll held by Enmei-ji Temple was made in Ansei 5 (1858) and measures 28.7 cm by 949.2 cm. It is a town-designated cultural property, and the town's guide calls it an unusual scroll whose pictures unfold from left to right.

  • Ansei 5 (1858)
  • 28.7 cm by 949.2 cm
  • Town-designated cultural property

Living here

No station; 17 minutes by bus from Nagoya Station.

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

There is no railway station in the town. A direct bus run by Aoi Kotsu from the front of Nagoya Station reaches a stop in the town in 17 minutes (every trip in its timetable takes 17 minutes; the return trip takes 29). The town's guide lists the Toyoyama Town Bus from Sakae to the town office at about 30 minutes.

People living here
15,613people
19952020

+2.9% since 2015

13,513 → 15,613

Area
6.18km²

6.18km² of it habitable

2024

Households
6,598households

2.4 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
55,495yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
0 hospitals / 8 clinics

5.1 per 10,000 people

2023

Almost entirely flat.Almost all of it is habitable land (100.0%)
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—3 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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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.

Toyoyama Town in Japan35.251°N 136.912°E
TokyoToyoyama Town
Toyoyama Town Office
豊山町役場2012
  • to NagoyaLocal bus17min

Travel times follow あおい交通『名古屋空港直行バス』の時刻表(https://aoi-komaki.jp/ の『名古屋駅空港線 時刻表』PDF〈令和8年4月21日改正・jikoku20260421.pdf〉と、お知らせ『ダイヤ改正(10/25~)のお知らせ』〈2026-10-11〉の時刻表)。名古屋駅前(ミッドランドスクエア前)発→三菱重工南着を数えた。時刻表に平日・土休日の区別は無い(1枚の表) (checked 2026-10-19). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Toyoyama Town
Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

3.2km

小牧市, 名古屋市, 春日井市, 北名古屋市

Toyoyama Town isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Hassho Shrine stands in Toyoba; the town writes that it is already in records of Emperor Kanmu's reign and is said to have been the tutelary shrine of the Mononobe clan, the pioneers of the area, and it has a town-designated pair of komainu in a style of the Muromachi period and traditions of kiyari songs and kagura
  2. 02The cast birth Buddha of Joan-ji Temple, 13.5 cm tall, is a prefectural designated cultural property of the Kamakura period, and Enmei-ji Temple has a funeral picture scroll of 1858, 949.2 cm long, designated by the town; the Yakushi hall of another temple is said to be the oldest building in the town
  3. 03At the Kasane no Tsuitachi ritual of Hassho Shrine, "Tengu-san", drawn from a local folktale, has led the procession on one-toothed geta; the town also has a 25 m camphor tree in a temple precinct and the Aotsuka burial mound at Fuji Shrine, thought to be the tomb of the ancestor of the Mononobe clan

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.