12223 ／ かもがわし
Chiba PrefectureAbout 370 plots are still farmed.
Oyama Senmaida, Pref. scenic site01 ／ Fudo Hall
Fudo Hall at Oyamaji Temple on Mt. Takakura is a five-bay hall rebuilt with the shrine of its predecessor kept in place, and it was completed in 1802. The shrine dates from 1699. On its front, a dragon transom was carved by Nami no Iha, a Kamogawa-born carpenter-carver. It is an Important Cultural Property.
02 ／ Great cedar
In front of the Niomon gate of Seichoji Temple stands a great cedar about 47 m tall, with a trunk about 14 m around. The city says its age is unknown, and local people have long called it the Thousand-Year Cedar and protected it. A hollow on the east side serves as a small shrine. It is a National Natural Monument.
03 ／ Pillow lava
The Kamogawa Pillow Lava is a Prefectural Natural Monument at Futomi Dodoki, owned by Chiba Prefecture. The Geological Survey of Japan introduces it as a pillow lava block in the Mineoka Group (Mineoka tectonic zone). Pillow lava is a form often made by undersea volcanoes.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot July–August 2024)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
Awa-Kamogawa Station is 111 minutes from Tokyo Station by the Limited Express Wakashio. In the JR East timetable (October 2026 edition), the fastest daily service is No. 9, leaving Tokyo at 14:00 and arriving at 15:51. A limited express fee is charged separately. The Axy express bus from Tokyo Yaesu takes 122 minutes at the fastest.
−5.4% since 2015
36,475 → 32,116
64.38km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.5 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-02-11 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（蘇我駅『外房線 下り』の平日 0920030 と土曜・休日 0920031 の列車ページ）。東京の発と安房鴨川の着の差を docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（『毎日』の絞りは自分で足した）で数え、運転日の注記（運転日の行）の無い列車だけを採った。時刻表は 2610 版（JR時刻表2026年10月号）。https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/timetable/tt0920/0920030.html ほか。2026-10-22 取得。高速バスは日東交通『鴨川東京線（アクシー号）時刻表』PDF（2026年5月16日改正） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
15.8km
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