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12225 ／きみつし

Kimitsu City

A castle town's wells flow 24 hours.

Kururi's self-flowing wells

Photo by Abasaa (Public domain)

01 ／ Kazusabori

A county record names a man surnamed Ikedaas Kazusabori's founder.

Kazusabori is a way of digging wells by hand with an iron pipe and bamboo strips, and a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. The city cites a county record naming a man surnamed Ikeda as its founder. A monument was put up in Koito in 1962.

Well-digging trade from 1817
Monument in Koito, 1962
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 2006

02 ／ Front gate

A thatched four-pillar gate,mostly in Zen style.

The front gate of Jinyaji leads to the guest hall. It is a thatched, gabled four-pillar gate and a national Important Cultural Property. Its main pillars are about 31 cm across, and it is thought to date from the Eisho era (1504-1520).

Thatched four-pillar gate
Main pillars about 31 cm across
Thought to date from 1504-1520

03 ／ Piano

After the factory closed, 18 instrumentswent to the city and were restored.

Piano in Kimitsu City — Photo by Mozzucu (CC BY 4.0)

Shinkichi Matsumoto was born in 1865 in what is now Kimitsu, and set up his piano factory in Yaehara. It closed in March 2007, and 18 pianos and organs were donated to the city by the third generation. The restored instruments are kept in the city's culture hall.

Matsumoto born in 1865
Factory closed March 2007
18 pianos and organs kept by the city

Kimitsu City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot October–November 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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Tokyo in 86 minutes at best on the JR Keiyo Line.

about 80,000 people
90 min to a city centre

From Tokyo, a rapid runs through from the Keiyo Line onto the Uchibo Line to Kimitsu Station with no change. The fastest daily train takes 84 minutes on weekdays and 86 on weekends and holidays; the slower figure is used (October 2026 timetable). City Hall is about a 10-minute walk from the station.

People living here: 82,206people
Area: 318.78km²
Households: 35,266households
Rent (average for rentals): 37,629yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 48 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —11 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.

Kimitsu City in Japan35.331°N 139.903°E

to TokyoJR Keiyo Line and Uchibo Line86min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610）の東京駅・京葉線（tt1039/1039070=平日・1039071=土休日）と総武線快速（1039080/1039081）の列車ページを、東京の発→君津の着で列車ごとに数えた（jr_count.py を全件表示に直したもの） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Kimitsu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

24.7km

Futtsu City, Kisarazu City, Kamogawa City, Ichihara City, Otaki Town

Kimitsu City isthis kind of town.

01In Kururi, rain falling on the Kiyosumi and Mitsuishi mountains seeps through the strata and wells up; the self-flowing wells run 24 hours a day and were chosen among the Heisei Famous Waters in 2008
02The Kazusabori technique is a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and a founding monument stands in Koito; a county record names a man surnamed Ikeda as its founder
03Jinyaji's front gate is a national Important Cultural Property, a four-pillar gate; Matsumoto Piano's factory closed in 2007 and 18 instruments were donated to the city

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kimitsu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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