Kani City

A shard revealed where Shino was made.

Zuien Monument, Mutabora kiln

Photo by 先従隗始 (CC0)

01 ／ Mino-Kaneyama Castle

In the Edo period the site became tomeyama,and it still shows how the castle was demolished.

The castle stands on Mt. Kojo on the left bank of the Kiso River. Stone walls surround the main enclosure at the summit, 276 m above sea level. The castle is said to have been partly demolished in 1601, a step called hajo, and the city says it stayed almost unaltered for about 400 years. It became a National Historic Site in 2013.

Main enclosure at 276 m
Said to be demolished in 1601
National Historic Site, 2013

02 ／ Jirobeezuka

A two-tiered square tomb mound of river stones,with three stone chambers.

Jirobeezuka Kofun No. 1 is built in two tiers, about 30 m on a side and about 7 m high, and is thought to date from the early 7th century. The mound is covered with river stones, and its three horizontal-entry stone chambers have a main chamber flanked by side chambers. The main chamber is 15.5 m long. The mound became a Gifu Prefecture Historic Site in 1995.

About 30 m on a side, about 7 m high
Three stone chambers
Prefectural Historic Site, 1995

03 ／ Baby Book

A book said to be the root of the Maternal and Child Health Handbookwas edited by a woman from Kukuri.

Baby Book, published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in 1933, let parents record a child's growth and held childcare advice too; it went through five printings in under two years. The city introduces it as said to be the origin of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook. Ebi Kinuko, who worked on its editing, was from Kukuri.

Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, 1933
Five printings in under two years
From Kukuri

Living here

The Kiso River to the north, the Kani River through the middle. Nagoya is 68 minutes by highway bus.

about 100,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The Kiso River flows along the northern edge of the city and the Kani River runs east to west through its middle. In May 2005 the city merged with Kaneyama Town, and its population passed 100,000. A highway bus from Meitetsu Bus Center in Nagoya reaches the Sakuragaoka 1-chome stop in 68 minutes (65 minutes the other way). From Kani Station, the gateway, it is about a 10-minute walk to City Hall.

People living here: 99,968people
Area: 87.57km²
Households: 39,996households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,290yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 66 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-05-01 に編入合併（兼山町）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

Kani City in Japan35.426°N 137.061°E

to NagoyaHighway bus68min

Travel times follow 名鉄バス『高速バス多治見・可児（名古屋・多治見線）』のページ（https://www.meitetsu-bus.co.jp/express/tajimi）の時刻表の画像〔平日用・土曜休日用。『2026年4月1日改正』〕。東濃鉄道（東鉄バス）の単独運行便が多く、名鉄バスは『名鉄』と書かれた1便〔平日10:21桜ヶ丘1丁目発〕。名古屋は名鉄バスセンター（名古屋駅）を起点に、町内の停留所の着時刻から分数を出した (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kani City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.1km

Gifu Prefecture: 御嵩町, 多治見市, 美濃加茂市, 八百津町, 土岐市, 坂祝町
Aichi Prefecture: 犬山市

Kani City isthis kind of town.

01The Zuien Monument stands at the Mutabora kiln site in Kukuri-Ogaya, where Arakawa Toyozo found a Shino shard with a bamboo-shoot design in 1930; Shino and other Momoyama ware had been called Seto ware, and the city says the find showed Kani to be the production site
02Mino-Kaneyama Castle on Mt. Kojo in Kaneyama is said to have been demolished in 1601 and became a National Historic Site in 2013; the national commentary says tomeyama status in the Edo period left it little altered and it keeps the look of its demolition
03Jirobeezuka Kofun No. 1 in Kawai, a square mound about 30 m on a side covered with river stones, became a prefectural historic site in 1995; the city introduces Baby Book, edited by Ebi Kinuko of Kukuri, as said to be the origin of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kani City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗