Kasamatsu Town

A bell's inscription notes three moves.

Bell, Kotoku-ji Temple

Photo by Asturio Cantabrio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ferry landing site

To keep cart wheels from sinking in,the river port is thought to have been paved.

木曽川笠松渡舟場跡（石畳）.JPG — Photo by Onaonan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Gifu Prefecture writes that, because goods were loaded onto boats with handcarts at Kasamatsu port, a pavement of round stones is thought to have been laid so the wheels would not sink in. The surviving pavement is of mountain stone, rebuilt in 1878 (Meiji 11); excavation confirmed the continuation and end of the slope, and it was added to the designation in 2009.

Prefectural historic site, designated 1967
Surviving pavement rebuilt in 1878 (Meiji 11)
114 m total length (town)

02 ／ Magistrate's office site

The magistrate's office grounds were named Kenmachito mark the birthplace of Gifu's prefectural government.

In the Edo period there were four gundai magistrate's offices in Japan, and the town writes that the one at Kasamatsu handled flood control, trials and tax collection. In 1868 (Keio 4) part of Mino Province became Kasamatsu Prefecture, its prefectural office was placed on the site, and in 1871 it became Gifu Prefectural Office. The grounds were named Kenmachi.

One of four gundai offices in Japan (town)
1868: Kasamatsu Prefectural Office placed here
1871: became Gifu Prefectural Office

03 ／ Relay documents

Among the goods carried by Kasamatsu's transport officewere ayu-zushi offered to the shogun.

鮎鮓街道・笠松問屋跡.JPG — Photo by Onaonan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kasamatsu, a relay point on the Nagoya Road, got a person-and-horse transport office in 1617 (Genna 3). The town writes that ayu-zushi, sweetfish sushi, was carried from Gifu to Edo in five days, day and night. The relay documents of the Takashima Kyuemon family, who served as head of the office from the Tenpo era, are a town-designated old document.

1617: transport office established
Gifu to Edo in five days
Town-designated old document

Living here

24 minutes by limited express from Meitetsu Nagoya.

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

Kasamatsu Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line is 24 minutes from Meitetsu Nagoya by limited express (the fastest daily service in the timetable revised on 14 March 2026, on weekdays and on weekends and holidays alike). In the other direction, from Kasamatsu, the limited express takes 23 minutes. The town covers 10.30 km².

People living here: 22,208people
Area: 10.3km²
Households: 8,595households
Rent (average for rentals): 51,849yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 19 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.

Kasamatsu Town in Japan35.367°N 136.763°E

to NagoyaMeitetsu limited express24min

Travel times follow 名古屋鉄道『路線別時刻表』（https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/train/timetable/index.html）の名古屋本線PDF。平日〈豊橋→名鉄名古屋→名鉄岐阜〉kai_20260314_NH_W1.pdf（2026-06-22付け改訂）・平日〈名鉄岐阜→名鉄名古屋→豊橋〉20260314_NH_W2_1.pdf・土休日〈豊橋→名鉄名古屋→名鉄岐阜〉20260314_NH_H1_1.pdf・土休日〈名鉄岐阜→名鉄名古屋→豊橋〉20260314_NH_H2_1.pdf（いずれも『2026年03月14日改正』） (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kasamatsu Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.3km

Gifu Prefecture: 岐南町, 岐阜市, 各務原市, 羽島市
Aichi Prefecture: 一宮市

Kasamatsu Town isthis kind of town.

01The bell of Kotoku-ji Temple is a prefectural Important Cultural Property (designated 1965); its inscription records that it was cast in 1475 as a shrine's bell, passed through two other temples, and moved to Kotoku-ji in 1876
02Kasamatsu was a relay point for Kiso River water transport, and its stone pavement is a prefectural historic site at the old ferry landing; the town-designated site of the Kasamatsu magistrate's office, where the Mino gundai had its office, later held the Kasamatsu prefectural office, and the grounds were named Kenmachi
03The town-designated old documents of the ayu-zushi relay show how sweetfish sushi offered to the shogun was carried; the town also has the prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of the Kasamatsu yakko procession and the Basho dance, and the town-designated natural monument of the Kasamatsu meteorite

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kasamatsu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗