21211 ／ みのかもし
Gifu PrefectureThe map has a "Mt. Fuji" north of town.
Yamanoue Fuji, 357 m01 ／ Fossil forest park
Around the site of the Ota no Watashi river crossing on the Nakasendo, the bed of the Kiso River exposes strata about 19 million years old. A 1994 drought revealed about 400 upright fossil trunks; Hokkaido University and others examined 137 and identified 130 as Wataria, an extinct species related to obeche.
02 ／ Former Ota Waki-honjin Hayashi House
The Hayashi family served as village headman at Ota-juku and, in the late Edo period, ran its waki-honjin, an auxiliary inn for officials; the main house, gate, storehouses and retirement house are Important Cultural Properties. Banryu, who opened Mt. Yarigatake, also stayed at this waki-honjin in 1840. The retirement house is open to visitors; the main house is still a residence.
03 ／ Yoneda festival music
This rite is offered at Suwa Shrine in Shimoyoneda on the first Saturday and Sunday of April each year, and is a city-designated intangible folk cultural property. Two floats carrying flute, drum and tsuzumi players offer pieces such as the miya-bayashi, chigo-bayashi and o-byoshi-bayashi. Worshippers pull each float, one at a time, up to the shrine.
Living here
Located near the center of Gifu Prefecture's Mino region, the city was formed on April 1, 1954 (Showa 29) by the merger of Ota Town, Furui Town, Yamanoue Village and others. Its total area is 74.81 km². The gateway is Mino-Ota Station, where the limited express Hida stops, about a 10-minute walk from City Hall.
+2.4% since 2015
46,065 → 56,689
45.34km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.9 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JRおでかけネット（JR西日本）の区間時刻表『高山本線(名古屋／岐阜〜高山) 下り』（timetable.jr-odekake.net/line-timetable/2363）と『高山本線(高山〜岐阜／名古屋) 上り』（同 2364）の 2026-10-15（木）の表。特急ひだ1・3・5・7・9・11・13・15・17・19号（名古屋発）と、ひだ25号（大阪発）の美濃太田駅の着時刻を読んだ。運転日注意の欄は空。2026-10-16〜23の各日（土日を含む）の表でも、ひだ25号・ひだ36号〔大阪発着〕は毎日あることを確かめた (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
13.7km
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