21208 ／ みずなみし
Gifu PrefectureA pass-slope mound marks 91 ri to Edo.
Yasezawa Ichirizuka, Nakasendo01 ／ Oniiwa
Granite boulders spread across the Kani River area along the boundary between Hiyoshi-cho in Mizunami and Mitake Town. The site was designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument in January 1934. The city introduces a legend that a bandit called Seki no Taro made his home here and that the local lord is said to have put him down.
02 ／ Naruishi sites of Mizunami
A naruishi is a lump of clay that took up iron, stones and sand to form an outer shell. Most are a few centimeters to about 10 cm across, and the hills from Yamada-cho to Ori in Inatsu-cho are known as the main source. It was designated a Prefectural Natural Monument (seven sites) in 1960, and locally the stone is also called tsuchidogane.
03 ／ The great cedar of Okute
The sacred tree of Shinmei Shrine in Okute-cho, it was designated a city Natural Monument in 1955. The city describes it as the largest tree in the city, about 11 m around at eye level and over 40 m tall, but it fell in July 2020. The Edo-period writer Ota Nanpo also noted "a great cedar tree" in his travel diary. Part of the trunk is kept in the shrine grounds, and surveys found it was about 670 years old.
Living here
The city adopted city status in April 1954 and lies at the northeastern edge of the Nobi Plain. Nagoya and Gifu are each about 40 km away in a straight line, and the area is 174.86 km². The old Nakasendo road runs through the north of the city. The gateway is Mizunami Station on the JR Chuo Main Line, about a 20-minute walk from City Hall, or about 5 minutes by community bus.
−4.1% since 2015
42,003 → 37,150
52.43km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
9.4 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東海『駅の時刻表』PDF（2026年3月改正。名古屋駅の中央線下り・平日／土曜休日）の出発時刻と、Yahoo!乗換案内の経路検索（データは交通新聞社『JR時刻表』令和8年10月号）の到着時刻。市公式（瑞浪市移住・定住サイトの『名古屋までJR中央線で48分』／瑞浪市『瑞浪へのアクセスマップ』の『名古屋駅〜瑞浪駅 約55分』）は食い違うので採らず、時刻表の最速を採った。 (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
20.8km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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