Ono Town

A platform no train visits, in a park.

Former Kurono Station, Rail Park

Photo by 水瀬悠志 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Torii-date framing

The posts and beams are joinedlike a shrine gate.

The main house of the Makimura House, an Important Cultural Property designated on 3 February 1979, has a framework called torii-date, named because the way posts and beams are assembled inside the main roof resembles a shrine gate. It is seen in three places. A dismantling survey was carried out in 1981, and in March 1982 the house was restored to its original form.

Important Cultural Property (designated 3 Feb 1979)
Torii-date framing in 3 places
March 1982: restored to original form

02 ／ Tomb cluster

West of No hamlet, tombs from the mid-5thto early 6th century stand close together.

The No Kofun group was built from the mid-5th to the early 6th century, and 14 tombs are designated a National Historic Site. Nine remain today, and eight that had been leveled were confirmed by excavation. Tomb No. 1, Motare Kofun, is a scallop-shaped keyhole tomb about 54 m long on its main axis.

National Historic Site (designated 10 Jul 1957)
14 designated, 9 remain
Motare Kofun: about 54 m long

03 ／ Garden

The Former Kitaokada garden drops 5.5 mfrom the top of its hill to the pond floor.

The garden of the Former Kitaokada House was laid out from 1911 to 1913. Several hundred garden stones, over 150 trees and 16 stone lanterns are arranged around the pond. The garden, front gate and wall are a Town Historic Site, and the main house is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Hill top to pond floor: 5.5 m
16 stone lanterns
Garden, gate and wall: Town Historic Site (designated 20 Oct 2003)

Living here

No station; 65 minutes by highway bus from Nagoya.

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

There is no railway station in the town. By fastest bus it takes 65 minutes from Nagoya Station to the town's roadside station on a highway bus, 55 minutes from JR Gifu Station to Ono Bus Center on a Gifu Bus, and 28 minutes from the north exit of Ogaki Station to the same bus center on a Meihan Kintetsu Bus (fastest daily service). The town lists persimmons and roses (seedlings) among its specialty products.

People living here: 22,041people
Area: 34.2km²
Households: 7,547households
Rent (average for rentals): 46,266yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 13 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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.

Ono Town in Japan35.471°N 136.628°E

to NagoyaHighway bus65min
to GifuLocal bus55min
to OgakiLocal bus28min

Travel times follow 名阪近鉄バス公式『にしみのライナー』（https://www.mkb.co.jp/nishiminoliner/。Last-Modified 2026-09-30、ページ末尾に『2026年4月1日現在』）の時刻表／岐阜バス公式『路線別時刻表』の大野忠節線・モレラ忠節線（2610_oono-malera.pdf。2026年10月1日改正。Last-Modified 2026-09-24）／名阪近鉄バス公式『路線名検索』の大垣大野線（ogakioono1_1.pdf・1_2.pdf・2_1.pdf・2_2.pdf。2026年10月1日改正。Last-Modified 2026-09-30） (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Ono Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.8km

揖斐川町, 本巣市, 神戸町, 瑞穂市, 池田町

Ono Town isthis kind of town.

01The Former Kurono Station is the site of a station on a closed Nagoya Railroad line; the town has developed it since April 2013 as a park (Kurono Station Rail Park), where the platform and rails remain and the station building is a museum restored to keep the look of the time, and it is designated a Town Historic Site
02The Makimura House is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, a farmhouse with torii-date framing, and the No Kofun group, built from the mid-5th to the early 6th century, has 14 tombs designated a National Historic Site
03The Former Kitaokada House has a garden, gate and wall that are a Town Historic Site and a main house that is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the town also has the National Treasure set of five guardian-king paintings (Godaison) in colors on silk belonging to Kiburi-ji Temple, deposited with the Nara National Museum

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ono Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗