Seki City

A square tomb with bare chamber stones.

Ikejiri Otsuka Kofun

Photo by 先従隗始 (CC0)

01 ／ Noh stage

Swordsmiths enshrined their Kasuga godand built a Noh stage in the precinct.

In 1288, the city says, the Seki swordsmiths invited the Kasuga Daimyojin of Nara to be their guardian deity. When Noh became popular in the capital in the Muromachi period, they built a Noh stage in the precinct. The present stage dates from the Edo period and is designated by the city; the Noh and kyogen masks are Important Cultural Properties.

Kasuga deity invited, 1288
Noh stage: Edo period, city-designated
Noh and kyogen masks: Important Cultural Property

02 ／ Tahoto pagoda

The pagoda said to be built by Hojo Masakois dated to the late Kamakura period.

The tahoto pagoda of Nichiryubuji Temple is an Important Cultural Property, a three-bay structure with a cypress-bark roof. The city relays the tradition that Hojo Masako built it in the Kamakura period; the Agency for Cultural Affairs database dates it to 1275-1332. The main hall, built in 1670, has a stage-style front.

Important Cultural Property
Late Kamakura (1275-1332)
Main hall built in 1670

03 ／ Enku

Enku, who took over an abandoned temple,entered final meditation by the Nagara River.

In his later years Enku revived the long-abandoned Miroku-ji in Ikejiri as his own temple. In 1695, the city says, he entered nyujo, a final meditation, on the bank of the Nagara River, ending his 64-year life. The mound is a prefectural historic site (designated 1973); his grave and the Seki City Enku Museum are nearby.

Entered nyujo, 1695
Prefectural historic site, 1973
About 290 Enku statues in the city

Living here

From Nagoya, 59 minutes by highway bus at the fastest.

about 90,000 people
60 min to a city centre

From Meitetsu Bus Center in Nagoya to Seki City Terminal, a Gifu Bus highway bus takes 59 minutes at the fastest. The 59-minute runs leave in the evening; the other runs take 82 minutes. The station nearest the city hall is Seki-shiyakusho-mae on the Nagaragawa Railway, the first one the city's access guide lists.

People living here: 85,283people
Area: 472.33km²
Households: 33,438households
Rent (average for rentals): 39,610yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 70 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-02-07 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —19 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.

Seki City in Japan35.496°N 136.918°E

to NagoyaHighway bus59min

Travel times follow 岐阜乗合自動車（岐阜バス）の高速バス『名古屋関美濃線』の時刻表（2026年4月1日改正の公式PDF 2604_tt-nagoya.pdf）。名鉄バスセンター発・関シティターミナル着。予約不要の定期便 (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 12 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Seki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

42.5km

Gifu Prefecture: 美濃市, 郡上市, 山県市, 岐阜市, 七宗町, 下呂市, 美濃加茂市, 富加町, 本巣市, 各務原市, 坂祝町
Fukui Prefecture: 大野市

Seki City isthis kind of town.

01Ikejiri Otsuka Kofun is a large square tomb built at the foot of a spur of Mount Ikejiri, one of the sites of the national historic site Sites of Mirokuji Local Government Offices. Thought to be the tomb of the ancestors of the Mugetsu clan, who ruled ancient Mugi District, it is also called the Mino Ishibutai Kofun by the city, because the stones of its chamber are exposed
02Kasuga Shrine is the guardian shrine of the Seki swordsmiths, who invited the Kasuga Daimyojin of Nara. Its Noh stage dates from the Edo period and is city-designated, and its Noh and kyogen masks are Important Cultural Properties. The city says swordsmithing in Seki began in the Kamakura period
03The tahoto pagoda of Nichiryubuji Temple, an Important Cultural Property, carries a tradition that Hojo Masako built it. In his later years Enku made Miroku-ji in Ikejiri his own temple and entered nyujo on the bank of the Nagara River in 1695; his mound is a prefectural historic site

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

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