Tarui Town

Strategist's son's gate and walls stand.

Takenaka Clan Jinya Site, Tarui

Photo by Monami (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Tarui no Izumi

An 11th-century poem on the spring,by the governor of Mino Province, survives.

A clear spring and a Gifu Prefectural Historic Site. A poem on the spring by Fujiwara no Takatsune, governor of Mino Province in the 11th century, has been handed down. The tourist association says the name Tarui is said to have come from here.

Prefectural Historic Site, August 6, 1968
One of Gifu Prefecture's 50 selected waters
11th-century poem

02 ／ Tarui Oiwake signpost

A stone inscribed "From here, right is the Tokaidoand Ogaki road; left, the Kiso road to Tanigumi."

A natural-stone signpost put up in 1709 (Hoei 6) by the toiya (post-station official) of Tarui-juku at the fork of the Nakasendo and the Minoji. It is a Town Historic Site. The Minoji was a side road linking Tarui-juku to Miya-juku on the Tokaido.

Town Historic Site, April 8, 1987
Erected 1709 (Hoei 6)
Natural-stone signpost

03 ／ Osa Taiko Odori

A dance that began with prayers for rainbeats a big drum tied to the body.

A Prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, held every year on the first Sunday of October. It is a festival that began when taiko were beaten in prayer for rain during a drought; the dancers tie a large drum to the body and beat it as they dance to the chant.

Prefectural designation, June 4, 1976
First Sunday of October each year
Origin in rain prayers

Living here

Nagoya in 41 minutes, with no transfer.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

A town in Fuwa District with an area of 57.09 km². Forest and wilderness make up 57.1% of it (October 2023). The gateway is Tarui Station on the JR Tokaido Line, which the town gives as the place to get off. Nagoya Station is 41 minutes away at the fastest, with no transfer.

People living here: 26,402people
Area: 57.09km²
Households: 9,580households
Rent (average for rentals): 38,348yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 15 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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.

Tarui Town in Japan35.366°N 136.538°E

to NagoyaJR Tōkaidō Main Line41min

Travel times follow JR東海『アクセス検索』（https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/timetable/nr_doc/search.html の検索結果。事業者公式）。垂井駅↔名古屋駅を、出発時刻を5〜20分ずつずらして1日ぶん（4:30〜23:50）引き、『乗換:0回』の列車だけを数えた。平日（2026-10-21 水）・土曜（10-24）・日曜（10-25）で比べた (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Tarui Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.6km

大垣市, 関ケ原町, 揖斐川町, 池田町, 養老町

Tarui Town isthis kind of town.

01Takenaka Clan Jinya Site is the remains of the jinya built by Shigekado, son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strategist Takenaka Hanbei, and is a Prefectural Historic Site; the town says the tower gate, door leaves, moat and stone walls survive after repeated repairs, and the site of Hanbei's castle lies on Mt. Bodai to the northwest
02Tarui no Izumi is a Prefectural Historic Site, and a poem on the spring by Fujiwara no Takatsune, governor of Mino Province in the 11th century, has been handed down. Tarui Oiwake signpost is a Town Historic Site put up in 1709 (Hoei 6) by Tarui-juku's toiya at the fork of the Nakasendo and the Minoji
03Osa Taiko Odori is a Prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property that began as a drum prayer for rain. The town also has the Mino Kokufu site, remains of a Nara-period provincial government office, and the Tsukurigi-zuka mound at Honryu-ji, which Basho visited in 1691

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tarui Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗