28442 ／ いちかわちょう
Hyogo Prefecture 神崎郡Irons and screenplays both came out of this valley.
Iron heads, Hashimoto Shinobu01 ／ Golf
In 1928 Matsuoka Bunji went to Miki to arrange cup cutters for the new Hirono golf course, but the iron heads caught his eye instead. He asked Morita Seitaro, a blacksmith in Kawabe (now Nishikawabe, Ichikawa), to make one. With no model to copy, it took until 1930. Some 20 golf firms still work here.
02 ／ Film
The screenwriter Hashimoto Shinobu (橋本忍) was born in 1918 in Tsurui (鶴居), a village now part of Ichikawa. He made his debut with Rashomon in 1950, the first Japanese film to take the top prize at an international festival. He wrote 72 films; the town's memorial room shows his scripts.
03 ／ Mountain
Mount Kasagata (笠形山), 939 metres high, is known as the Harima Fuji. From the summit you see the ranges of Tajima and Tamba to the north and the Seto Inland Sea to the south. The town records that the central pillar of Himeji Castle was taken from the grounds of Kasagata Shrine (笠形神社) at its foot.
Living here
The JR Bantan Line stops at Amaji and Tsurui (鶴居), and the Bantan Expressway runs north to south as well. The town is within commuting range of Himeji, with workshops and mountains inside the same boundary.
−8.7% since 2015
15,060 → 11,231
19.98km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
4.5 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 町公式（移住定住サイト）が掲載している値 (checked 2026-09-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
10.7km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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