01 ／ Reservoirs
The Inamino plateau has no large river, and stayed open field until modern times. From the Edo period people broke the land in, then drew water through the Ogo and Yamadagawa canals in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later the Tobanyo system. Today 89 reservoirs, about 400 hectares of them, do the irrigating: a quarter of the farmland area.
02 ／ Vines
In March 1880 the state opened the Banshu Vineyard (播州葡萄園) here, part of the drive to build up industry: grow European vines, test the processing, and pass what was learned to the rest of the country. It was sold into private hands in 1888, and the site became a national historic site on 26 January 2006.
03 ／ Fields
Inamino melons are grown one fruit to a vine and pollinated by bees. Before shipping, random samples go through a non-destructive meter and must read 13 or above for sugar content. The melons carry the Hyogo recommended brand certification, and growers keep testing on their own, aiming at zero pesticide residue.
Living here
No railway crosses the town: the nearest stations are JR Tsuchiyama and JR Higashi-Kakogawa. A Shinki bus takes 15 minutes from Tsuchiyama to the town hall stop. A demand-responsive shared taxi, Ainori Inami, links places within the town.
−2.4% since 2015
31,377 → 30,268
33.82km² of it habitable
2024
2.7 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.3 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
6.5km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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