28464 ／ たいしちょう
Hyogo Prefecture 揖保郡The town is named after Prince Shotoku.
Ikaruga-dera, Horyu-ji estate01 ／ Temple
In 606 Empress Suiko gave Prince Shotoku 100 cho of paddy in Harima, and he passed it to Horyu-ji in Nara. Ikaruga-dera (斑鳩寺), built on that land, burned down in 1541; the lecture hall, the three-storey pagoda and the Shotoku hall were rebuilt. The grounds are free to enter.
02 ／ Stones
Ikaruga-no-sho (鵤荘), the Horyu-ji estate, lasted about a thousand years, until Hashiba Hideyoshi took Harima in 1580. Stones said to mark its edges stand at five places in the town and one in Himeji; four of them are prefectural historic sites. People call them the stones the prince threw.
03 ／ People
The town describes itself as "the youngest town in the prefecture, with the highest share of residents under 15". It sits between Himeji and Tatsuno, crossed by the Sanyo Main Line, the Sanyo Shinkansen and Route 2. Population: 33,474 as of 1 April 2024.
Living here
There is no railway station inside the town: it is 15 minutes by taxi from JR Aboshi Station in Himeji, or a 10-minute walk from the Ikaruga bus stop. Ramps of the Taishi–Tatsuno bypass sit at the north and south of the town.
−0.6% since 2015
31,634 → 33,477
15.8km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.2 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
5.9km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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