01 ／ Megalith
Ishi-no-Hoden (石の宝殿), the sacred body of Oushiko-jinja (生石神社), is a huge worked stone lying like a house on its side: about 6.5 metres across, 5.6 metres high, 7.5 metres deep, and some 500 tonnes. It stands in a pool of water and appears to float, so people call it the Floating Stone. It is counted among Japan's three great oddities.
02 ／ Noh song
This is the place behind the Noh song Takasago, sung at weddings: "At Takasago, we raise the sail on this shore." In the grounds of Takasago-jinja stands the sacred pine Aioi-no-matsu (相生の松), said to be the origin of the old couple in the song: one root, with male and female trunks parting left and right, long honoured as a symbol of marriage and lasting union.
03 ／ Sail
In 1785, late in the Edo period, Kuraku Matsuemon of Takasago improved on the flimsy sailcloth of his day and wove it thick and wide. Matsuemon sails went onto the kitamaebune and other main vessels of the trade. His house was made a prefectural historic site in 2019, as the Takasago Horikawa port and the former Kuraku Matsuemon residence.
Living here
The city has two JR stations, Hoden and Sone, and five on the Sanyo Electric Railway: Takasago, Arai, Iho, Sanyo-Sone and Oshio. City hall is about 10 minutes' walk from Iho. Osaka is about 60 minutes away by train.
−3.6% since 2015
97,632 → 87,722
30.03km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.5 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 市公式の移住定住促進ガイド「EEYAN TAKASAGO」（令和5年7月末現在）に載る値 (checked 2026-09-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
9.5km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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