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08222 ／かしまし

Kashima City

A narrow front stretches into the grove.

Meotozuka Kofun

01 ／ Natural monument

Hamanasu: the Pacific coast’s southern limit.It blooms about 60 m inland from the waterline.

The colony on the Kashima coast lies about 60 m inland from the waterline. In 1922 the Home Ministry designated it a national natural monument, together with the Sea of Japan–side southern limit in Tottori City. It blooms from May to around July.

National natural monument
Designated 8 March 1922
Area 2,493 m²

02 ／ Ancient iron

The Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki records a swordmade from Wakamatsu beach iron sand.

The Byakuuchi site, about 2 km from the sea, is thought to be a place where iron was smelted from iron sand. A 1981 dig found a Heian-period furnace, and part of it is a city historic site. At the Haruuchi site, 19 smithy ruins from around the late 7th century were found.

Fudoki: Keiun 1 (704)
Byakuuchi: city historic site
19 smithy ruins

03 ／ Folk custom

Mourning a horse that died in a paddyis said to be how Nakigion began.

The Nakigion of one local district became a city Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1975. Marchers beat drums and gongs to the Jarambo site about 1 km away, and offer flowers and sake while mimicking weeping. A stone monument there reads “Enpo 6 (1678), 15th day, 6th month.”

City Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Designated 1975
About 1 km march

Kashima City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot September 2024)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Tokyo is 120 minutes away by express bus.

about 70,000 people
2 hours to a city centre

The Kashima-go express bus runs from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Kashima-Jingu Station in 120 minutes at the fastest. To the Kashima City Hall stop it takes 112 minutes (timetable revised March 2026, daily services).

People living here: 66,950people
Area: 106.04km²
Households: 28,318households
Rent (average for rentals): 38,429yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 38 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —18 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.

Kashima City in Japan35.966°N 140.645°E

to TokyoHighway bus120min

Travel times follow JRバス関東のデジタル時刻表『東京～水郷潮来・鹿島神宮かしま号』（2026年3月1日改正。関東鉄道・京成バス・JRバス関東の共同運行）の下り・全日運転の便 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Kashima City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

17.1km

Hokota City, Kamisu City, Itako City

Kashima City isthis kind of town.

01The Meotozuka Kofun in Kashima is a 107.5 m keyhole-shaped tomb that the city describes as having a narrow front (city historic site)
02The hamanasu is Kashima’s city flower, and its coastal colony is a national natural monument
03On the plateau edges facing Lake Kitaura, the city alone has about 400 kofun (including cave tombs and lost mounds)

See the town as it is now.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kashima City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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