Kawakita Town

950m of cherry trees on the Tedori levee.

Tedori levee cherry trees

Photo by inazakira (CC BY-SA 2.0)

01 ／ Kusabuka Jinshiro and the Shinjin-ryu

A swordsman said to have fought TsukaharaBokuden to a draw founded Shinjin-ryu here.

Kusabuka Jinshiro (草深甚四郎) is said to have been born in Kawakita. He left home at 13 to train, returned at 29, and founded the Shinjin-ryu (深甚流) school of swordsmanship. An anecdote holds that he once fought the famed swordsman Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原卜伝) to a draw. Shinjin-ryu was passed down at the Kaga domain's Keibukan school, and since 1936 a memorial service and dedication kendo tournament have been held here every year.

Left home at 13, returned at 29
Memorial and kendo tournament since 1936
Shinjin-ryu passed down at the Keibukan

02 ／ Kaga gampi paper

Gampi paper handed down since the Tenmei erais still used for the town's diplomas.

Kaga gampi paper (加賀雁皮紙) is a handmade paper tradition going back to the Tenmei era (1783), and it is still used for the diplomas of Kawakita's elementary and junior high schools. Resistant to insects and slow to discolor, it is also known as the "king of paper." The workshop that still carries on the technique is said to be Japan's only specialty gampi-paper maker.

Tradition dating to 1783
Used for local school diplomas
Said to be Japan's only gampi-paper specialist

03 ／ Kawakita Festival

A 40m bonfire, and about 20,000fireworks, light up the summer night.

The Kawakita Festival (川北まつり), begun in 1986, combines mushi-okuri drumming for a good harvest with an okuribi fire to console the victims of past Tedori River floods. A 40m-high bonfire scorches the summer sky red, followed by around 20,000 fireworks.

Begun in 1986
40m-high bonfire
Around 20,000 fireworks

Living here

Since 1983, a town that courted factories.

about 6,000 people
Rural district town

Since 1983, the town shifted from farming-centered policy to attracting factories and large retail stores, while also pursuing its own child-support measures such as fertility-treatment subsidies. Population grew from 4,256 in 1980 to 6,147 in 2010, roughly 1.4 times over 20 years.

People living here: 6,135people
Area: 14.64km²
Households: 1,915households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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.

Kawakita Town in Japan36.469°N 136.542°E

to KomatsuLocal bus49min

Travel times follow 町公式「新着情報」（town.kawakita.ishikawa.jp/news/entry-1378.html）『小松方面への通勤・通学の利便性向上のため、辰口〜小松駅間を運行している北鉄白山バス（佐野線）の一部ダイヤが3月15日より、川北温泉まで延伸される』。同ページに『川北温泉7:08発→小松駅7:57着』（上り、49分）、『小松駅17:00発→川北温泉17:49着』（49分）、『小松駅19:00発→川北温泉19:48着』（48分）と3便ぶんの時刻が明記されている。北鉄白山バス公式の時刻表PDF（hokutetsu.co.jp/_wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/timetable_hakusan_20260705.pdf ではなく佐野線は別紙。北鉄加賀バス小松エリアのPDFには佐野線の記載がなく、佐野線は北鉄白山バスの運行と確認）でも、小松駅発着で佐野・辰口方面へ向かう便のうち、朝夕の一部だけが川北温泉まで延伸されている運行形態と符合する (checked 2026-09-25). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Kawakita Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

2.6km

白山市, 能美市

Kawakita Town isthis kind of town.

01Kawakita (川北町) has no railway station and spreads along the right bank of the Tedori River. Along its levee, cherry trees run 950m in spring.
02The swordsman Kusabuka Jinshiro (草深甚四郎) is said to have been born here and founded the Shinjin-ryu (深甚流) school. A memorial and dedication kendo tournament, held since 1936, still draws swordsmen from across the prefecture.
03Kaga gampi paper (加賀雁皮紙), handed down since 1783, is used for the town's school diplomas. In summer, a 40m bonfire and around 20,000 fireworks light up the Kawakita Festival.

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

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