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14342 ／にのみやまち

Kanagawa Prefecture 中郡

Ninomiya Town

Climb the steps to a thatched-roof gate.

Kawawa Shrine, Zuishin gate

Photo by Taisuke.Kasuya (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Fruit trees

Original pear and peach trees,linked to today’s varieties.

A Kanagawa Prefecture natural monument. The town’s materials describe original pear and peach trees bred at the former Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station’s Ninomiya horticultural branch, linked to today’s varieties and important as historical proof of fruit breeding. The town lists pears such as Kikusui and Niitaka, and says the Hakuho peach has died.

Prefectural natural monument
Designated July 1972
8 pear varieties listed by the town

02 ／ Mountain

To the 136.2 m summit,about 20 minutes of steps and trail.

Mountain in Ninomiya Town — Photo by koukoukun (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The summit of Azumayama Park is 136.2 m above sea level. The town says it is about 5 minutes on foot from the north exit of Ninomiya Station to the park entrance, then about 20 minutes up steps and a mountain path to the summit lookout. It adds: wear clothes you can move in.

136.2 m
About 5 min on foot to the entrance
About 20 min to the summit

03 ／ Nembutsu

Fifty people or more to turn it:a great rosary about 28 m long.

The great rosary for the hyakumanben nembutsu at Chisoku-ji was made in 1857 (Ansei 4). It is about 28 m long with 1,272 beads. The beads are carved with donors’ names, places and wishes, from Hiratsuka, Hadano, Odawara, Hakone, Shinagawa and elsewhere, the town records. It is still turned at the October Ojuya service, with chanting.

Made in 1857
About 28 m, 1,272 beads
Needs 50 or more people

Ninomiya Town 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 November 2021)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

65 minutes to Tokyo on the JR Tokaido Line.

about 30,000 people
60 min to a city centre
Rural district town

Ninomiya Station in town is on the JR Tokaido Line. The town’s access page gives about 70 minutes from Tokyo Station and about 60 from Shinagawa Station. In JR East’s timetable (October 2026 issue), there are local trains from Tokyo, with no change, that arrive in 65 minutes on both weekdays and weekends and holidays.

People living here: 27,564people
Area: 9.08km²
Households: 11,552households
Rent (average for rentals): 49,684yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 22 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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.

Ninomiya Town in Japan35.300°N 139.256°E

to TokyoJR Tōkaidō Main Line65min
to ShinagawaJR Tōkaidō Main Line56min
to ShinjukuJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line71min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2610版・東海道線下り平日／土曜・休日のページ）。運転日が『全日』の列車だけから、東京・品川の発（東海道線の下り）と二宮の発（途中駅は発の時刻のみ）の差を数えた (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Ninomiya Town

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

4.8km

Odawara City, Oiso Town, Nakai Town, Hiratsuka City

Ninomiya Town isthis kind of town.

01Up the steps of Kawawa Shrine stands a thatched-roof Zuishin gate. The town says this way of roofing has become rare in town. The two wooden seated guardian figures inside, which look to be from the late Heian period, are designated by the town (March 2007)
02The pear and peach original-tree group is a prefectural natural monument, tied to breeding at the former experiment station. The summit of Azumayama Park is 136.2 m
03The great rosary at Chisoku-ji was made in 1857, about 28 m long, with 1,272 beads

See the town as it is now.

Facebooktown.ninomiya ↗

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ninomiya Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗