Ide Town

Most tea fields went back to forest.

Mori no Chaen, forest tea garden

Photo by おいでやす千年の都 (CC0)

01 ／ Tile kiln site

The kiln site on the Tama River slope isthought to be Daian-ji's "Tanakura Kawaraya".

About 400 m east of the Ide-dera site, on a slope of the Tama River's right bank, a survey in fiscal 2002 found two kiln sites and an ash dump. From the style of the roof tiles unearthed, it is regarded as a kiln that supplied tiles to Daian-ji Temple in the capital at Heijo, and is identified with the Tanakura Kawaraya, a tile works recorded in Daian-ji's inventory of temple property.

Two kiln sites (fiscal 2002 survey)
About 400 m east of the Ide-dera site
Historic site: Daian-ji Kyu-keidai tsuketari Ishibashi Kawaragama-ato

02 ／ Pagoda base

Ide-dera, regarded as the Tachibana clan's temple,had a pagoda base about 15 m on a side.

栢ノ木遺跡（井手寺跡）塔基壇跡.jpg — Photo by Shinonome04 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A platform base found in an excavation that began at the end of 2020 has been restored at about 15.3 m east-west and 15.1 m north-south. Stairs stood on the north and west sides. Because the roof tiles unearthed match those of the Ide-dera site, it is judged to be the remains of Ide-dera's pagoda. Ide-dera is said to have been founded by Tachibana no Moroe.

Restored at about 15.3 m by 15.1 m
Stairs on the north and west sides
Tiles match the Ide-dera site

03 ／ Main hall

In the shrine forest standsa main hall from Jokyo 4 (1687).

玉津岡神社01.jpg — Photo by Ujigis (CC BY-SA 4.0)

According to the shrine's own tradition, the deity Shimoteruhime no Mikoto descended here in 540 and was enshrined, which is taken as the origin of Tamatsuoka Shrine. The main hall dates from Jokyo 4 (1687) and is a Kyoto Prefecture registered cultural property; the shrine forest is designated a cultural-property environmental conservation district. Tachibana Shrine also stands in the grounds.

Origin: descent in 540 (shrine tradition)
Main hall, Jokyo 4 (1687)
Prefecture registered cultural property

Living here

Kyoto in 33 minutes by rapid train.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

The town's two stations on the JR Nara Line are Yamashiro-Taga and Tamamizu, and rapid trains stop at Tamamizu. By the JR West timetable, the fastest daily rapid from Tamamizu to Kyoto Station takes 33 minutes. The town cites about 15 minutes to Nara Station. From most of the built-up area, you can walk to a station.

People living here: 7,406people
Area: 18.04km²
Households: 3,161households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 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.

Ide Town in Japan34.800°N 135.815°E

to KyotoJR Rapid33min

Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』区間時刻表（ページの日付 2026-10-08・木。データは『JR時刻表』2026年10月号に基づく）。line-timetable/2301（奈良線奈良～京都上り）の玉水『発』→京都『着』を同じ列車の列で数えた：みやこ路快速は玉水9:52→京都10:25（33分）、10:22→10:55、10:52→11:25 ほか。運転日注意欄に印の無い（毎日運転の）みやこ路快速14本がすべて33分で、平日のみ（『平』）のみやこ路快速には36〜37分もある。区間快速（平日のみ）は36〜40分、普通は39〜51分。逆向きの line-timetable/2300（京都～奈良下り）は京都『発』→玉水『発』で34分（みやこ路快速。玉水の『着』の行は無く、停車時間を含む）。町公式『便利なアクセス』（いでを知る）は『京都駅 JR奈良線で30分』、『役場へのアクセス』は『JR京都から玉水駅約30分（みやこ路快速利用）』 (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Ide Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)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

4.0km

木津川市, 和束町, 城陽市, 京田辺市, 宇治田原町

Ide Town isthis kind of town.

01In Taga, most tea fields pushed far up into the hills went back to forest, while the garden amid the trees remains as the "Forest Tea Garden" (Mori no Chaen), a component of a Japan Heritage story
02On the slope of the Tama River stands a kiln site that fired tiles for Daian-ji Temple in Nara, and the Ide-dera site has the base of a pagoda from a temple regarded as the Tachibana clan's
03The Tama River, known as "Yamabuki no Ide no Tamagawa", appears in many classical works, and Kyoto is 33 minutes away by rapid train on the JR Nara Line

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

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