Joyo City

Mounds in a shrine mark temple bases.

Kuse Haiji, Kuse Shrine grounds

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Tumulus

Mirrors and armor came from the rear mound,where a chest-shaped stone coffin lies.

A keyhole-shaped tomb built in the early 5th century, the largest of its kind in the Yamashiro area, ringed by a double moat. The city gives its total length, including the outer moat, as 272 m. Mirrors, beads, armor and weapons were found inside and outside the chest-shaped stone coffin in the rear mound.

Built in the early 5th century
272 m long including the outer moat (city)
7 mirrors, 5 sets of armor and more (Agency for Cultural Affairs)

02 ／ Bracelet

Among bracelets found in Japan, this onemost faithfully copies a limpet shell.

Two bronze bracelets came from the wooden coffin of Shibagahara Kofun. The ring carries 72 radiating ridges, and every other ridge ends in a projection. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says the shape of the ridges and rim most faithfully copies a limpet shell.

2 bronze bracelets
72 radiating ridges
Finds are Important Cultural Properties

03 ／ Jizo

A stone Jizo sleeps in a water jar,lifted out to pray for rain in a drought.

A stone Jizo statue is kept in a water jar in a small shrine by the pond in the Kannondo district. When drought brought water shortages, nearby farmers lifted it out and prayed for rain. At the 1994 ritual, rain began to fall as they prayed.

1994: rain fell during the ritual
Shrine rebuilt in fiscal 2017
Pond in the Kannondo district

Living here

26 minutes to Kyoto by JR Rapid.

about 70,000 people

From JR Joyo Station on the Nara Line, Kyoto Station is 26 minutes by JR Rapid. The city says Kuse Haiji ruins are a 5-minute walk north of the station, and Kutsukawa Kurumazuka Kofun a 5-minute walk east of Kintetsu Kutsukawa Station.

People living here: 74,607people
Area: 32.71km²
Households: 30,484households
Rent (average for rentals): 56,790yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 59 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

Joyo City in Japan34.853°N 135.780°E

to KyotoJR Rapid26min

Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』区間時刻表奈良線(奈良～京都) 上り（https://timetable.jr-odekake.net/line-timetable/2301 ・ページの日付 2026年10月8日〈木〉と、?date=20261011〈日〉）。城陽『発』と京都『着』が同じ列車の列にあるものを数えた（乗り換えなし）。2026-10-08：城陽→京都は94本（普通・区間快速・みやこ路快速）、最速は運転日注意欄が『平』（平日）の区間快速3658M〈09:27→09:52〉とみやこ路快速2646M〈19:00→19:25〉の25分。**運転日注意欄が空（毎日運転）の最速はみやこ路快速の26分**（2612M 09:59→10:25・2614M 10:29→10:55・2616M 10:59→11:25 ほか14本）。2026-10-11〈日〉は『土休』のみやこ路快速2602M〈07:27→07:53〉ほか26分が最速（25分の便は無い） (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Joyo City

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

5.4km

宇治市, 井手町, 宇治田原町, 京田辺市, 八幡市, 久御山町

Joyo City isthis kind of town.

01Kuse Haiji ruins in the grounds of Kuse Shrine are a National Historic Site: a temple with a pagoda to the east and a main hall to the west; west of the shrine office, mounds show the platforms of both
02Kutsukawa Kurumazuka Kofun is the largest keyhole-shaped tomb in the Yamashiro area and a National Historic Site, the finds from Shibagahara Kofun are Important Cultural Properties, and a stone Jizo rests in a water jar at Kannondo
03Moriyama Site, with a Jomon pit dwelling reconstructed as a frame, and Hirakawa Haiji ruins, where the pagoda and hall sites are preserved, are also National Historic Sites; Kyoto is 26 minutes away by JR Rapid

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Joyo City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗