Kizugawa City

A moved Daigokuden became a temple hall.

Kuni Palace, Daigokuden Site

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Shrine guilds

Eight miyaza guilds carry out the rites,from February's Igomori to October's Hyakumi no Onjiki.

Wakidenomiya is the popular name of the shrine, which by its own tradition began in 766 when a deity was invited from Ise. The city presents the Igomori Festival as the oldest festival in southern Yamashiro; villagers are said to have stayed indoors without a sound. The rites also include the Onago-za festival and the Ae no Sumo.

Eight miyaza guilds
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (national), 1986
Shrine tradition: deity invited in 766

02 ／ Abandoned railway

The railway linking Kamo and Narawas abolished after just over nine years.

Kajigaya-Zuidō.jpg — Photo by A photographer (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Known as the Daibutsu Railway, it opened from Kamo to Daibutsu Station in 1898 and on to Nara the next year, 9.9 km in all. Gradients of up to 1 in 40 persisted, and it was abolished in 1907 when the flatter route of today's Kansai Main Line opened. The surviving Kajigaya Tunnel has a brick arch over a stone base.

9.9 km in all
Gradients of up to 1 in 40
Opened 1898, abolished 1907

03 ／ Irrigation canal

The canal bringing Wazuka River water to Mikanoharais said to have been completed by the priest Jishin of Kaijusenji.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, it runs 6,755 m and is said to have been dug in 1222. It has features such as the Senbon-kui stakes that regulate the flow and a flume called a "fune", and descendants of the 16 canal keepers chosen at its completion are said to take the lead in managing it.

6,755 m long
Said to date from 1222
16 canal keepers

Living here

40 minutes to Kyoto, 60 to Osaka by JR Rapid.

about 80,000 people
60 min to a city centre

From JR Kizu Station, the JR Rapid takes 40 minutes to Kyoto on the Nara Line and 60 minutes to Osaka on the Yamatoji Line.

People living here: 77,907people
Area: 85.13km²
Households: 29,802households
Rent (average for rentals): 61,864yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 57 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —15 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.

Kizugawa City in Japan34.737°N 135.820°E

to KyotoJR Rapid40min
to OsakaJR Rapid60min

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年10月8日）。①line-timetable/2300（奈良線(京都～奈良) 下り）で、京都『発』→木津『着』が同じ列車の列にあるものを数えた：67本。最速は40分（みやこ路快速。運転日注意欄が空＝毎日運転の便に 2605M 10:04→10:44・2607M 10:34→11:14 など。2603M〈09:34→10:14〉は『平』＝平日のみ）。②line-timetable/2298（大和路線（関西本線）(大阪／ＪＲ難波～加茂) 上り）で、大阪『発』→木津『発』（木津は途中駅で到着時刻の行が無く発の行を使った）を数えた：22本。最速は60分（大和路快速。毎日運転の便に 3360K 12:28→13:28・3368K 13:28→14:28・3376K 14:28→15:28 など。3344K・3352K は『平』）。逆向きは line-timetable/2301（奈良線上り）の木津『発』→京都『着』が最速40分（みやこ路快速 2612M 09:45→10:25 など毎日運転）、line-timetable/2299（大和路線下り）の木津『発』→大阪『着』が最速62分（大和路快速 3359K 10:50→11:52 など毎日運転）。市公式『木津川市へのアクセス』（更新日 2026-01-15）は『京都駅から：約35分京都駅→（JR奈良線）→木津駅』『大阪駅から：約60分大阪駅→（JR大和路線）→木津駅』 (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kizugawa 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

10.8km

Kyoto Prefecture: 笠置町, 精華町, 和束町, 井手町
Nara Prefecture: 奈良市

Kizugawa City isthis kind of town.

01Kuni Palace is a capital site where, the city says, a Daigokuden and other buildings were moved from Heijo Palace; in 746 the Daigokuden was used as the main hall of Yamashiro Kokubunji, and in February 2026 the site became a National Special Historic Site
02The Wakidenomiya miyaza rites are a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, the Daibutsu Railway is a "phantom railway" abolished after just over nine years, and the Mikanohara Oide canal is said to have been completed by the priest Jishin
03The principal image of Kanimanji and the five-story pagoda of Kaijusenji are National Treasures, Tsubai-Otsukayama Kofun is a National Historic Site, and Kyoto is 40 minutes away by JR Rapid

See the town as it is now.

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

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