Seika Town

A great torch moves in the winter hush.

Igomori Festival, Hosono Shrine

Photo by 板野洋八 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Polishing sand

In the hills of Higashibata, tunnel remainswhere white clay for polishing sand was dug.

A memoir in the town's 1988 collection Historic Sites and Folklore of Seika records that white clay, the raw material of polishing sand and powder, was dug at Higashibata from the early modern to the modern era. The operators at that time numbered six, and the clay is recorded as going by sailboat from a landing on the Kizu River to many places. The tools are a provisionally registered cultural property of Kyoto Prefecture.

Raw material for polishing sand and powder
Six operators recorded
Tools: provisionally registered cultural property of Kyoto Prefecture

02 ／ Worship hall

The worship hall's entrance ceiling is high,to receive Iwashimizu Hachimangu's envoys on horseback.

Takeuchi Shrine in Kita-Inayazuma is said to date from the Kamakura period, with its deity moved from Iwashimizu Hachimangu. The main hall is a registered tangible cultural property of Kyoto Prefecture, and a ridge tablet of 1472 (Bunmei 4) uses the word "otona" for the leaders of a self-governing village.

Said to date from the Kamakura period
Main hall: registered cultural property of Kyoto Prefecture
1472 ridge tablet with "otona"

03 ／ Statue

A statue carved from one piece, head to wrists,is one relic of harmony between kami and buddhas.

The standing wooden Bodhisattva-form statue at Jonen-ji Temple in Hosono dates from the early Heian period, the 9th century, and is about 169 cm tall. The town calls it one of the oldest Buddhist statues in Seika. It is a National Important Cultural Property and the main image of the temple's Yakushi hall.

9th-century work
About 169 cm tall
National Important Cultural Property

Living here

28 minutes from Kyoto on the Kintetsu Express.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

From Kyoto Station to Shin-Hosono Station, the Kintetsu Kyoto Line express takes 28 minutes by the timetable. The town points to three Kintetsu stations for access: Komada, Shin-Hosono and Yamadagawa.

People living here: 36,198people
Area: 25.68km²
Households: 13,530households
Rent (average for rentals): 66,134yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 27 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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.

Seika Town in Japan34.761°N 135.786°E

to KyotoKintetsu Kyoto Line express28min

Travel times follow 近鉄の公式時刻表（eki.kintetsu.co.jp の駅時刻表。ページに「2026/3/14現在」）。京都駅の京都線奈良方面（平日・土休日の両ダイヤ）で、京都駅発の急行・準急の各列車の停車駅の時刻（列車の詳細ページ）を読み、京都駅『発』→新祝園駅『着』を数えた。平日は京都駅発の急行70本の所要が28〜33分で、28分は7本（6:37発橿原神宮前行き・9:27発奈良行き・19:38発奈良行き・21:39発大和西大寺行き・22:31発・22:45発・23:23発）。土休日は69本で28分が11本（6:00発・6:15発・6:33発・8:42発・9:52発・21:39発ほか）。毎日運転の急行に28分がある。逆向き（新祝園駅→京都駅）は平日80本で最速29分（急行・京都市営地下鉄国際会館行きを含む）。町公式の『精華町への交通アクセス』（企画調整課広報係・更新日 2025-09-02）は『京都から約30分京都駅→（近鉄京都線）→狛田・新祝園・山田川駅』、観光公式のアクセス（更新日 2019-10-07）も『京都駅―(近鉄京都線)→狛田駅・新祝園駅・山田川駅【約30分】』 (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Seika 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

7.4km

Kyoto Prefecture: 木津川市, 京田辺市
Nara Prefecture: 生駒市, 奈良市

Seika Town isthis kind of town.

01Hosono Shrine's Igomori Festival (Igomori-matsuri) has been held for three days from the first Monkey day of the new year; a Kyoto Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property, its second night sends a great torch toward the festival ground, and residents were once to stay indoors without a sound
02At Higashibata, tunnel remains mark where white clay for polishing sand was dug, and the worship hall of Takeuchi Shrine in Kita-Inayazuma has a high entrance ceiling to receive envoys from Iwashimizu Hachimangu on horseback
03The town has four National Important Cultural Properties, including the statue at Jonen-ji, the main hall of Kasuga Shrine and the 13-tier stone pagoda of Shinden Shrine; the Inayazuma physician's tea garden site is a component of a Japan Heritage story, and Shin-Hosono Station is 28 minutes from Kyoto Station by Kintetsu express

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Seika Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗