24203 ／ いせし
Mie PrefectureBuilt in time for the Empress Dowager.
Former Hinjitsukan, guest lodge01 ／ Banknote
Yamada Hagaki circulated around Ise for about 250 years, until the Meiji era. Whatever its value, each note was set at the same size, roughly 16 cm by 3 cm, and to deter forgery the deity seal on the back was redesigned with each new issue, every seven years (Ise Kawasaki Shoninkan).
02 ／ Scenic beauty
A prefecture-designated Place of Scenic Beauty (designated 1937). Four mizuhane spur dikes, which weaken the current in a flood to protect the main dike, remain; the Sengen dike, the farthest upstream, is about 115 m long. About 700 cherry trees stand between it and the downstream spur dike, mostly Somei-Yoshino (city).
03 ／ Noh
When the Kitabatake clan fell in the Sengoku period, the Waya troupe, one of the Ise Sanza, moved to Isshiki, and Noh joined to Shinto rites at the shrine festival began there (city). The Shingaku of the Okina dance carries on the art of the shushi and gives Isshiki Noh its meaning. The city also has Toori Noh and the prefecture-designated Mase Kyogen.
Living here
From Kintetsu-Nagoya Station to Iseshi Station, the Kintetsu limited express takes 79 minutes at the fastest with no transfer, and 104 minutes from Osaka-Namba (Kintetsu route search, October 2026). The city says trains from Osaka arrive at Uji-Yamada Station.
−4% since 2015
130,271 → 122,765
98.8km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
10.8 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-11-01 に新設合併（二見町・小俣町・御薗村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 近畿日本鉄道『ダイヤ案内』（eki.kintetsu.co.jp/norikae/N2。事業者公式の乗換・時刻検索）。近鉄名古屋・大阪難波・大阪上本町・京都の各駅から伊勢市駅までを、5:00〜23:30の30分おきの出発時刻で検索し（pn=5）、乗り換え回数0の近鉄特急の所要時間を数えた。名古屋は2026-10-14(水)・17(土)・18(日)、大阪難波は10-14(水)・18(日)、京都は10-14(水)・18(日)。観光特急しまかぜ（名古屋10:25発75分・難波10:40発96分）は採らない。 (checked 2026-10-13). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
20.1km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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