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24303 / きそさきちょう

Mie Prefecture 桑名郡

Kisosaki Town

A border river flows by a cherry tunnel.

Nabeta River cherry-tree avenue

Photo by 木曽岬町産業課 (CC0)

01 / Reclaimed land

The border on the reclaimed land was fixedover twenty years after it was drained.

The Nabeta River border was confirmed in November 1968. Work on the Kisosaki reclamation began in March 1970, and the land was drained in October 1973. The prefectural border was fixed in June 1994 and the town boundary in May 1996, and a new address name for the area was settled in February 2001.

  • Drained, October 1973
  • Prefectural border fixed, June 1994
  • Town boundary fixed, May 1996

02 / Shirasagi River

A river used as a route for the Shichiri ferry boatswas shut off in 1891.

Nabeta river01.jpg
Photo by KAMUI (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Shirasagi River was used as the route of the ferry boats that ran between Atsuta in Nagoya and Kuwana, the Shichiri no Watashi crossing. It was shut off in 1891 (Meiji 24), and the Genroku and Karoto polder districts became joined by land. In 1981 a verse monument to the poet Yamaguchi Seishi was set up at the site of the old river.

  • Shut off in 1891 (Meiji 24)
  • Two polder districts joined by land
  • 1981: Yamaguchi Seishi verse monument

03 / Merger across the border

The village voted to merge across the border,then agreed to stay on its own.

In September 1956 (Showa 31), Kisosaki Village voted to merge with Yatomi Town across the prefectural border. In 1957 the village assembly was dissolved amid the tangle over the merger, and in August 1959 agreement was reached to remain a village on its own, settling the dispute.

  • September 1956: merger voted
  • 1957: assembly dissolved
  • August 1959: agreed to stay on its own

Living here

No station; 15 minutes by bus from Kintetsu-Yatomi.

  • about 6,000 people
  • Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town-run bus (Central Line) takes 15 minutes from Kintetsu-Yatomi Station to the Kisosaki Elementary School and Town Office stop, at 200 yen per ride. It runs at the same times every day, including weekends, holidays and the New Year. From 1 October 2026, a reservation-based shared ride service, Tomaride, also runs from 16:00 to 24:00 as a trial.

People living here
6,023people
19952020

−5.3% since 2015

7,231 → 6,023

Area
15.74km²

15.74km² of it habitable

2024

Households
2,208households

2.7 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
—
Healthcare
0 hospitals / 3 clinics

5.0 per 10,000 people

2023

Almost entirely flat.Almost all of it is habitable land (100.0%)
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
—
Average annual temperature
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These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Kisosaki Town in Japan35.076°N 136.731°E
TokyoKisosaki Town
木曽岬小学校・役場前
木曽岬小学校・役場前2018
  • to Kintetsu-YatomiLocal bus15min

Travel times follow 町公式『木曽岬町自主運行バスのダイヤと運行経路・料金』(https://www.town.kisosaki.lg.jp/0000000921.html。公開・更新とも 2026-10-01)の『令和7年10月1日改定時刻表』(https://www.town.kisosaki.lg.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000000/921/jikoku20251001.pdf。画像のPDFで、文字層が無いため目で読んだ)。中央線『近鉄弥富駅ゆき』『上松永ゆき』の『近鉄弥富駅』→『木曽岬小学校・役場前』の列。毎日運転(時刻表末尾の注記) (checked 2026-10-13). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kisosaki Town
Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

9.4km

Mie Prefecture
桑名市
Aichi Prefecture
弥富市

Kisosaki Town isthis kind of town.

  1. 01The Nabeta River cherry-tree avenue is a row of mainly Somei-Yoshino cherry trees along the embankment of the Nabeta River, a first-class river that runs along the border with Aichi Prefecture, and the town reuses thinned timber from old trees as gutter covers
  2. 02The roughly 420-hectare Kisosaki reclaimed land was drained in October 1973, its prefectural border was fixed in June 1994 and its town boundary in May 1996, and the two prefectures bought it in March 2001; the Shirasagi River was shut off in 1891 and two polder districts became joined by land
  3. 03Kisosaki Village voted in 1956 to merge with Yatomi Town, its assembly was dissolved in 1957, and in August 1959 it agreed to remain a village on its own

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.