Kashihara City

Two square holes in a row on a boulder.

Masuda-no-Iwafune, Mt. Kaibuki

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Imai-satsu notes

Imai-cho's silver notes, Imai-satsu,circulated at par with domain notes.

Imai-cho developed as a fortified temple town and was later granted self-governing privileges by the shogunate in the Edo period. The city's chronology records that in 1634 it was permitted to issue silver notes called Imai-satsu, and the city describes them as a currency of its own, equal in value to domain notes. The district was selected as a nationally Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1993.

Permitted to issue, 1634
Equal in value to domain notes (city)
National preservation district, 1993

02 ／ Shobuike Kofun

Two house-shaped stone coffins in a row;ridge-ornament roofs, lacquered inside.

This national historic site lies in the southeast of Kashihara, near the border with Asuka Village. Excavation showed a square mound about 30 m on a side, built in two tiers. The two coffins lie in a line in the burial chamber and can be seen by opening the viewing doors yourself. It is also a component part of Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara.

National historic site, 1927
Two house-shaped stone coffins
World Heritage component part

03 ／ Niizawa Senzuka Kofun No. 126

Cut-glass bowls, gold earrings and more,with a strong continental look, were excavated.

新沢千塚126号墳出土品.JPG — Photo by Saigen Jiro (Public domain)

The Niizawa Senzuka Kofun Cluster is a national historic site, and the finds from Kofun No. 126 are an Important Cultural Property. The national commentary says many of the finds have a strong continental character, including glass vessels and gold earrings with pendants. The city says the person buried may have been a woman who came from the Korean Peninsula or northeastern China. The finds are kept at the Tokyo National Museum.

National historic site, 1976
Finds: Important Cultural Property, 1979
Finds kept at Tokyo National Museum

Living here

28 minutes from Osaka Namba by Kintetsu limited express.

about 120,000 people
30 min to a city centre

Yamato-Yagi Station, on the Kintetsu Osaka and Kashihara lines, is 28 minutes at the fastest by limited express from Osaka Namba and 97 minutes from Kintetsu Nagoya (timetable). The city describes itself as lying almost in the center of Nara Prefecture, with JR and Kintetsu lines running in every direction, and as a crossroads since ancient times. It was founded in 1956 through the merger of six towns and villages.

People living here: 120,922people
Area: 39.56km²
Households: 51,330households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,125yen
Healthcare: 8 hospitals ／ 117 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —13 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Kashihara City in Japan34.509°N 135.792°E

to OsakaKintetsu limited express28min
to NagoyaKintetsu limited express97min

Travel times follow 近畿日本鉄道『ダイヤ案内』の経路検索（eki.kintetsu.co.jp/norikae/N2）を、2026-10-14（水）・2026-10-17（土）・2026-10-18（日）の05:00〜22:00、1時間おきの出発時刻（各回5本表示）で引き、『乗り換え回数0回』の経路の最短を数えた。町へ着く向き（町の外→大和八木）で、大阪難波→大和八木・大阪上本町→大和八木・京都→大和八木・近鉄名古屋→大和八木。往復の確認に大和八木→大阪難波・京都・近鉄名古屋を水・日で引いた。駅の時刻表（eki.kintetsu.co.jp/norikae/T5。ページに『2026年3月14日現在』）の大和八木駅（slCode=356-25）で、ひのとり57〜60・67〜71列車の発車時刻が経路検索と一致するのを確かめた。 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Territory of Kashihara City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.3km

明日香村, 大和高田市, 桜井市, 田原本町, 御所市, 高取町, 広陵町

Kashihara City isthis kind of town.

01Masuda-no-Iwafune is a granite boulder on the eastern peak of Mt. Kaibuki and a prefectural historic site; two square holes, about 1.6 m on a side, sit in a row on its top, and the city says its purpose is explained in several ways
02The Fujiwara Palace site and the Motoyakushiji temple site are special historic sites and, with Shobuike Kofun, component parts of Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara; at Motoyakushiji, foundation stones of the main hall and the pagoda remain
03The city says Yagi arose as a key point on the traffic routes where the north-south Shimotsu Michi road crossed the east-west Yokooji road; Yamato-Yagi Station stands among the streets that grew there

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.

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