Katsuragi City

A square roof resting on one pillar.

Kasado Hall, Oike Pond memorial

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Futatsuka Kofun

Three stone chambers in one mound,each different in length and build.

A 60 m keyhole-shaped tomb at the southern end of the Teraguchi tomb cluster. The chamber in the rear circular part is a double-sleeved type 16.4 m long, the one in the front part is a single-sleeved type 9 m long, and the one in the projecting part is 7.8 m long, with a 0.9 m step in floor height between chamber and passage. The Agency for Cultural Affairs commentary suggests the three were built at the same time or close together, in the early 6th century.

National historic site, 1978
Three side-entrance chambers
16.4 m, 9 m and 7.8 m long

02 ／ Yashikiyama Kofun

The coffin's stone is the same Tatsuyama stonefrom Takasago, Hyogo, as the ceiling stones.

According to the prefecture, Yashikiyama Kofun is a keyhole-shaped tomb about 135 m long in its present state. A chest-shaped stone coffin, thought to have been placed in the pit-style chamber of the rear circular part, survives as a lid stone and end stones, made of the same Tatsuyama stone as the ceiling stones. It is designated a prefectural archaeological material and is held by the Katsuragi City History Museum.

National historic site, 1972
Coffin: prefectural designation, 2021
About 135 m long (prefecture)

03 ／ Toritaniguchi Kofun

A small chamber found during works on a ridgeis held by one theory to be Prince Otsu's tomb.

It was found by chance in 1983 during construction work at the tip of a ridge extending east from Mount Nijo. The burial facility is a small stone chamber of the type called yokoguchi-shiki sekkaku. It was built in the late 7th century, but with no grave goods, who was buried there is unknown. One theory holds that it is the tomb of Prince Otsu recorded in the Man'yoshu.

Prefectural historic site, 1987
Found in 1983
Built in the late 7th century

Living here

27 minutes from Osaka Abenobashi by Kintetsu limited express.

about 40,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line, the limited express takes 27 minutes at the fastest from Osaka Abenobashi to Shakudo Station (timetable). The city says it was formed in October 2004 through the first merger in Nara Prefecture, of the former towns of Shinjo and Taima, and is linked to the Kyoto and Osaka areas by the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka and Gose lines and the JR Wakayama Line.

People living here: 36,832people
Area: 33.72km²
Households: 13,288households
Rent (average for rentals): 55,482yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 22 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Katsuragi City in Japan34.489°N 135.726°E

to OsakaKintetsu limited express27min

Travel times follow 近畿日本鉄道『駅の時刻表』（eki.kintetsu.co.jp。ページに「2026/3/14現在」）の南大阪線大阪阿部野橋駅の発車時刻表（slCode=349-0・平日 dw=0／土休日 dw=1。05時台から終電まで）の特急・急行・区間急行を全部拾い、各列車の停車駅発着表（T7）で大阪阿部野橋『発』→尺土『着』を数えた（平日特急20本〈さくらライナー5本を含む〉・急行・区間急行40本、土休日特急15本・急行・区間急行26本）。逆向き（尺土→大阪阿部野橋）は尺土駅の発車時刻表（slCode=349-22 d=1）で特急・急行・区間急行を数えた。 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Katsuragi City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.5km

Nara Prefecture: 御所市, 香芝市, 大和高田市
Osaka Prefecture: 河南町, 太子町, 千早赤阪村

Katsuragi City isthis kind of town.

01Kasado Hall stands on the east bank of Oike Pond, a prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property whose square, tile-roofed hipped roof sits on a single square pillar about 40 cm on a side. The city introduces it as a memorial for the lord and the people who built the pond, kept for over 300 years
02The city names Taimadera Temple, which holds the national-treasure Taima Mandala, and the Takenouchi Kaido road among its sights, and in Taima there is a five-ringed stone tower said to be the grave of Taima no Kehaya, recorded in the Nihon Shoki
03In Takenouchi stands Watayumizuka, a haiku monument built in 1809 to commemorate a verse by Matsuo Basho, and the city says a custom is handed down in which a tag reading 12 December, the death day of Ishikawa Goemon, is stuck up upside down

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.

Katsuragi City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗