Kashiwara City

Four pairs of towers suggest a castle.

Tamate Bridge, five-span bridge

Photo by m-louis .® from Osaka, Japan (CC BY-SA 2.0)

01 ／ Sluice

A sluice of 1705 was rebuiltas a brick arch in 1888.

In 1705, the year after the Yamato River was rerouted, a sluice for taking in water was cut through the Tsukidome embankment. It was rebuilt in brick in 1888. Its opening is a horseshoe-shaped semicircular arch like a railway tunnel, which the city notes is unusual for a sluice. It is still in use.

Set up 1705
Rebuilt in brick, 1888
National Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2001

02 ／ Cliff-cut tombs

Of 162 confirmed tombs,27 have engraved wall paintings.

Cut into soft tuff bedrock in the Kofun period, these tombs have been found in Osaka Prefecture only in Kashiwara. The best known mural, in Tomb 5 of the third group, shows a figure riding a gondola-shaped boat. The entrances are fenced for protection, and special openings are held twice a year, in spring and autumn.

162 tombs confirmed
27 with engraved wall paintings
National Historic Site, 1922 (extended 1990)

03 ／ Temple site

The east pagoda's foundation stone hasa two-step hole, 122 cm across outside.

The Shoku Nihongi chronicle records that Emperor Shomu worshipped the Vairocana Buddha at Chishiki-ji Temple during a visit to Naniwa Palace. The city writes that the Taihei-ji temple ruins are almost certainly the site of Chishiki-ji, and the core stone from its east pagoda has been moved to the grounds of Iwa Shrine.

Hole 122 cm outer, 75 cm inner
Prefectural designation, 1970 (the stone)
In the grounds of Iwa Shrine

Living here

17 minutes from Osaka by Kintetsu express.

about 70,000 people
30 min to a city centre

On the Kintetsu Osaka Line, the fastest express takes 17 minutes from Osaka-Uehommachi to Kawachi-Kokubu. The station nearest City Hall is Ando, about a 5-minute walk west. JR Kashiwara Station is about 20 minutes from Tennoji, the city says.

People living here: 68,775people
Area: 25.33km²
Households: 30,009households
Rent (average for rentals): 51,922yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 48 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

Kashiwara City in Japan34.579°N 135.629°E

to OsakaKintetsu Osaka Line express17min

Travel times follow 近鉄『駅の時刻表』（大阪上本町駅・河内国分駅。平日・土休日。ページに『2026年3月14日現在』）と JRおでかけネットの区間時刻表（大和路線 line-timetable/2298・2299） (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kashiwara City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

6.6km

Osaka Prefecture: 八尾市, 羽曳野市, 藤井寺市
Nara Prefecture: 三郷町, 香芝市, 王寺町

Kashiwara City isthis kind of town.

01Tamate Bridge is a five-span suspension bridge over the Ishikawa River, built in 1928 by Osaka Railway as an approach to the Tamateyama amusement park, the city writes. Four pairs of white towers suggest a castle, and the bridge is a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property owned by Kashiwara
02Tsukidome No. 2 Sluice, set up in 1705, became a brick arch in 1888, and the Nagase and Tamagushi rivers it feeds are a World Heritage Irrigation Structure. Takaida Yokoana is the only group of cliff-cut tombs found in Osaka Prefecture, and the core stone of Chishiki-ji's east pagoda stands in the grounds of Iwa Shrine
03Anpuku-ji Temple holds a coffin fragment made of 45 layers of silk, and the Mita family house is a merchant's townhouse and Important Cultural Property where Kashiwara boat cargo could be unloaded. By Kintetsu express it is 17 minutes from Osaka-Uehommachi to Kawachi-Kokubu

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kashiwara City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗