Katano City

Parts of the moat serve as rice paddies.

Kisabe Castle, aka Katano Castle

01 ／ Farmhouse

The family served a bannerman as magistrate;its row-house gate runs 55.8 m.

The city records that the Kitada family of Kisabe were senior retainers of the former lord of Kisabe Castle and served the bannerman Hatakeyama as daikan (magistrate) in the Edo period. The main house was built between the Hoei and Kyoho eras (1708-1734). Four buildings, the main house, the front gate and two storehouses, are Important Cultural Properties. It is privately owned and opened irregularly.

Row-house gate 55.8 m long
Main house built 1708-1734
4 Important Cultural Properties, designated 1979

02 ／ Legend

Three places where the Big Dipper is said to have fallenlie about eight cho apart in Hoshida.

In the Heian period, while Kobo Daishi was training at Shishikutsu-ji Temple in Kisaichi, the Big Dipper is said to have fallen at three places in Hoshida: Korin-ji Temple, Hoshi no Mori and Mount Myoken. The distance between them is almost exactly eight cho (about 880 m), hence the name Hacchomitokoro. The city says that land once called "dried paddies" was renamed Hoshida, "star fields," after this legend.

Spacing: almost eight cho (about 880 m)
Korin-ji Temple, Hoshi no Mori, Mount Myoken
From "dried paddies" to Hoshida (city's account)

03 ／ Modern architecture

A mutual financing company's head officewas donated to the town as its office in 1942.

Built in 1929 in Kuraji as the head office of Katano Mujin Kinyu Co., a mutual financing (mujin) company, this reinforced-concrete building was renamed the Education and Culture Hall in 1973 and registered as a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2007. A local history and folklore exhibition room is inside.

Built 1929
Donated to Katano Town, 1942
Registered national Tangible Cultural Property, 2007

Living here

44 minutes from Kyoto by express bus, 29 from Kitashinchi by JR Rapid.

about 80,000 people
30 min to a city centre

From Kyoto Station Hachijoguchi to Katanoshi Station it is 44 minutes by Keihan Bus express bus. From Kitashinchi on the JR Tozai Line to Kawachi-Iwafune Station on the JR Gakkentoshi Line it is 29 minutes by Rapid. The city says the Keihan Katano Line connects to central Osaka and Kyoto via Hirakatashi Station.

People living here: 75,033people
Area: 25.55km²
Households: 29,569households
Rent (average for rentals): 51,777yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 55 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Katano City in Japan34.788°N 135.680°E

to OsakaJR Rapid29min
to KyotoExpress bus44min

Travel times follow 京阪バス『ダイレクトエクスプレス直Q京都』（京都駅八条口〜京田辺〜交野市。京阪バスは高速バス・急行バスに分類）の時刻表PDF『2026年4月1日からの時刻表』（https://www.keihanbus.jp/assets/pdf/express/namba/time_table_direct_express20260401.pdf）の『京都→大阪方面向き』の平日・土休日と『大阪→京都方面向き』の平日・土休日の4面から、『交野』の便（京都駅八条口〜京阪交野市駅）の各駅の時刻を列でそろえて数えた。市公式『位置と交通』のJR河内磐船駅の分数は市の画像から読んだ。【第2段で追加】『大阪』の1件（北新地→河内磐船駅 JR快速29分）は JRおでかけネット区間時刻表 line-timetable/2275（福知山線・JR宝塚線・JR東西線・学研都市線上り）の北新地『発』と河内磐船『発』の時刻の差を、列車ごとに数えた（2026-10-14〈水〉・10-17〈土〉・10-18〈日〉の3日分） (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Katano City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

6.8km

Osaka Prefecture: 枚方市, 四條畷市, 寝屋川市
Nara Prefecture: 生駒市

Katano City isthis kind of town.

01Kisabe Castle Site (also Katano Castle) is a Sengoku-period plains castle site, and parts of its main and second enclosures are a city-designated historic site. The city's designation report says the moat sections are used as paddy fields, and a large quantity of roof tiles has been excavated from the main enclosure
02The Kitada House belonged to a senior retainer family of the lord of Kisabe Castle, and the report says the family holds a genealogy stating they served the castle lord, Ukon. The main house, front gate and two storehouses are Important Cultural Properties, and the city gives the length of the row-house gate as 55.8 m
03Legend says the Big Dipper fell at three places in Hoshida, the Hacchomitokoro, and the Education and Culture Hall, built in 1929, is a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Kyoto is 44 minutes away by express bus

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Katano City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗