Kawachinagano City

A wooden police post, office and home.

Former Mikkaichi Police Box

Photo by Ty19080914 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Thatch field

A reed field for roofs, tendedas Takihata's common land.

The grassland on the summit of Mt. Iwawaki is called "Kitora" locally. According to the city's record, it has been managed since about 300 years ago as common land of the Takihata district, with reed cutting and controlled burning done to re-roof thatched farmhouses. In recent years the reed has also been widely used to roof cultural properties.

Common land for about 300 years
74,800 m²
City-selected preservation area, 2009

02 ／ Main hall

Its ridge tag records Bunmei 12 (1480),a main hall at Mt. Eboshigata's foot.

The main hall of Eboshigata Hachiman Shrine stands at the eastern foot of Mt. Eboshigata. The city says that a ridge tag (munafuda) found there shows it was built in Bunmei 12 (1480). It is a hip-and-gable building of three bays by two, roofed with cypress bark. It became an Important Cultural Property in 1940, and the shrine grounds, together with the Eboshigata Castle site on the summit, are a national Historic Site.

Ridge tag of Bunmei 12 (1480)
Three bays by two
Grounds a national Historic Site, 2012

03 ／ Pagoda

Only the first storey stands:a thatched, unfinished pagoda.

The Tatekake Pagoda of Kanshinji Temple is a single-storey, thatched pagoda with a pyramidal roof. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as an unfinished pagoda with only its first storey, with thick, powerful timbers, and a valuable remnant forming part of the temple compound together with the main hall, a National Treasure. The Agency's database dates it to Bunki 2 (1502), and it became an Important Cultural Property in 1972.

Bunki 2 (1502)
Unfinished, first storey only
Important Cultural Property, 1972

Living here

From Namba, 26 minutes by Nankai limited express.

about 100,000 people
30 min to a city centre

Kawachinagano Station is a single station shared by the Nankai Koya Line and the Kintetsu Nagano Line. By the Nankai timetable, the fastest trip from Namba is 26 minutes on the limited express Koya; the express, which needs no limited-express ticket, takes 27. Mt. Iwawaki in the south of the city stands 897.7 m high, with about seven hectares of reed field around its summit. Three Koya roads, east, west and central, join within the city.

People living here: 101,692people
Area: 109.63km²
Households: 42,367households
Rent (average for rentals): 49,572yen
Healthcare: 8 hospitals ／ 76 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —14 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.

Kawachinagano City in Japan34.458°N 135.564°E

to OsakaNankai limited express26min

Travel times follow 南海電鉄『ダイヤ検索』（kensaku.nankai.co.jp。事業者公式の駅時刻表と列車ごとの停車駅表。ページに『2026年3月28日現在』）の河内長野駅〈高野線・slCode=309-24〉と難波駅〈309-0〉の発車時刻表のうち各停以外の全列車の停車駅表を、平日のダイヤ（date=20261014〈水〉）と土休日のダイヤ（date=20261018〈日〉）で1本ずつ開き、難波『発』→河内長野『着』と河内長野『発』→難波『着』を数えた。近鉄は『駅の時刻表』（eki.kintetsu.co.jp。2026/3/14現在）の河内長野駅〈長野線・slCode=355-7〉の全列車を1本ずつ開いた。毎日運転の最速を採った。 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Territory of Kawachinagano City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.9km

Osaka Prefecture: 和泉市, 千早赤阪村, 富田林市, 堺市, 大阪狭山市
Wakayama Prefecture: 橋本市, かつらぎ町
Nara Prefecture: 五條市

Kawachinagano City isthis kind of town.

01The former Mikkaichi Police Box is a two-storey wooden former police post, raised in 1952. Built as office and home in one, it stands in Mikkaichi, which flourished as a post town on the Koya road, and the city designated it a cultural property in 2010. It opens on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as an information hall on the district's history
02The Iwawaki reed field is a 74,800 m² grassland owned by the Takihata neighbourhood association. Called "Kitora" locally, it has been managed as common land since about 300 years ago, and the city selected it as a preservation area in 2009
03The main hall of Eboshigata Hachiman Shrine and the Tatekake Pagoda of Kanshinji Temple are national Important Cultural Properties, and the Eboshigata Castle site is a national Historic Site

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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