Kishiwada City

Stones themed on the Eight Formations.

Hachijin Garden, Shigemori Mirei

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Reservoir

Fourteen villages agreed on howthe pond would be managed and run.

Kumeda Pond (Kumedaike), which spans Ikejiri-cho and Okayama-cho, is a reservoir said to have been built by the priest Gyoki. In the medieval period its management passed from Kumeda-dera Temple to the "Kumedaike-go," and 14 villages ran it by agreement. Excavation in 2007 found a granite stone conduit about 60 cm wide and about 24 m long, with 12 cover stones.

14 villages
Stone conduit about 24 m long, 12 cover stones
Excavated in 2007

02 ／ Mountain trail

On the Ushitaki mountain trail,a Jizo statue was set at every cho.

The Jizo-san Trail runs from beyond Daiitoku-ji Temple on Mount Ushitaki to the summit of Mount Izumi-Katsuragi. The city introduces the Jizo statues, made in the Edo period and set along the mountain trail at every cho (about 109 m), as "choseki jizo" (cho-marker Jizo). The prefecture's walking map lists the Shichi-cho Jizo and the Nijuichi-cho Jizo.

1 cho = about 109 m
Shichi-cho Jizo and Nijuichi-cho Jizo
Made in the Edo period (the city's introduction)

03 ／ Festival

Danjiri carvings use no lacquer or gold leaf,and show off the grain of the zelkova.

Photo by Stemu2000 www.stefansblog.com (Public domain)

The carvings include people, horses, mythical beasts, birds and flowers, and arabesques. Famous scenes from war tales and myths are carved on parts such as the koshimawari, miokuri and masuai. Most subjects come from kabuki, puppet theater and kodan storytelling, and carvers base their sketches on the designs of nishiki-e prints and illustrated books (Kishiwada City, "Danjiri Encyclopedia").

Grain of the zelkova shows
Koshimawari, miokuri and masuai
Mostly kabuki, puppet and kodan subjects

Living here

21 minutes from Osaka (Namba) by Nankai limited express.

about 190,000 people
30 min to a city centre

To Kishiwada Station on the Nankai Main Line it is 21 minutes from Namba by limited express, and 25 minutes by express, which needs no limited-express charge. City Hall is about a 10-minute walk from the station.

People living here: 190,658people
Area: 72.72km²
Households: 79,073households
Rent (average for rentals): 48,652yen
Healthcare: 17 hospitals ／ 145 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —30 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.

Kishiwada City in Japan34.461°N 135.371°E

to OsakaNankai limited express21min

Travel times follow 南海電鉄『ダイヤ検索』（kensaku.nankai.co.jp/pc/N1・N2。事業者公式の経路検索）を、2026-10-14（水）と 2026-10-18（日）の05:00〜23:30、30分おきの出発時刻で引き、『乗換 0回』の経路で難波『発』→岸和田『着』（と岸和田『発』→難波『着』）の所要を数えた。毎日運転の最速を採った。 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kishiwada City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

17.0km

Osaka Prefecture: 貝塚市, 和泉市, 忠岡町
Wakayama Prefecture: 紀の川市, かつらぎ町

Kishiwada City isthis kind of town.

01Hachijin no Niwa (Kishiwada Castle Garden) was designed and laid out by Shigemori Mirei in 1953 on the site of the castle's main enclosure, and its theme is Zhuge Liang's "hachijin-ho," the Eight Formations. Eight groups of stones stand in a circle around the central general's group, and the garden was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty on 6 October 2014
02Kumeda Pond spans Ikejiri-cho and Okayama-cho, is a prefectural historic site and place of scenic beauty (designated in 1941), and was registered as a World Heritage Irrigation Structure in 2015. On the Ushitaki mountain trail, a Jizo statue is set at every cho
03Danjiri carvings keep the grain of the zelkova showing, and many depict kabuki, puppet theater and kodan stories. Namba is 21 minutes away by limited express on the Nankai Main Line

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kishiwada City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗