Toyono Town

Genroku 5 is cut into a stone torii.

Yoshikawa Hachiman, stone torii

Photo by 久次米一弥 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Stone bath

A stone bathtub of unknown purposesits in a temple precinct in Kirihata.

The stone bath at Hosshoji Temple in Kirihata is a granite trough estimated to date from the Kamakura period. It is said to be the stone trough of the former Hashiriyu Tenno Shrine and is a prefectural tangible cultural property of Osaka (designated in 1974). The town's booklet says its purpose is unclear and lists three views: monks' purification, bathing against illness, or a shared bath.

Prefectural tangible cultural property, 29 March 1974
Estimated Kamakura period
Outer size: 200 cm long, 70 cm high

02 ／ Stone Buddhas

Called the "Thirteen Buddhas,"it carries twenty figures on each face.

By a bridge over the Kirihata River in Yono stands a natural stone about 100 cm high, carved in relief on both faces. Locals call it the Yono no Jusanbutsu (Thirteen Buddhas of Yono), but the town's booklet records twenty figures on each face. Its inscription dates it to Eiroku 7 (1564): a gyakushu stone, made in life to pray for peace in the afterlife for the donor and seventeen companions.

Inscribed Eiroku 7 (1564)
About 100 cm high
Twenty figures on each face

03 ／ Birthplace monument

A monument stands where Takayama Ukonis said to have been born.

The town records that Takayama Ukon was born in Takayama in 1552, and a stone monument stands at the place where he is said to have been born. The terraced paddies of the same district were chosen as a "Viewspot Osaka" by the prefecture, as the slope from which to view Takayama's terraced paddies.

Born in 1552, the town records
One of the first 28 Viewspot Osaka sites

Living here

From Kawanishi-Noseguchi, about 25 minutes via Yamashita.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

For the Yoshikawa branch office, the town gives about 25 minutes from Hankyu Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station by Nose Electric Railway, changing at Yamashita, then getting off at Tokiwadai Station and walking 15 minutes. The main town office is in Yono in the eastern district: about 40 minutes by Hankyu Bus (Higashi-Nose line) from Hankyu Ikeda Station. The town describes Myokenguchi Station as the northernmost station in Osaka Prefecture.

People living here: 18,279people
Area: 34.34km²
Households: 7,580households
Rent (average for rentals): 57,280yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 14 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Toyono Town in Japan34.919°N 135.494°E

Territory of Toyono Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.2km

Osaka Prefecture: 箕面市, 茨木市, 能勢町
Hyogo Prefecture: 川西市
Kyoto Prefecture: 亀岡市

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Toyono Town isthis kind of town.

01The stone torii of Yoshikawa Hachiman Shrine has "Genroku 5" cut into its right pillar and "Jinshin, ninth month, auspicious day" into its left. The town's booklet says the shrine is said to have been founded in the Jiryaku era (1065-1069) by Minamoto no Yorinaka
02The stone bath at Hosshoji in Kirihata is a trough estimated to date from the Kamakura period and an Osaka Prefecture tangible cultural property. The Yono no Jusanbutsu is a multi-figure stone Buddha with an inscription of Eiroku 7 (1564)
03Takayama is the district the town presents as the birthplace of Takayama Ukon. A birthplace monument stands there, and the slope for viewing its terraced paddies was chosen as a Viewspot Osaka by the prefecture

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Toyono Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗