01 ／ Ukawa stone Buddhas
Seated stone Amida Buddhas up to 1.6 m tall line the old Nishi-Ōmi road, facing the lake. Sasaki Rokkaku Yoshikata is said to have built them in 1553 for his late mother, and a signboard notes that a diary of 1491 already mentions them. Of the 48 statues, 13 moved to Jigen-dō in Sakamoto, 2 are missing, and 33 remain.
02 ／ Ōmizo ancient waterworks
In Ōmizo, where Oda Nobuzumi built a castle town in 1578 (Tenshō 6), channels run along the streets and two ancient drinking-water systems serve the houses. The Ōmizo community council records that mountain and spring water from Mount Hiyoshi was carried underground in bamboo pipes and drawn to each house at branching points called tachiagari. The Hiyoshiyama Water Association and the Katsuno Well Association maintain the systems.
03 ／ Shikobuchi faith
Western Takashima was a land of logging mountains, where building timber was cut for the capital. The raftsmen who carried it downriver worshipped Shikobuchi, a god who guards them from river demons, and kept the faith in small shrines, shrines and confraternities. It is found in the Ado River basin, and three buildings of Shikobuchi Shrine in Ogawa, Kutsuki are Important Cultural Properties.
Living here
Takashima is a city formed in 2005 by the merger of six towns and villages. The gateway is Shin-Asahi Station on the JR Kōsei Line, a 2-minute walk from the city hall. Special Rapid trains run to both Kyoto and Osaka without a change; the fastest daily service takes 45 minutes to Kyoto and 75 to Osaka.
−7.3% since 2015
53,950 → 46,377
117.76km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
11.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』区間時刻表（https://timetable.jr-odekake.net/line-timetable/2834 ・『北陸本線（琵琶湖線）(大阪～京都／米原～近江今津～敦賀) 下り』・ページの日付 2026年10月7日・保存 $SP/takashima/jr2834.html）の京都『発』→新旭の列、大阪『発』→新旭の列を、同じ列車の列で数えた。運転日注意欄に印の無い（毎日運転の）列車は、新快速3454M（大阪12:15発・京都12:45発→新旭13:30着）・3462M（大阪13:15・京都13:45発→新旭14:30着）・3478M（大阪15:15・京都15:45発→新旭16:30着）の3本で、**京都→新旭は45分、大阪→新旭は75分**（乗り換えなし。湖西線経由）。運転日注意欄に『平』（平日のみ）が付く新快速（3800M・3418M・3430M・3438M・3446M・3470M・3804M）には京都→新旭43〜46分・大阪→新旭74〜78分があるが、毎日乗れる定期便に絞って採った。普通列車（1800番台の列）は京都→新旭54〜60分。市公式『高島市役所(アクセスマップ)』（企画広報課・ページ更新日 2023-03-31・サーバーの Last-Modified 2026-10-03）の『JR新旭駅から高島市役所まで徒歩2分／京都駅から新旭駅 約50分／大阪駅から新旭駅 約80分／米原駅から新旭駅 約65分』 (checked 2026-10-07). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
31.3km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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