Nagaizumi Town

A lava waterfall, 100 steps from home.

Ayutsubo Falls

Photo by SigureU (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Waterfall

Mt. Fuji’s lava becomesa waterfall by the houses.

Ayutsubo Falls (鮎壺の滝) on the Kise River is 9 m high. It formed at the southwestern tip of the Mishima lava flow from an eruption of Mt. Fuji about 10,000 years ago, and lava tree molds can be seen behind the falls. Because the falls and Mt. Fuji can be seen together, it is also called “Fujimi Falls”, and it is a prefectural natural monument. The town says it is “100 steps from the houses”.

9 m high
Mishima lava flow
Prefectural natural monument

02 ／ Raising children

The highest birth ratein the prefecture.

From 2018 to 2022 the town’s total fertility rate was 1.67, the highest in Shizuoka Prefecture (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare figures). Free medical care for children, which the town started ahead of the rest of Japan, now runs to age 18. Nursery fees for a second child are also free, with no conditions on household income or siblings’ ages — a first in the prefecture.

Total fertility rate 1.67
Free medical care to age 18
Free nursery for 2nd child

03 ／ Museum

A museum openedwhile Buffet was still alive.

The Bernard Buffet Museum at Clematis no Oka (クレマチスの丘) was founded on 25 November 1973. It bears the name of Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), a leading figurative painter of postwar France, and Buffet himself visited it seven times with his wife.

Founded 1973
The painter visited 7 times
Clematis no Oka

Living here

Next to the Shinkansen exit, 45 min to Tokyo.

about 40,000 people
Shinkansen stops here
Rural district town

The town sits on the north (Shinkansen) side of Mishima Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen; the Hikari reaches Tokyo Station in as little as 45 minutes. From Mishima Station it is about 10 minutes by bus or taxi to the town hall. Shimotogari and Nagaizumi-Nameri stations on the JR Gotemba Line are also in the town.

People living here: 43,336people
Area: 26.63km²
Households: 17,482households
Rent (average for rentals): 70,619yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 29 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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.

Nagaizumi Town in Japan35.138°N 138.897°E

to TokyoShinkansen Hikari45min
to ShinagawaShinkansen Hikari37min
to NagoyaShinkansen Hikari80min

Travel times follow 町公式「長泉町へのアクセス」（2024-04-01 更新）に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Nagaizumi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.0km

沼津市, 裾野市, 三島市, 清水町, 富士市

Nagaizumi Town isthis kind of town.

01Ayutsubo Falls, made by Mt. Fuji’s lava, right next to the houses
02The highest total fertility rate in the prefecture, with generous medical and nursery support
03A Buffet museum founded in the painter’s lifetime

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nagaizumi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗