09411 ／ なかがわまち
Tochigi Prefecture 那須郡The 'temple ruin' was a district office.
Nasu Kanga Site01 ／ Tunnel tomb
Cut into a tuff slope on a hill at Wami, this is a yokoana tomb from the late Kofun period. The ceiling has a ridgepole shaped at its centre, with both sides sloped like a gabled roof; the town describes the whole chamber as resembling a house. 93 tombs have been confirmed around it, and it became a National Historic Site in 1934.
02 ／ Shrine
According to the shrine, the prefectural border runs through the middle of the great torii, the gate, the stone steps and the main hall beyond. It is one building, but as religious corporations it counts as two shrines, one in Tochigi and one in Ibaraki, with a shrine office in each prefecture. Even the name is read differently: Torinokosan Shojinja in Tochigi, Torinokosan Jojinja in Ibaraki.
03 ／ Natural monument
The weeping chestnut in the grounds of Batoin, planted on a cliff, has drooping branches like an umbrella and is said to bloom three times about 15 days apart, which is why it is also called the three-time chestnut. A prefectural natural monument, it is said to have been transplanted from Taga in Hitachi Province around 1692 to mark a visit by Mito's Tokugawa Mitsukuni.
Living here
There is no railway station in town. The town directs visitors to take a local bus bound for Bato from JR Ujiie Station and get off at Nakagawa-machi Yakuba-mae (Town Office). By the timetable, the bus leaving Ujiie Station at 7:37 arrives at 8:24, 47 minutes. The town was formed in 2005 by the merger of Bato and Ogawa, and spans about 22 km east to west and about 19 km north to south.
−10.3% since 2015
19,865 → 15,215
70.49km² of it habitable
2024
2.7 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
5.9 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 町公式「那珂川町の概要」のアクセスマップ（企画財政課）の交通案内が、JR氏家駅・JR烏山駅・西那須野駅の順に、それぞれ『那珂川町役場前』（烏山駅からは『那珂川町役場』）で下車と案内する。町公式「公共交通」のページ（関東自動車バス『氏家線』『西那須野線』・コミュニティバス『馬頭烏山線』。掲載日 令和7年11月19日・令和8年1月15日）に載る時刻表PDFで分数を数えた：氏家線（関東自動車・東野平出営業所・令和6年3月16日改正）の氏家駅前発 7:37→那珂川町役場前 8:24＝47分（10:43→11:30・15:06→15:53も47分。土曜・日祝日も10:43→11:30で47分） (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
18.8km
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