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13205 ／おうめし

Ome City

House said to copy a wife's family home.

Baba Family Oshi House, Mitake

Photo by Mokoban (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Waterfall

One of 37 scenic areas,where a waterfall drops in 8 steps.

Waterfall in Ome City — Photo by Koda6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A keienchi was an Interior Ministry plan to conserve scenic land with minimal facilities, without turning it into a park. Okumitake is one of the 37 decided in 1935; Nanayo-no-taki Falls is about 50 m high in all, falling in 8 steps, each with its own pool.

One of 37 scenic areas fixed in 1935
Nanayo-no-taki Falls: about 50 m high
Tokyo-designated scenic site (2000)

02 ／ Historic site

One of the Fuke sect's headtemples moved to Shinmachi.

Historic site in Ome City — Photo by 湖の国の王子 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reiho-ji was founded in Satte as one of the Fuke sect's head temples and, via Kawagoe, moved to Shinmachi Village in 1613. It prospered under shogunate protection, but the sect was abolished in 1871 (Meiji 4). Today the graves of its head priests remain in a corner of the park.

Tokyo-designated historic site (1970)
Moved to Shinmachi Village in 1613
Sect abolished in 1871

03 ／ Shop storehouse

A town elder's house:shop in front, home behind.

The former house of the Inaba family, who served as town elders of Ome post town in the Edo period. The two-storey earth-walled main building along the Ome Kaido road is 5.5 ken wide and 7 ken deep, with the shop at the front and living quarters behind. It is thought to date from the late Edo period.

Tokyo-designated tangible folk cultural property (1981)
5.5 ken wide, 7 ken deep
Timber dealers and brokers of Ome-jima striped cloth

Ome City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot December 2020)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

55 minutes from Shinjuku, 70 from Tokyo.

about 130,000 people
60 min to a city centre

Trains run through from the Chuo Line onto the Ome Line, with no change. They stop at Higashi-Ome, the station nearest City Hall.

People living here: 133,535people
Area: 103.31km²
Households: 56,523households
Rent (average for rentals): 51,075yen
Healthcare: 14 hospitals ／ 91 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —28 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.

Ome City in Japan35.788°N 139.276°E

to TokyoJR Chuo Line (Rapid) and Ome Line70min
to ShinjukuJR Chuo Line (Rapid) and Ome Line55min

Travel times follow JR東日本「駅の時刻表」（2026年10月版・timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610）の中央線快速の東京駅・新宿駅の下り（東京駅 tt103909x・新宿駅 tt086606x。x=0 平日・1 土休日）の列車ページ全部から、東京・新宿の発→東青梅の着を列車ごとに数えた（`$SP/ome/jr/cnt2.py`） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Ome City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

10.7km

Tokyo: Okutama Town, Hinode Town, Akiruno City, Hamura City, Mizuho Town
Saitama Prefecture: Hanno City, Iruma City

Ome City isthis kind of town.

01Baba Family Oshi House belonged to a family of priests of the shrine on Mount Mitake; it is said to have been built in the closing years of the Edo period to copy the wife's family home
02Nanayo-no-taki Falls drops in 8 steps within one of 37 scenic areas fixed in 1935
0355 minutes from Shinjuku and 70 from Tokyo, no change

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ome City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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