Inami Town

A yellow child frog atop a red parent.

Kaeru Bridge, parent and child

Photo by x768 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

01 ／ Kirime Oji

The main hall of one of the Five Ojiis Kumano-zukuri, rebuilt in 1828.

切目王子.jpg — Photo by Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

One of the Five Oji among the Ninety-Nine Oji of Kumano, with Fujishiro, Inabane, Takijiri and Hosshinmon. The town says Retired Emperor Gotoba stayed in the shrine's imperial lodging hall and held a poetry gathering with his attendants. A prefectural survey report calls the main hall Kumano-zukuri; ridge-beam writing dates its rebuilding to Bunsei 11 (1828). It was added to a national historic site in 2022.

One of the Five Oji
Main hall rebuilt in Bunsei 11 (1828)
Added to a national historic site, 2022

02 ／ Nakayama Pass door

Graffiti and portraits by commonersare drawn on one door by the old road.

宝筐院塔（切目中山王子）.jpg — Photo by Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

About 1 km down the slope from Nakayama Oji, the town says, a single door survives in the barn of a ruined house by the old road, bearing graffiti and portraits written by commoners between Bunsei 10 (1827) and Meiji 19 (1886). It is town-designated. The photo shows the stone pagodas in front of Nakayama Oji (town-designated).

Graffiti and portraits, 1827 to 1886
One door
Town-designated, 1991

03 ／ Jubako-jishi lions

A portable shrine led by the jubako lionscrosses the Inami River near its mouth.

Each year on 2 October, the autumn festival of Inami Hachiman Shrine begins with an offering of the jubako-jishi lion by Higashi-Yamaguchi, followed by the drum floats entering the shrine and lion dances by each district, and then the portable shrine procession. The procession heads to the resting place at Inami Port; the river crossing on the way, called "Gowatari", is one of the festival's highlights.

Each year on 2 October
River crossing near the Inami River mouth
Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 2007

Living here

From Shin-Osaka, about 2 hours, changing at Gobo.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

The town has three JR Kisei Main Line stations: Inami, Kirime and Inahara. In the 14 October 2026 section timetable, no Limited Express Kuroshio or Nankai stops at any of them. The town's guide says to take the Limited Express Kuroshio from Shin-Osaka to Gobo Station, change to a local train and get off at Inami Station, then walk 2 minutes, about 2 hours in all.

People living here: 7,720people
Area: 113.62km²
Households: 2,993households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 4 municipalities.

Inami Town in Japan33.820°N 135.223°E

Territory of Inami Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.4km

みなべ町, 日高川町, 御坊市, 田辺市

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

Inami Town isthis kind of town.

01The Kaeru Bridge is 133 m including the JR overpass. The parent frog is red, 48 m long and 14 m high, with a yellow child frog above it, and a green or blue parent frog was also proposed at the start of construction
02Kirime Oji is one of the Five Oji, and its Kumano-zukuri main hall was rebuilt in 1828. Nakayama Oji has town-designated stone pagodas in front, and a town-designated door bears commoners' graffiti and portraits
03The Jubako-jishi lions and festival of Inami Hachiman form a Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and on 2 October the portable shrine crosses the Inami River. The town also has prefecture-designated nagi (Toko-ji) and horse chestnut (Kawamata Kannon) trees, and the Kirimezaki Tsukaana tomb, a prefectural historic site

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Inami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗