Kainan City

Said to be Japan's Suzuki surname roots.

Suzuki Yashiki, Fujishiro Oji

Photo by 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Kuroe townscape

A lacquerware wholesaler's main house,in business since the late Edo period, conveys the early-modern townscape.

Kuroe is a district where Kishu lacquerware has been produced. The landscape-making agreement its residents concluded in 2011 is the prefecture's certified agreement No. 1. The Ikesho Lacquerware Shop main house, a wholesaler in business since the late Edo period, is a two-story wooden building and became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2001.

Landscape-making agreement, 2011
Prefecture's certified agreement No. 1
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2001

02 ／ Zenpuku-in Shaka-do

A Zen-style hall with many Japanese-style elements,its timber proportions thick, with a grand air.

From the repair inscription inside the body of the seated Shakyamuni principal image, the hall is thought to have been rebuilt around Karyaku 2 (1327). It is three bays by three, hip-roofed with a skirt roof (mokoshi) and tiled throughout. Its bay dimensions are set in whole units, an old trait, and the diagonal corner beams (hiuchibari) in the inner frame are rare. It became a National Treasure in 1953.

Rebuilt around 1327 (Karyaku 2)
Three bays by three
National Treasure, 1953

03 ／ Shimotsu folk performances

Sumo, hat dance, ina dance, rain-prayer dance:Shimotsu's prefecture-designated folk traditions.

一壷王子跡.jpg — Photo by Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Shimotsu has five Intangible Folk Cultural Properties designated by the prefecture: the votive flower sumo (crying sumo) and lion dance at Yamaji Oji Shrine, the Okubo hat dance (kasa-odori), the Shiozu ina-odori and a rain-prayer dance. The ina-odori takes the form of a prayer for a big catch of migrating mullet (ina).

5 prefecture-designated properties in Shimotsu
Flower sumo: around Sports Day in October
Ina-odori: mid-August

Living here

69 minutes from Osaka by Limited Express Kuroshio.

about 50,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The town has five JR Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) stations: Kuroe, Kainan, Shimizuura, Kamogo and Shimotsu. The Limited Express Kuroshio stops at Kainan Station. From departure at Osaka Station to arrival at Kainan Station, the fastest daily service takes 69 minutes (JR timetable, October 2026 issue).

People living here: 48,369people
Area: 101.06km²
Households: 20,088households
Rent (average for rentals): 39,413yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 50 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-04-01 に新設合併（下津町）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Kainan City in Japan34.157°N 135.240°E

to OsakaLtd. exp. Kuroshio69min

Travel times follow JRおでかけネット（JR西日本の時刻検索 timetable.jr-odekake.net。『JR時刻表2026年10月号に基づく』）の『区間時刻表』（きのくに線〈京都／天王寺〜新宮〉・line-timetable/2312〈新宮方面行き〉と2314〈天王寺・京都方面行き〉）を 2026-10-14（水）・10-15（木）・10-17（土）・10-18（日）の4日分読み、特急くろしおの各列車ページ（train-timetable/<番号>）で『運転日毎日運転』と各駅の着発時刻を確かめた。 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Territory of Kainan City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.2km

有田川町, 紀美野町, 和歌山市, 有田市, 紀の川市

Kainan City isthis kind of town.

01The Suzuki Yashiki in Fujishiro is said to be the root of the Suzuki surname across Japan; part of the building dates from the late Edo period, the pond garden from the late Muromachi period, and the grounds are designated a National Historic Site as the Fujishiro Oji site
02Kuroe is a district where Kishu lacquerware has been produced, a lacquerware wholesaler's main house in business since the late Edo period is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and Shimotsu's Shaka-do Hall of Zenpuku-in is a National Treasure, a late Kamakura-period Buddha hall
03Shimotsu has five prefecture-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Properties, and the garden of Kotonoura Onzanso in Kainan is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty

See the town as it is now.

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

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