Fujikawa Town

Up the slope stands a gate 25 m high.

Myoho-ji Temple, main gate

Photo by Sakaori (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Clay pagoda kiln

In the late Heian period, clay pagodaswere fired in a kiln in the hills.

On Gongendo hill in Tsukiyone, a kiln site was found where clay pagodas in the shape of a hoto, or treasure pagoda, were fired. The town's excavation report dates it to the late Heian period and records two kilns. The excavated clay pagodas, 1,088 pieces, are designated by the prefecture. At nearby Myoo-ji Temple, a bronze gong dated 1224 is a national Important Cultural Property.

Two kilns
1,088 clay pagodas (prefectural designation)
Gong dated 1224

02 ／ School building

From a hexagonal tower,a drum told the time.

This two-storey wooden school building, completed in September 1876 (Meiji 9), is a prefectural designated building. A drum was beaten in the hexagonal tower on its roof to tell the time, and it is known as Taikodo, the drum hall. The prefecture says it keeps the exterior of the so-called Fujimura style well. The town's history says it was later moved and rebuilt.

Drum in the tower
Completed in 1876 (Meiji 9)
Prefectural designated building

03 ／ River quay

Loading platforms at the quaywere narrower in Meiji than in Edo.

Kajikazawa was a quay on the Fuji River route, opened in the early Edo period. Excavations ahead of road works found loading platforms in front of the rice storehouse: 1.2 to 1.5 m wide in the Edo period, 50 to 80 cm in the Meiji period. The change is thought to reflect cargo shifting from rice bales to salt and other goods.

Edo period: 1.2 to 1.5 m wide
Meiji period: 50 to 80 cm wide
Opened in the early Edo period

Living here

No station in town; 165 minutes by highway bus from Shinjuku.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

There is no JR or private railway station in the town, and the highway bus from Shinjuku takes 165 minutes to Aoyagi. The town's community bus links Kajikazawaguchi Station, in the neighbouring Ichikawamisato, with places in the town on weekday mornings and evenings.

People living here: 14,219people
Area: 112km²
Households: 5,638households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 11 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Fujikawa Town in Japan35.561°N 138.461°E

to ShinjukuHighway bus165min

Travel times follow 山梨交通（運行は山梨交通・京王バス）の事業者公式「身延・南アルプス⇔新宿線」の時刻表（ページの表示は 2026-10-08 19:43 現在）。新宿→青柳は 16:25発→19:10着（YK1703）・17:45発→20:30着（YK1705）がどちらも165分、青柳→新宿は 6:36発→9:21着（YK1702）・8:16発→11:01着（YK1704）がどちらも165分。町公式『交通アクセス』のアクセスマップ（令和3年10月作成のPDF）は高速バスを『バスタ新宿（南口）→新宿〜身延山約2時間35分→青柳→約5分→鰍沢本町』と載せ、停留所の青柳・鰍沢本町が町内であることと合う (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Fujikawa Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

12.9km

早川町, 南アルプス市, 市川三郷町, 身延町

Fujikawa Town isthis kind of town.

01At Myoho-ji Temple in Komuro stands a main gate 23 m wide and 25 m high, with arhat statues enshrined on its upper floor
02In the hills of Tsukiyone is a kiln site where clay pagodas were fired in the late Heian period; the former Tsukiyone School building, completed in 1876 with a drum in its tower, is a prefectural designated building
03Kajikazawa, once a quay on the Fuji River, has the Kajikazawa Kashi Site, where loading platforms were found, and also four festival floats and the nine buildings of Shofuku-ji Temple, nationally registered tangible cultural properties

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Fujikawa Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗