Nirasaki City

Ramparts ring the space inside the gate.

Shinpu Castle Ruins, Inui Gate

Photo by HikaruKinkakuji (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Canal

Completed in Kanbun 10 (1670), the canaldraws its water from the Kamanashi River at Nirasaki.

The Tokushima-segi canal was begun in Kanbun 5 (1665) by a merchant from Fukagawa in Edo with the permission of the Kofu domain. The domain took it over and it was completed in Kanbun 10 (1670). Its intake is in Nirasaki, and the water is still used for paddy fields in Nirasaki and Minami-Alps.

National Registered Monument (10 November 2022)
Completed in Kanbun 10 (1670)
Water taken from the Kamanashi River in Nirasaki

02 ／ Torii

The stone torii stands behind a wall;the way up is by the stairs on either side.

武田八幡宮.jpg — Photo by C2revenge (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The third torii of Takeda Hachimangu Shrine is a stone torii of the Myojin type, 2.69 m high. A stone wall stands in front of it, so visitors go around to either side. The cross-beam carries a repair inscription of Tensho 12 (1584), and the post of the stairs on the right bears an inscription of Kyoho 9 (1724). The stone torii is said to date from the mid-Muromachi period.

Prefectural Cultural Property (stone torii with front wall)
Stone torii 2.69 m high
Repair inscription of Tensho 12 on the cross-beam

03 ／ Parlor

In a building with a shoin-style parlor,the upper floor was a storehouse for valuables.

The Ono family, whose shop name was Tomiya, were merchants on Honmachi-dori in Nirasaki, facing the Koshu Kaido, and ran a sake brewery. The Ono house was also the birthplace of Ono Kinroku, who founded the Fuji-Minobu Railway Company. The parlor is in shoin style, and the building has been moved to stand next to the Nirasaki Folk Museum.

City-designated Cultural Property
Built in the early Meiji era (some repairs)
Has a tokonoma, chigaidana and tsukeshoin

Living here

95 minutes from Shinjuku by limited express Azusa, no changes.

about 30,000 people
2 hours to a city centre

The gateway is Nirasaki Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. The fastest limited express Azusa, which runs every day, takes 95 minutes from Shinjuku.

People living here: 29,067people
Area: 143.69km²
Households: 11,552households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,442yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 38 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.

Nirasaki City in Japan35.709°N 138.446°E

to ShinjukuJR limited express95min

Travel times follow JR東日本の列車時刻表（https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/ 。ダイヤ 2610。2026-10-08 閲覧）。韮崎駅の上り〔平日 tt1189/1189020・土曜休日 1189021〕・新宿駅の下り〔平日 tt0866/0866050・土曜休日 0866051〕から特急あずさの各列車のページを開き、韮崎・新宿の着発と運転日の注記を数えた (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Nirasaki City

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

12.4km

北杜市, 南アルプス市, 甲斐市

Nirasaki City isthis kind of town.

01The Inui Gate at the northwest corner of Shinpu Castle Ruins, a national historic site, is a masugata-koguchi: a cliff of Shichiri-iwa on the west, a water moat on the east, and an earthen bridge across between them. The city gives the interior of the masugata as about 13 m east to west and 12 m north to south
02The Tokushima-segi canal draws its water from the Kamanashi River and is a national Registered Monument. The third torii of Takeda Hachimangu Shrine has a stone wall in front, and the stone torii and wall are a prefectural cultural property
03The storehouse parlor of the Ono family, birthplace of Ono Kinroku, was moved from Honmachi-dori to stand next to the folk museum and is a city-designated cultural property. Shinjuku is 95 minutes away by limited express Azusa

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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