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Our guide
The Kakita River flows through the town of Shimizu in Shizuoka, a tributary of the Kano River. At only 1.2 km it is the shortest Class 1 river in Japan. Most of its water comes from springs fed by rain and snowmelt on Mount Fuji, so it stays at about 15 °C all year, and it is the only place where the water plant Mishima-baikamo grows. The area around the springs is protected as Kakita River Park by the town, and the river is counted, with the Nagara and Shimanto, among Japan's three clearest rivers.
Mishima-Hirokōji Station on the Izuhakone Railway is about 1.7 km away in a straight line, and Mishima Taisha about 2.4 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Kakitagawa Park Second Observation Deck — photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kakitagawa Park First Observation Deck 2 — photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kakita river, 20110918 B — Batholith · Public domain · source · resized
- Kakita river, 20110918 A — Batholith · Public domain · source · resized
- Kakita River and Kano River 20120910 — Batholith · Public domain · source · resized
- Kakita River 20120819 — Batholith · Public domain · source · resized
- Kakita River3 — 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kakita River2 — 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 20100905柿田川湧水 — BehBeh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Kakita River (柿田川, Kakita-gawa) is a river flowing through the town of Shimizu in the Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Kakita River is a tributary of the Kano River. At only 1.2 km (1 mi), it is the shortest Class 1 River in Japan. Most of the river's source water comes from springs created by rainfall and melting snow on Mount Fuji. Therefore, the temperature of the river is around 15 °C throughout the year. The river is also known as the only habitat of Mishima-baikamo (ja:ミシマバイカモ). The area around the springs is protected as a park (Kakita River Park (柿田川公園, Kakita-gawa Kōen) by the Shimizu town government. Also, famous for being a clear-flowing river, the Kakita River has been named one of the "Three Clear-Flowing Rivers in Japan", along with the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture and the Shimanto River in Kōchi Prefecture.
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What to expect at this type of place: Lakes & falls
Nearby station
Nearby station: Mishima-Hirokōji (Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line), about 1.7 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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