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Akita PrefectureCold rock air stored Tōhoku tree seeds.
Nagabashiri Fūketsu, seed stores01 ／ Church
Built in 1892 as the Magata Fukuin-kai Chapel, this single-storey timber chapel is made of fine Akita cedar. Over the sanctuary, an octagonal dome rests on arches on all four sides. Curving a domed ceiling in Akita cedar is said to be very difficult. It was designated a prefectural Tangible Cultural Property in 1966.
02 ／ Wetland
This U-shaped wetland of 6.6 ha lies on a terrace of pyroclastic-flow plateau, 6 km north of central Ōdate. The lowland wetlands once common here have been lost to paddy fields, pasture and housing. Shibayachi's remained, and has produced many wetland plants such as wild irises. Insect-eating plants such as sundews are another feature.
03 ／ Technique
Kochia (Bassia scoparia) seeds are harvested in autumn and dried, then boiled, hulled, washed, sorted and drained in that order. Foreign matter is removed, leaving only the dark green seeds. The Hinai district is the main home of the technique, which became a nationally registered Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2025. The name is said to come from grains resembling buriko, the roe of the sandfish (hatahata).
Living here
Ōdate Station is on the Ōu Main Line and the Hanawa Line, and the city describes itself as a junction linking northern Tōhoku together with National Routes 7, 103, 285 and others. The Yoneshiro River runs through the middle of the city, and Aomori Prefecture lies to the north. In 2005 the city absorbed the towns of Hinai and Tashiro.
−6.7% since 2015
82,504 → 69,237
190.39km² of it habitable
2024
2.5 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.7 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-06-20 に編入合併（比内町・田代町）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
48.7km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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