Ogata Village

Atop the steps, the old lake's surface.

Ogata Fuji

Photo by 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Triangular roof

The house built for prospective settlers to viewhas a big triangular roof.

Designed by the national corporation that built the new farming village, it went up in 1969 as a house to show prospective settlers: two storeys of concrete block and timber. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says its big triangular roof creates a characteristic landscape of the Hachirōgata reclaimed land. It became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 6 March 2024.

Built 1969
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 6 March 2024
Floor area 58 m²

02 ／ Latitude and longitude

On the village's reclaimed land,a latitude-and-longitude tower stands.

Ogata Village has a point where the lines of 40 degrees north and 140 degrees east meet, and a marker tower stands there. The village calls a point where latitude and longitude meet at whole numbers a latitude-longitude intersection. It also says that certificates of arrival are issued at the village's reclamation museum.

40 degrees north, 140 degrees east
Marker tower
Certificate of arrival

03 ／ Community hall

To let visitors see the reclaimed land,the hall was given a six-storey tower.

The hall was built in 1969, the year of the Akita Agricultural Exposition, north of the village office building. So that visitors could look over the reclaimed land from a height, Akita Prefecture added a six-storey observation tower. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as a hall standing on the axis of a planned town, and it became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 10 February 2026.

1969, year of the Akita Agricultural Exposition
Six-storey observation tower
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 10 February 2026

Living here

No station; 26 minutes by bus from Hachirōgata Station.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. The village points to Hachirōgata Station on the JR Ōu Main Line, in the neighbouring town of Hachirōgata, and the Mytown Bus from there. On the timetable revised on 1 April 2026, the Minami-Akita Wide-Area Mytown Bus takes 26 minutes from the station to JA Ogata-mura-mae stop in the village, on services that run every day. It links Gojome, Hachirōgata and Ogata.

People living here: 3,011people
Area: 170.11km²
Households: 839households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Ogata Village in Japan40.018°N 139.960°E

to HachirōgataLocal bus26min

Travel times follow 村公式『大潟村へのアクセス』（コンテンツ番号39・更新 2022-11-17）：「鉄道東京―秋田最短3時間49分 …／JR奥羽本線秋田駅―八郎潟駅 23分／八郎潟駅から大潟村へはマイタウンバスが便利です。」。村公式『南秋地域広域マイタウンバス』（更新 2026-03-31）の時刻表（令和8年4月1日改正）を目で読んだ (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Ogata Village

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

18.4km

三種町, 男鹿市, 八郎潟町, 五城目町

Ogata Village isthis kind of town.

01Ogata Fuji, a hill completed on 3 June 1995, rises 3.776 m from its foot, and its summit stands at sea level, representing the surface of old Lake Hachirōgata
02A house with a triangular roof built to show prospective settlers, and a community hall with a six-storey observation tower, are both Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
03A marker tower stands at the point where the lines of 40 degrees north and 140 degrees east meet

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ogata Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗