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02323 ／ふかうらまち

Aomori Prefecture 西津軽郡

Fukaura Town

A ginkgo 22 m around turns gold.

Kitakanegasawa Ginkgo

Photo by あおもりくま(Aomorikuma) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Topknot plaques

Sailors who cut their topknots to prayin peril offered them after surviving.

The Engakuji Temple votive materials of maritime faith number, per the Agency for Cultural Affairs, 70 ship votive paintings, 28 topknot plaques and 8 other items, an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property. The topknot plaques date from 1838 to 1882. The photo shows the main gate; the inner shrine of the temple's Yakushi Hall (1506) is an Important Cultural Property.

Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, 1981
70 ship votive paintings, 28 topknot plaques
Plaques date from 1838 to 1882

02 ／ Seki Cedar

Beside a cedar like an upturned water jar,42 Nanbokucho-period steles were gathered.

The Seki Cedar is a prefectural natural monument, estimated at 1,000 years old, about 35 m tall and about 7.04 m around at eye level. Named for its shape, it is today called by another name. The 42 slab-type memorial steles beside it are a prefectural historic site, thought to relate to the Ando clan.

Prefectural natural monument and historic site, 1955
About 35 m tall, about 7.04 m around
42 memorial steles

03 ／ Aoike

The town makes a small, 975 sq m pondthe symbol lake of Juniko.

Aoike in Fukaura Town — Photo by MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Juniko is the collective name for 33 lakes and ponds. Seen from the middle of a mountainside, 12 large ponds show, which gave Juniko its name. Aoike (Blue Pond) measures 975 sq m and 9.0 m deep, and the town's strategy plan makes it the symbol lake.

Collective name for 33 lakes and ponds
Aoike: 975 sq m, 9.0 m deep
First Juniko Promotion Strategy Plan, published 2021

Fukaura Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot May–October 2021)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The town office is split across three sites.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

Fukaura Town lies in the southwest of Aomori Prefecture, bordering Akita Prefecture to the south and Ajigasawa Town to the north, and facing the Sea of Japan to the west. Besides the main office, there are two branch offices. It merged with Iwasaki Village on 31 March 2005.

People living here: 7,346people
Area: 488.91km²
Households: 3,047households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-03-31 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Fukaura Town in Japan40.648°N 139.928°E

Territory of Fukaura Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.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

39.0km

Aomori Prefecture: Ajigasawa Town
Akita Prefecture: Happo Town

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Fukaura Town isthis kind of town.

01The Kitakanegasawa Ginkgo, a national natural monument (2004), is a giant whose aerial roots reach the ground and form part of the trunk, 22 m around at eye level and 31 m tall
02Engakuji Temple's votive maritime materials, 70 ship votive paintings and 28 topknot plaques among them, are an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property; 42 Nanbokucho memorial steles were gathered beside the Seki Cedar
03Juniko is the collective name for 33 lakes and ponds, and the town's strategy plan makes the 975 sq m Aoike its symbol lake

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Fukaura Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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