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02446 ／はしかみちょう

Aomori Prefecture 三戸郡

Hashikami Town

A white lighthouse by grass and reef.

Hashikami Lighthouse, Kobunato

Photo by くろふね (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Hiranai keibai

On the first night of Obon, in the cemetery,a prayer dance for ancestors is performed.

On the first night of Obon, the Hiranai keibai performs a grave nenbutsu in a cemetery clearing, then dances at graves and before household altars across the old Hiranai Village. Nine dancers and six musicians circle a hexagonal lantern to the right; the dance is called "haneru."

9 dancers, 6 musicians
Prefectural folk culture property (designated October 6, 1959)
Selected by the national government (January 31, 1978)
The prefecture says it came from Kesen; the town says it was danced to mourn Benkei, so the origin is not stated

02 ／ Tomyodo site and pagoda site

To keep ships safe at sea,a lantern hall was built in 1730.

The Tomyodo site stands in the hills. Many ships were wrecked near Kobunato Cape, and a monk built the hall in 1730. Records of the Hachinohe domain confirm that the domain paid for its lamp oil, and the town says it was likely treated as an important domain facility.

Built in 1730 by a monk
Lamp oil paid by the domain (confirmed in Hachinohe domain records)
The pagoda site at Terashita dates to 1745

03 ／ Prefectural natural monuments

Horse chestnut, bridal wreath, giant ginkgo, honey locust:prefectural natural monuments among the town's trees.

In the prefecture's list, four prefectural natural monuments are in Hashikami: the Barajima horse chestnut, the utsugi bridal wreath, the Ichokikubo giant ginkgo and the Taira honey locust, all privately owned. The town estimates the horse chestnut at over 850 years old and the honey locust at 800.

4 on the prefectural list (updated August 21, 2025)
Horse chestnut estimated over 850 years old (town)
Honey locust estimated 800 years old (town)

Hashikami Town from the sky

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

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Eight old villages joined to form Hashikami Village.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Under the 1889 village system, eight old villages merged to form Hashikami Village, which became Hashikami Town on May 1, 1980. The town introduces the Kobunato coast, where Hashikami Lighthouse stands, as the place where the sun rises earliest in the prefecture.

People living here: 13,496people
Area: 94km²
Households: 5,862households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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 3 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Hashikami Town in Japan40.453°N 141.621°E

Territory of Hashikami 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

13.4km

Aomori Prefecture: Hachinohe City
Iwate Prefecture: Hirono Town, Karumai Town

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

Hashikami Town isthis kind of town.

01Hashikami Lighthouse stands on the Kobunato coast, which the town describes as a shoreline of lawn and reef, the southeasternmost point of the prefecture and the place where the sun rises earliest in it
02The Hiranai keibai is a prefectural folk culture property performed as a grave nenbutsu in a cemetery clearing on the first night of Obon and selected nationally, and the Tomyodo site dates to 1730
03In the prefecture's list, four prefectural natural monuments, the horse chestnut, utsugi, giant ginkgo and honey locust, are in Hashikami, which became a town in 1980

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hashikami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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