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02210 ／ひらかわし

Hirakawa City

A hall: Japanese below, Western above.

Seibien, Seibikan hall

01 ／ Farm storehouses

In Kanaya, 39 storehouses are nationallyregistered; some carry plaster reliefs.

In the Kanaya district, 39 storehouses are nationally registered tangible cultural properties. The Sato Masamichi house storehouse (1951) is a plastered storehouse with wave-pattern plaster reliefs above and below its second-floor window. The tourist association says 334 storehouses survive in the Onoe area, and that a building boom began in 1950.

39 storehouses in Kanaya registered
Sato Masamichi house storehouse, 1951
334 storehouses in Onoe (tourist association)

02 ／ Main hall

The unpainted main hall is a nagare-zukuri,three bays deep; the prefecture calls it extremely rare.

The main hall of Saruka Shrine dates from 1826. The prefecture records that this unpainted-wood hall, a three-bay-deep nagare-zukuri, is extremely rare in type. It was designated a prefectural treasure in 1994. The shrine is one of three places that hold the Tsugaru Nanokado festival.

Built in 1826
Three-bay-deep nagare-zukuri
Prefectural treasure, 1994

03 ／ Lion dances

Prefectural folk-performance properties:lion dances in four Hirakawa districts.

Hirakawa has four prefecturally designated lion (kuma) dances: Yahatazaki, Kogake, Osaki and Hirofune. The prefecture describes Osaki's dance as using a straw-mat bridge, Kogake's as keeping a scroll of instruction dated 1618, and Hirofune's fox-mask dance as a rare piece among Tsugaru lion dances.

Four prefectural designations
Kogake: scroll dated 1618
Hirofune: fox-mask dance

Hirakawa City 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 June 2024)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

From Hirosaki, 13 minutes to Hiraka Station.

about 30,000 people

The city was formed in 2006 by the merger of Hiraka Town, Onoe Town and Ikarigaseki Village, and has seven stations on the Konan Railway Konan Line and the JR Ou Main Line. The city's access diagram shows 13 minutes from Hirosaki Station to Hiraka Station on the Konan Line.

People living here: 30,567people
Area: 346.01km²
Households: 10,049households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,330yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 17 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —13 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 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Hirakawa City in Japan40.584°N 140.566°E

Territory of Hirakawa City

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

25.4km

Aomori Prefecture: Kuroishi City, Owani Town, Hirosaki City, Towada City, Inakadate Village, Aomori City
Akita Prefecture: Kosaka Town, Odate City

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

Hirakawa City isthis kind of town.

01Seibien is a national place of scenic beauty. The garden says Seibikan, built to look out over it, is Japanese-style downstairs and Renaissance-style upstairs. The Seito family's Shoin garden in the same Saruka-Ishibayashi area is also a national place of scenic beauty
0239 storehouses in Kanaya are nationally registered tangible cultural properties; the Saruka Shrine main hall and four lion dances are prefecturally designated
03The city has seven stations on the Konan Railway Konan Line and the JR Ou Main Line; the city's diagram shows 13 minutes from Hirosaki to Hiraka Station

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hirakawa City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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