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02301 ／ひらないまち

Aomori Prefecture 東津軽郡

Hiranai Town

Shallow shore, long a swan arrival site.

Asadokoro Coast, Swans

Photo by Mccunicano (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Tsubakiyama

Wild yabutsubaki camellias coverthe slopes facing the sea.

Tsubakiyama in Hiranai Town — Photo by Ubuhouse (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The town says Tsubakiyama's slopes facing the sea are covered mainly in wild yabutsubaki camellias, which bloom crimson from late April to late May. The site was designated a National Natural Monument in 1922, and the shallow Tsubakiyama Beach alongside was certified one of Japan's 100 Best Beaches in 1996.

Blooms late April to late May (town)
National Natural Monument, 1922
Designation covers Hiranai Town and Oga City (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Tsubakiyama Beach: one of Japan's 100 Best Beaches, 1996

02 ／ Domain Boundary Mounds

Across a small stream, boundary moundsface each other, two on each side.

The Domain Boundary Mounds are hemispherical earth mounds built two on each side of a small stream about 2 m wide, on the old Oshu Kaido road, at the boundary between Tsugaru and Nanbu territory. Once called the Four Hills and the Four Mounds, they are about 10 m across and 3.5 m high, the prefecture says. Two of the four are in Karibasawa, Hiranai.

Two of the four are in Karibasawa, Hiranai
About 10 m across, 3.5 m high (prefecture)
Prefectural Historic Site, 1969

03 ／ Oshima Island

From the tip of Natsudomari Point,a bridge reaches the island even at high tide.

The town says Oshima is a rocky island with a footbridge from the tip of Natsudomari Point that can be crossed even at high tide. It covers about 20 hectares, and a lighthouse at its tip gives a view over all of Mutsu Bay. Only the walking path is open on the island.

About 20 hectares (town)
Footbridge passable even at high tide (town)
Only the walking path is open

Hiranai 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 April 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

In 1955, Kominato Town and two villages merged.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

On March 31, 1955, Kominato Town, Higashi-Hiranai Village and Nishi-Hiranai Village merged into today's Hiranai Town. National Route 4 and the Aoimori Railway cross its center, and the Natsudomari Peninsula juts north into Mutsu Bay. Its main industries are farming, chiefly rice, and farmed scallops; the town writes that a local man studied cedar-leaf spat collection after the 1957 spat boom and put farming on track.

People living here: 10,126people
Area: 217.09km²
Households: 3,796households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 6 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —6 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 4 municipalities.

Hiranai Town in Japan40.926°N 140.956°E

Territory of Hiranai 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

23.4km

Aomori City, Noheji Town, Tohoku Town, Shichinohe Town

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

Hiranai Town isthis kind of town.

01Asadokoro Coast is a shallow shore at the eastern base of the Natsudomari Peninsula, which the town describes as known since long ago as a swan arrival site, with swans arriving from mid-October to late March
02Tsubakiyama's slopes facing the sea are covered mainly in wild yabutsubaki camellias, and the site was designated a National Natural Monument in 1922
03The Domain Boundary Mounds on the old Oshu Kaido road were built two on each side at the Tsugaru-Nanbu boundary, with two of the four in Hiranai, and a bridge from the tip of Natsudomari Point reaches Oshima even at high tide

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hiranai Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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