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02425 ／かざまうらむら

Aomori Prefecture 下北郡

Kazamaura Village

Baths about 100 m apart differed.

Shimofuro Onsen, Oyu and Shinyu

Photo by Soica2001 (Public domain)

01 ／ Float festival

One float for each of four districts,in shrine festival processions.

Float festival in Kazamaura Village — Photo by kitakame (CC BY 3.0)

A prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property (designated 30 August 2000). One float each belongs to four districts, including Shimofuro, Ikokuma and Hebiura, and accompanies the portable shrine procession. The village records when each shrine was founded, such as 1657 for Shimofuro's Inari Shrine and 1678 for Ikokuma's Oishi Shrine.

Prefectural folk property
One float per district
Oishi Shrine founded 1678

02 ／ Niijima's port call

Avoiding the north wind and current,the Kaifu Maru put in at Shimofuro.

On 18 April 1864 the Western-style sailing ship Kaifu Maru, carrying Niijima Jo, avoided the north wind and strong current by calling at Shimofuro port for two days. His diary records it as the last port of call on Honshu, and, according to the village, a monument was raised in Kaikyo Isaribi Park in 1992.

Port call, 18 April 1864
Diary, "Hakodate Kiko"
Monument raised, 1992

03 ／ Village name

One character from each of three villagesmade up the name Kazamaura.

Village name in Kazamaura Village — Photo by kitakame (CC BY 3.0)

In 1889, under the new town and village system, the three villages of Shimofuro, Ikokuma and Hebiura merged. Taking the characters for wind, between and bay from each gave Kazamaura. The tourism portal Shimokita Yukaimura says Ikokuma is said to derive from a phrase meaning "foreign cove".

Three villages merged, 1889
One character from each
Ikokuma said to derive from "foreign cove"

Kazamaura Village 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

No station; 78 minutes by bus from Shimokita.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village; the Shimokita Kotsu local bus (Sai line) serves it. On the timetable revised on 1 October 2026, the fastest daily bus from Shimokita Station takes 78 minutes to Ikokuma, with no change. Fishing and tourism are the main industries, and about 96% of the area is forest and open land.

People living here: 1,636people
Area: 69.46km²
Households: 750households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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.

Kazamaura Village in Japan41.488°N 140.996°E

to ShimokitaLocal bus78min

Travel times follow 下北交通『路線バス時刻表』佐井線下り（むつ～佐井方面行き）令和8年10月1日改正（http://www.0175.co.jp/s/s-bus/sai.pdf。写し $SP/aomori-oma/sai.pdf）。下北駅発 11:15・12:55・14:30・16:55 の便（運転日の注記なし）の易国間着は 12:38・14:13・15:48・18:23（83・78・78・88分）。9:20発は◎臨時便〔8/6〜8/17〕なので外した。最速78分（易国間・易国間郵便局前。風間浦中学校前は80分） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 2 municipalities.

Territory of Kazamaura Village

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

12.2km

Mutsu City, Oma Town

Kazamaura Village isthis kind of town.

01The village's two public baths, Oyu and Shinyu, stood only about 100 m apart yet differed in effect; they closed on 30 November 2020, and Kaikyo-no-yu opened the next month
02Four districts each have one float in a prefecturally designated float festival, and in 1864 the Kaifu Maru, carrying Niijima Jo, put in at Shimofuro
03There is no railway station in the village; local buses from Shimokita Station run to Ikokuma

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kazamaura Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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