Hotokenuma, reed beds, Misawa City
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02207 ／ みさわし

Aomori Prefecture

Misawa City

Farmland plan paused; reeds took over.

Hotokenuma, reed beds

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

01 ／ Aviation history

Sabishiro Beach was chosen as thetakeoff point for a Pacific nonstop flight.

Aviation history in Misawa City
Photo by Fg2 (Public domain)

In October 1931, Miss Veedol took off from Sabishiro Beach and reached Washington State after 41 hours 10 minutes. The city's official website says five flight attempts were made from 1930 to 1932, and that villagers backed the runway preparation with unpaid labor. A commemorative monument stands on the coast.

  • Departed from the beach, October 1931
  • 7,847 km, 41 hours 10 minutes
  • Five attempts, 1930 to 1932

02 ／ Work clothes

Work clothes reinforced with cotton threadwhere the shoulders and chest wear.

These hemp work clothes were used by farm households in the Nanbu region for farm work. The shoulders and chest, which wear out easily, are reinforced with cotton-thread sashiko stitching. The 64 items (31 long and short coats, 6 sleeveless jackets, 22 mountain trousers, 5 aprons) were designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties in 1966. They are kept at the Senjin Memorial Hall (Senjin Kinenkan) of Misawa City.

  • 64 items (31 coats, 6 sleeveless, 22 trousers, 5 aprons)
  • Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, June 11, 1966
  • Kept at the Senjin Memorial Hall

03 ／ Western-style ranch

On the Nanbu domain's old pasture land,a Western-style ranch was founded.

A former samurai of the Aizu domain founded a Western-style ranching company at Yachigashira, together with British men. The Senjin Memorial Hall's guide gives the start as 1872, while the Tohoku Regional Agricultural Administration Office's chronology gives 1873. A record of its first five years of operation was published in 1879.

  • Founded by a former Aizu samurai
  • Start given as 1872 or 1873
  • Five-year record published in 1879

Misawa City from the sky

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

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot April 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

A tourist information office stands by Misawa Station.

  • about 40,000 people

The Misawa Tourism Association lists a tourist information office on the second floor of the exchange plaza in front of Aoimori Railway's Misawa Station. For rail inquiries, the association lists Aoimori Railway and JR East.

People living here
39,152people
19952020

−2.6% since 2015

41,605 → 39,152

Area
119.39km²

100.02km² of it habitable

2024

Households
17,252households

2.3 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
41,945yen

National average 60,630 yen

2023

Healthcare
3 hospitals ／ 19 clinics

5.6 per 10,000 people

2023

Area119.39km²Habitable land100.02km² ／ 84%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—17 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Misawa City in Japan40.683°N 141.369°E
TokyoOsakaMisawa City
Territory of Misawa 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

25.1km

Oirase Town, Rokunohe Town, Rokkasho Village, Tohoku Town

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

Misawa City isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Hotokenuma is a 222 ha wetland between Lake Ogawara and the coastal dunes, registered as a Ramsar Site in 2005. A prefectural reclamation plan for farmland was suspended, and reeds came to dominate the marsh
  2. 02In October 1931, Miss Veedol took off from Sabishiro Beach on a nonstop Pacific flight. The 64 Nanbu sashiko work clothes are an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, kept at the Senjin Memorial Hall
  3. 03A former Aizu samurai and others founded a ranch at Yachigashira. The tourist information office is in front of Aoimori Railway's Misawa Station

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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