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02387 ／なかどまりまち

Aomori Prefecture 北津軽郡

Nakadomari Town

A stream falls down a seven-step cliff.

Seven Falls, Kodomari

Photo by Stu (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Garden

Three windows of the annex Shimuan arestained glass by Ogawa Sanchi.

Masaharu, the ninth head of the Miyakoshi family, built the annex Shimuan at Oppetsu in 1920. The town says three of its windows were commissioned from Ogawa Sanchi as stained glass. The windows of the cooling parlor show the passing seasons through flowering trees on four shoji panels. The garden, Seisen-en, is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty, designated on 17 February 2026.

Annex built 1920
Three Ogawa Sanchi windows
National Place of Scenic Beauty, designated 17 Feb 2026

02 ／ Fishing boat

Its bottom joins three cypress boards,and its bow is flat: a Kodomari coast boat.

According to the prefecture, the Kodomari Kittsu-bune is a coastal fishing boat with a hollowed bottom and planked sides, its bottom joined from three Hiba cypress boards. Because Kodomari Bay is calm, the bow is flat. It was used to work the shore for abalone, turban shells and sea squirts. It is a prefectural tangible folk cultural property, kept at the Shimomae branch of the Nakadomari Town Museum.

Bottom of three cypress boards
Prefectural tangible folk cultural property, 2017
Owned by Nakadomari Town

03 ／ Gongen Cape

Ozaki Shrine stands on the summit of a cliff229 m above the sea, said to date from 807.

The town says Ozaki Shrine stands on the summit of a sheer cliff 229 m above the sea on Gongen Cape, which juts into the Sea of Japan, and is said to date from 807, in the Heian period. The town also relates a legend that Xu Fu, taking Gongen Cape for the mountain of immortals, landed on the Shimomae coast. The photo shows the Kodomari cape from the sea.

229 m above sea level
Said to date from 807
Gongen Cape juts into the Sea of Japan

Nakadomari 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 1974–1978)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

216.34 km², made of two areas, Nakasato and Kodomari.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

Nakadomari lies in the middle of the Tsugaru Peninsula, west of the Tsugaru Mountains, and faces the Sea of Japan to the west. The town is made up of the Nakasato and Kodomari areas, and gives its total area as 216.34 km². In the southwest of the Kodomari area, Gongen Cape extends out, with the 229 m Mount Ozaki.

People living here: 9,657people
Area: 216.34km²
Households: 3,870households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 8 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 4 municipalities.

Nakadomari Town in Japan40.960°N 140.434°E

Territory of Nakadomari 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

36.6km

Goshogawara City, Sotogahama Town, Tsugaru City, Yomogita Village

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

Nakadomari Town isthis kind of town.

01The town says Seven Falls, in the Kodomari area, was shaped by the fierce waves of the Sea of Japan; a clear stream from the mountains drops down a seven-step cliff
02The annex Shimuan of the Miyakoshi family dates from 1920, and the town says three of its windows were commissioned from Ogawa Sanchi; the garden Seisen-en is a national Place of Scenic Beauty
03The Kodomari Kittsu-bune is a coastal boat with a bottom of three cypress boards and a prefectural folk cultural property; Ozaki Shrine on Gongen Cape is said to date from 807

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nakadomari Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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