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02445 ／なんぶちょう

Aomori Prefecture 三戸郡

Nanbu Town

The Nanbu clan's seat, Muromachi to Sengoku.

Shojujidate ruins

Photo by MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Hoko-ji

A temple with a pine-lined approachhas a wooden three-storey pagoda.

The approach has 37 red pines that are prefectural natural monuments. According to the temple's record, a chief priest is said to have planted 427 weeping pines in 1676. The Joyo Pagoda in the grounds began in 1947 and was completed in 1949. It is a wooden three-storey pagoda and a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

37 pines, prefectural natural monument
Completed 1949
Registered Tangible Cultural Property, 2017

02 ／ Nanbu Toshiyasu Mausoleum

A mausoleum whose ceiling isdivided in 42, painted with flowers.

This is the mausoleum of Toshiyasu, the fourth son of Nanbu Toshinao, 27th head of the clan. Its exterior is lacquered, brightly painted and fitted with gilt metalwork. The coffered ceiling of the outer chamber is divided into 42 panels, each painted with seasonal flowers. The prefecture dates it to 1631–32.

Important Cultural Property
Designated 1953
42 ceiling panels

03 ／ Pilgrim's tablet

A pilgrim's tablet from the 33 Kannonof Nukanobu is kept at Hase.

In 1512 the monk Kanko offered this tablet to Hase-dera, the 33rd temple of the 33 Kannon of Nukanobu District. The route ran from Tendaiji in Iwate, the first, to Hase-dera, the last. The tablet is 73 cm long. The town calls it the oldest pilgrim's tablet in the prefecture.

Offered 1512
73 cm long
Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property, 1958

Nanbu 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 2022)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

Four Aoimori Railway stations lie in the town.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town has four Aoimori Railway stations: Sannohe, Kenyoshi, Suwanotaira and Tomabechi. Sannohe Station is in Nanbu Town, not in Sannohe Town. The town's website gives the drive to the town hall as about 9 minutes from Kenyoshi Station and about 6 minutes from Suwanotaira Station.

People living here: 16,809people
Area: 153.12km²
Households: 6,263households
Rent (average for rentals): 21,933yen
Healthcare: 2 hospitals ／ 8 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-01 に新設合併（名川町・福地村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Nanbu Town in Japan40.421°N 141.330°E

Territory of Nanbu 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

19.2km

Aomori Prefecture: Hachinohe City, Gonohe Town, Sannohe Town, Shingo Village
Iwate Prefecture: Ninohe City, Karumai Town

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

Nanbu Town isthis kind of town.

01The Shojujidate ruins, the seat of the main Nanbu clan from the Muromachi to the Sengoku period, is a national historic site; the town reports traces of a large post-built hall about 36 m by 34 m and a sword fitting engraved with facing cranes
02Hoko-ji has a prefectural natural-monument pine avenue and a wooden three-storey pagoda; the Nanbu Toshiyasu Mausoleum is an Important Cultural Property, and a pilgrim's tablet is kept at Hase
03Four Aoimori Railway stations lie in the town: Sannohe, Kenyoshi, Suwanotaira and Tomabechi

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nanbu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗