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02423 ／おおままち

Aomori Prefecture 下北郡

Oma Town

A red shrine, a black-and-white lighthouse, offshore.

Omasaki Lighthouse, Benten Isle

Photo by アラツク (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Float festival

Hoteiyama's "Kudari" rhythmis built from groups of 7 and 9 beats.

Held at the festival of Okoppe Kasuga Shrine, it is a prefectural intangible folk cultural property. Hoteiyama, said to be the oldest of the floats, keeps a form with no roof. Each float has its own music; the prefecture notes that Hoteiyama's "Kudari" is built from groups of 7 and 9 beats, unusual in the distribution of Shimokita music.

Prefectural intangible folk property
Hoteiyama float with no roof
"Kudari": 7 and 9 beats

02 ／ Tenpi hall

At Oma Inari Shrine, a Tenpidivided from Taiwan is enshrined.

The Oma Tourism Association says Oma Inari Shrine was founded in 1730 and has enshrined Tenpi Mazu Daigongen since 1873. In the Tenpi worship hall beside the main hall, a Mazu divided in 1996 from Beigang Chaotian Temple in Taiwan is enshrined.

Founded 1730
Tenpi enshrined, 1873
Divided from Taiwan, 1996

03 ／ Zaimoku stone

In Zaimoku, columnar-jointed rockhas been used for walls and roof weights.

Around Tsubanazaki, columnar joints form a landscape of slender pillars, and the rock is called "zaimokuishi". Crumbly and easy to cut out, it has been used for roof weights and stone walls. The place name Zaimoku in Okoppe is thought to come from this stone.

Zaimokuishi
Roof weights and stone walls
Tsubanazaki on the Oma-Sai border

Oma 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 June 2017)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; 102 minutes by bus from Shimokita.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. From Shimokita Station on the JR Ominato Line, the Shimokita Kotsu Sai Line bus reaches Oma with no change; on the timetable revised on 1 October 2026, the fastest daily service takes 102 minutes.

People living here: 4,718people
Area: 52.09km²
Households: 2,090households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 2 clinics

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.

Oma Town in Japan41.522°N 140.905°E

to ShimokitaLocal bus102min

Travel times follow 下北交通『佐井線』時刻表（令和8年10月1日改正）https://shimoko.jp/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/sai.pdf の『下り（むつ～佐井方面行き）』。下北駅発→大間着は第4便 12:55→14:37・第5便 14:30→16:12 の各102分（第3便 11:15→13:02 は107分・第6便 16:55→18:47 は112分・臨時の8/6〜8/17便 9:20→11:02 は102分）。第1便（むつ6:40発）は土日祝運休、第2便（むつ8:10発）は下北駅を通らない。運転日の印の無い毎日運転の下北駅発の便は第3〜6便。逆向き（大間発→下北駅前着）は第3・4・5・7便が各103分（9:52→11:35・12:02→13:45・16:12→17:55・17:52→19:35） (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Oma 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

15.0km

Kazamaura Village, Sai Village, Mutsu City

Oma Town isthis kind of town.

01Benten Island, 600 m off Cape Oma, holds the red-shrined Benten Shrine and Omasaki Lighthouse, striped white and black
02The Okoppe and Oma float festivals are both prefectural intangible folk cultural properties, and Okoppe's Hoteiyama keeps a form with no roof
03There are the Tenpi hall of Oma Inari Shrine and Zaimoku, where columnar-jointed zaimokuishi is used in walls, reached by bus from Shimokita Station

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Oma Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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