02405 ／ ろくのへまち
Aomori Prefecture 上北郡Electric trains once ran through the town.
Former Shichihyaku Station01 ／ Former Tomabechi House
The Former Tomabechi House beside Michi-no-Eki Rokunohe is a thatched house with a hipped roof. The town says its shikidai entrance was limited at the time to samurai-class houses, and that the "kumo-kabe" earthen inner wall is an unusual technique. No records of its construction date survive; it is presumed to date from the late Edo period.
02 ／ Nanbu Komamai
The Nanbu Komamai of Kamiyoshida is said to be a dance version of the wild-horse round-up, in which costumed mounted warriors catch horses that were let loose on the plains to be bred as war horses. The town says it includes an accompanying dance with swords and naginata, and is performed for local people at Obon.
03 ／ Orimo Imaguma Kagura
The Imaguma Kagura of Orimo is said to descend from the Hayachine-style Take Kagura and to have come from Hayachine. A yamabushi kagura in the line of Kumano kagura, in which dancers clap their teeth, its repertoire includes Gongen-mai, Hana-mai, Kurama, Yama-no-Kami and Sanbaso. At the old New Year it goes from house to house in the area.
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））
Living here
The town says it consists of a diluvial upland and a narrow diluvial plain, with no prominent high ground or mountains. The Oirase River, rising at Lake Towada, flows east to west a little south of the town's center, with rice paddies along its basin. The area is 83.89 km², and the town describes a mild climate with relatively little snow.
+0.2% since 2015
10,523 → 10,447
57.68km² of it habitable
2024
2.7 people per household
2020
4.8 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
15.4km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
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