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02450 ／しんごうむら

Aomori Prefecture 三戸郡

Shingo Village

A mound said to be a foreigner's grave.

Tomb of Christ, Herai tradition

Photo by Mccunicano (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Kanegasawa rooster dance

Dancers in rooster-shaped caps leaparound a hexagonal lantern.

This prefectural intangible folk cultural property is handed down in Kanegasawa. The two lead figures wear horned helmets, and the dancers wear rooster-shaped caps. They enter the ground to flutes, drums, small gongs and sasara, and there are three programs: the rooster dance, the seven tools and sansa.

Prefectural intangible folk cultural property, 1976
Three programs: rooster dance, seven tools, sansa
The rooster dance has 10 pieces

02 ／ Thatched farmhouses

Two thatched houses with grass-held ridgesstand in one hamlet of the village.

The main houses of the Sakamoto and Kimura residences, in one hamlet of the village, are nationally registered tangible cultural properties. Both are hip-roofed thatched houses with a ridge held down by grass and a smoke vent called haho at the front. The walls are boards, and both are privately owned.

Nationally registered tangible cultural properties, 2 buildings (registered 5 Dec 2007)
Hip-roofed thatch, grass-held ridge
Smoke vent (haho) at the front

03 ／ A 991 m peak

One of the outer rim peaks around Lake Towadamarks the border of three municipalities.

A 991 m peak in Shingo Village — Photo by らんで (CC0)

This 991 m peak is a neat cone covered in broadleaf forest such as beech. It stands where Kazuno City in Akita, Towada City and Shingo Village meet, and the Mayogatai Recreation Forest to the south is the trailhead. The photo, from 2010, shows Mount Herai seen from the summit.

991 m above sea level
To the summit: about 1.8 km on the east line, about 2.9 km on the west line
Mayogatai Recreation Forest lies in Shingo Village and Sannohe Town

Shingo Village 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 May–October 2021)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 railway station; reach it by two buses from Hachinohe Station.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. The village guide has visitors take a Nanbu Bus from Hachinohe Station to Gonohe Station bus stop, change to the Kanegasawa line and ride to the terminal Kanegasawa stop, five minutes on foot from the village office. Because the connecting buses are not very convenient, it suggests a rental car. The population is 1,911 (30 September 2026).

People living here: 2,197people
Area: 150.77km²
Households: 788households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Shingo Village in Japan40.466°N 141.173°E

Territory of Shingo Village

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

10.9km

Aomori Prefecture: Sannohe Town, Towada City, Gonohe Town, Nanbu Town
Akita Prefecture: Kazuno City

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

Shingo Village isthis kind of town.

01The mound in Herai is said to be the tomb of Christ; the village calls it a hypothesis that came out of the Takenouchi documents in 1935 and leaves the judgment to readers
02The Kanegasawa rooster dance is a prefectural intangible folk cultural property, and two thatched houses in one hamlet of the village are nationally registered tangible cultural properties
03A 991 m peak is one of the outer rim peaks around Lake Towada, on the border of Kazuno City, Towada City and Shingo Village

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Shingo Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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