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02408 ／とうほくまち

Aomori Prefecture 上北郡

Tohoku Town

A boat rose from 19 m in Lake Ogawara.

Lake Ogawara, Funagasawa canoe

Photo by 663highland (CC BY 2.5)

01 ／ Nenbutsu Keibu

Dancing in rooster-shaped caps,a Bon rite for the ancestors.

The Nenbutsu Keibu begins at a Kannon hall at Bon, then moves to the graveyard for a grave nenbutsu and dances for each household's ancestors. Dancers wear rooster-shaped caps. The prefecture records that it is said to have honored the spirits of sisters who became masters of the lake, but likely began as a nenbutsu dance.

Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 1971
Rooster-shaped caps
Grave nenbutsu at Bon

02 ／ Nihon Chuo no Hi

Found near a settlement upstream on the Aka River,a natural stone of about 1.5 m.

Nihon Chuo no Hi in Tohoku Town — Photo by らんで (Public domain)

On 21 June 1949 a natural stone of about 1.5 m was found near a settlement in the upper reaches of the Aka River. The town presents it as a stele linked to Tsubo no Ishibumi, and in 1989 designated it Town Tangible Cultural Property No. 1. It is now on display at the Stele Preservation Hall.

Found 1949
Town Cultural Property No. 1
On display at the hall

03 ／ Chojakubo site

A set of stone axes and spearsis called by the site's name.

The stone tools from the Chojakubo site in Tohoku Town consist of partly ground axes, chipped axes and spearheads, the same combination as at Nagano's Mikoshiba site. The prefecture calls them a type specimen of the Mikoshiba-Chojakubo culture. The 28 finds are a Prefectural Treasure, owned and displayed in Noheji Town.

Estimated 13,000-4,000 BC
28 finds, Prefectural Treasure
Held in Noheji Town

Tohoku 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–November 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

Kamikita-cho Station, a 15-minute walk to Town Hall.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

The town has four Aoimori Railway stations: Kamikita-cho, Ottomo, Chibiki and Ogawara. The town directs visitors to the Town Hall from Tokyo by Shinkansen to Hachinohe Station, about 30 minutes on the Aoimori Railway to Kamikita-cho Station, then about 15 minutes on foot.

People living here: 16,428people
Area: 326.5km²
Households: 5,871households
Rent (average for rentals): 36,396yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 9 clinics

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

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-03-31 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —12 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 7 municipalities.

Tohoku Town in Japan40.728°N 141.258°E

Territory of Tohoku 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

29.7km

Shichinohe Town, Noheji Town, Rokkasho Village, Towada City, Rokunohe Town, Misawa City, Hiranai Town

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

Tohoku Town isthis kind of town.

01The dugout canoe that fishermen of Funagasawa on the west shore of Lake Ogawara raised from 19 m down in 1988 is a Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property owned by Tohoku Town, Aomori
02The Nenbutsu Keibu is a Bon rite for the ancestors and a Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the Nihon Chuo no Hi stone is Town Cultural Property No. 1
03The stone tools of the Chojakubo site are a type specimen of the Mikoshiba-Chojakubo culture, and the town has four Aoimori Railway stations

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Tohoku Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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