02206 ／ とわだし
Aomori PrefectureCherries and pines in four rows.
Kanchogai Street, Horse Road01 ／ Inaoi River
The Sambongi plateau, once barren wild land, lies 30 m above the Oirase River, so water had to be brought from upstream. Two tunnel channels of about 4,460 m and a channel of about 6,147 m were dug, and the first water arrived in 1859. Nitobe Den, called the founder of the area's settlement, drove this man-made river.
02 ／ Nanbu Komaodori
This Nanbu Komaodori is said to be a performance made in early modern times from the autumn roundup of wild horses that were let loose in spring in the horse-breeding Nanbu region. Ten dancers step into wooden frames fitted with horse heads and dance as if riding. It became a prefectural intangible folk cultural property in 1959 and was selected by the national government in 1974.
03 ／ Horyo Ginkgo
On a rise at the edge of a hamlet, said to be a former temple site, stands a male ginkgo with a tradition that a legendary figure planted it by hand. It is estimated to be about 1,000 years old, about 30 m tall and about 14 m around. Six branches rise from the main trunk, and many aerial roots can be seen.
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
There is no railway station in the city, and the Towada Kanko Electric Railway's train line ceased operating in 2012. On the company's timetable as of 1 October 2026, the one daily bus from Shichinohe-Towada Station leaves in the evening and takes 26 minutes to Towada-shi Chuo.
−4.8% since 2015
68,359 → 60,378
206.18km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.0 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-01-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 十和田観光電鉄 乗合バス時刻表『青森～十和田』（令和8年10月1日現在。https://www.toutetsu.co.jp/jikoku/towada-aomori.htm）。青森⇔七戸⇔十和田線（みちのく有料道路経由）の十和田方面の便は『土○（土・日・祝運休）5:59発』『◎（土・日・祝のみ運行）12:59発』『印なし17:49発』の3本で、七戸十和田駅は 土○便が『-』（停まらない）、◎便が14:37・十和田市中央15:03、印なし便が19:32・十和田市中央19:58。毎日運転なのは17:49発の1本だけで、七戸十和田駅19:32→十和田市中央19:58＝26分（◎便の14:37→15:03も26分）。官庁街通は19:57で25分 (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
31.2km
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