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Ninohe City

Another rock stands about 280 m away.

Ogami-iwa, Mabuchi River gorge

Photo by Ty19080914 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Lacquer tools

Tools sorted by trade, products by method:3,832 items of lacquer work.

The area of the former Johoji Town has long been known for Nanbu lacquer. According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the collection sorts tools used mainly in Johoji by trade (lacquer tappers, woodturners and lacquerers) and groups products such as bowls, trays and serving tables by method of making. It is owned by Ninohe City.

3,832 items
752 lacquer-tapping tools
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, 1987

02 ／ Kunohe Castle Site

The moat beside the stone wallis a dry moat that holds no water.

Kunohe Castle Site in Ninohe City — Photo by Satoshin at Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

On the main enclosure (Honmaru) of Kunohe Castle Site, at the confluence of the Mabuchi River and another river, remains a stone wall that the city introduces as a stone wall remnant thought to be the oldest in Tohoku. The city explains that the moat between the Honmaru and the Ninomaru drains well and holds no water.

National Historic Site, 1935
City: thought to be the oldest in Tohoku
Dry moat between Honmaru and Ninomaru

03 ／ Tendaiji

A five-bay hall with a large shrine insidewas built under the Morioka domain.

Tendaiji in Ninohe City — Photo by saitohswebpage (Public domain)

The main hall of Tendaiji is five bays by five with a hip-and-gable roof, and holds a large shrine (zushi) inside. The Agency for Cultural Affairs says it and the Niomon gate of the same period were built by the Morioka domain, and are important as full-fledged temple architecture of the early Edo period in Iwate Prefecture. The hall dates from 1658 and the gate from 1657.

Main hall, 1658
Niomon gate, 1657
Important Cultural Property, 1990

Ninohe City 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 October–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

Tokyo in 2 h 37 min on the Tohoku Shinkansen.

about 30,000 people
Shinkansen stops here

From Tokyo Station to Ninohe Station, the fastest daily Tohoku Shinkansen train takes 2 hours 37 minutes on the JR East timetable of October 2026.

People living here: 25,513people
Area: 420.42km²
Households: 10,555households
Rent (average for rentals): 40,967yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 18 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-01 に新設合併（浄法寺町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —7 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Ninohe City in Japan40.271°N 141.305°E

to TokyoTohoku Shinkansen157min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610・二戸駅下り平日・土曜休日）の列車ページを docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（『毎日』だけに絞って）で数えた。東京の発→二戸の着で毎日運転の最速は157分：はやぶさ1号〈3001B。東京06:32発→二戸09:09着〉・はやぶさ33号〈3033B。16:20発→18:57着〉・はやぶさ37号〈3037B。18:20発→20:57着〉（運転日の欄が空＝臨時でない。平日と土曜・休日の両方に同じ分数で載る）。158分の2045B は運転日欄に日付が入る臨時なので採らない。下ごしらえの本体の数え（157分）と一致 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Ninohe City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

31.5km

Iwate Prefecture: Ichinohe Town, Hachimantai City, Karumai Town, Kunohe Village
Aomori Prefecture: Sannohe Town, Takko Town, Nanbu Town

Ninohe City isthis kind of town.

01On the left bank of the Mabuchi River, Ogami-iwa and Megami-iwa stand about 280 m apart, a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty
02The 3,832 lacquer tools and products of Johoji are a national Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, and the former Johoji Town has long been known for Nanbu lacquer
03Kunohe Castle Site is a National Historic Site with a stone wall the city calls thought to be the oldest in Tohoku, and the main hall and Niomon gate of Tendaiji, built under the Morioka domain, are Important Cultural Properties

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ninohe City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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