03203 ／ おおふなとし
Iwate PrefectureDoorless gate said to escape demolition.
Choanji, no sleeves or doors01 ／ Ohora Shell Mound
In 1925 Tohoku Imperial University excavated the site, and pottery from each shell-mound area was used to set up the Ohora B, B-C, C1, C2, A and A' types, a chronology of the Late Jomon period. They are found widely from the Tohoku region to southern Hokkaido, and this shell mound is their type site.
02 ／ Three-Sided Camellia
A Japanese camellia in the grounds of Kumano Shrine, designated a Prefectural Natural Monument in 1969 as the "Three-Sided Camellia of Ofunato". The west and south trees were lost and the east one remains, its branches splitting into six at ground level. Successor trees grown from cuttings were planted on the west and south sides in 2009.
03 ／ Sangojima
Sangojima lies north of the mouth of Ofunato Bay and was designated a Place of Scenic Beauty by the nation in 1943. The designation commentary says red pine is the main tree, that broadleaf trees such as azalea and maple cover nearly the whole island, and that in autumn the plants turn yellow, the color of amber.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
The city's guide (updated April 2023) gives 70 minutes from Ichinoseki Station on the Shinkansen to Kesennuma Station by the Ofunato Line rapid, then 80 minutes by BRT to Sakari Station. For rail it lists Sakari Station on the JR East Ofunato Line and Sakari Station on the Sanriku Railway.
−8.7% since 2015
43,331 → 34,728
54.61km² of it habitable
2024
2.5 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
8.4 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2001-11-15 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.
Shape
North to south
24.6km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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