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Fukaura Town
Aomori Prefecture · Town
Official websiteAomori Prefecture page
Fukaura Town lies along the Sea of Japan, where mountains come close to the sea, and forests and wilderness cover about 90% of its area. It includes the Shirakami Mountains, a World Heritage Site, and Aoike, a blue pond among the Juniko lakes surrounded by beech forests, is popular. Other sights are the Japan Canyon, an unusual coastal landform, and Enkaku-ji Temple, which tells the history of the town as a port of call for Kitamaebune trading ships.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Aomori Prefecture
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