Tohoku Town

Aomori Prefecture · Town

Tohoku Town is in the center of Kamikita District, with Lake Ogawara in its eastern part. People fish for shijimi clams and wakasagi (pond smelt) in the lake, and the town's summer daikon radish production ranks 10th in Japan. Not counting names that include a district name, it is the only town name in Japan that contains two compass directions, and within the prefecture it is also known as an "ekiden town" (ekiden: long-distance relay race).

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Population: 14,870 1,010th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −9.5% 551st in Japanfrom 16,428 in 2020
Area: 327 km² 367th in Japan
Population density: 46 people/km² 1,313th in Japan

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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