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Goshogawara City
Aomori Prefecture · City
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Goshogawara City is in the center of the Tsugaru Peninsula, on the Tsugaru Plain where the Iwaki River flows. It is known for Tachineputa, huge festival floats paraded through the streets, which are displayed at the Tachineputa Museum. The Kanagi area has Shayokan, the birthplace of the writer Dazai Osamu, and the shore of Lake Jusan has the remains of Tosaminato, a medieval port town.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
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