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Mutsu City
Aomori Prefecture · City
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Mutsu City occupies the center of the Shimokita Peninsula and is the northernmost city on Honshu. It was the first city in Japan to be given a name written in hiragana. Mt. Osore, one of Japan's three great sacred places, has the caldera lake Lake Usori, and Yagen Onsen and Yunokawa Onsen are also in the city. Ominato is a port town with a base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
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.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
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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