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Ajigasawa Town
Aomori Prefecture · Town
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Ajigasawa Town faces the Sea of Japan and is long from north to south; to the south it borders Akita Prefecture in the Shirakami Mountains. It has the remains of Tanesato Castle, said to be the birthplace of the Tsugaru clan, and in the Edo period it prospered as a port of the Hirosaki Domain. Sights include a ski resort at the foot of Mt. Iwaki, Kurokuma Falls and the Umi-no-Eki Wando (a seaside rest area).
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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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