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Oirase Town
Aomori Prefecture · Town
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Oirase Town was formed in 2006 by the merger of Shimoda Town and Momoishi Town. It faces the Pacific Ocean, and the Oirase River, which gave the town its name, flows through it. As a commuter town for Hachinohe and Misawa, it has the largest population of any town or village in the prefecture, and it is one of Japan's leading producers of carrots and daikon radishes. The Akobo Kofun Cluster (ancient burial mounds) also remains.
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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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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