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Tanohata Village
Iwate Prefecture · Village
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Tanohata Village is on the northern Sanriku Coast, and its entire coastline is part of Sanriku Fukko National Park. Kitayamazaki and the Unosu Cliffs, with their sheer rock walls, are representative landscapes of Sanriku. "Tsunami stones" that tell of the great tsunami of the Meiji era and the Tsukuehama Banya, a group of fishermen's huts that shows the history of the fishing village, also remain.
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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Places to visit
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National parks in this village
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Iwate Prefecture
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