was a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in Higashitsugaru District in central

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It is now a neighborhood of the city,

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

History

Nonai was created by a merger of the villages of Tsutsui, Kobata, Ura, and Hamada on April 1, 1889. The village was elevated to a town in 1952. The town was annexed by Aomori on January 1, 1955, along with several other municipalities.

Geography

Tsutsui was located on the plain that lies between the

Hakkōda Mountains The are an active volcanic complex in south-central Aomori Prefecture, Japan, in Towada-Hachimantai National Park. Often called or simply , the mountains are collectively listed as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. Its highest peak, ...

and

Aomori Bay The is a bay located north of the island of Honshu, in Japan. It is considered to be part of the larger Mutsu Bay. Geography Aomori Bay is an inner bay located to the west of Natsudomari Peninsula that protrudes in the center of the southern coa ...

. The town had two rivers flowing through it, the

Komagome River is a river in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It begins in the northern Hakkōda Mountains and flows into Aomori Bay at Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,9 ...

and its tributary, the Arakawa River.

Neighbouring municipalities

These were the neighboring municipalities of Tsutsui just before its incorporation into Aomori. *

* * * Yokouchi

Transportation

Japan National Railways **

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...

– currently Aoimori Logo

Aoimori Railway Line ***No train station was extant in the town; however Tsutsui Station was opened to serve the area of the former town in 2014.{{cite web , url= http://railf.jp/news/2014/03/17/191500.html, script-title=ja:青い森鉄道の新駅「筒井駅」が開業, trans-title=New station, Tsutsui, opens on Aoimori Railway, date= 16 March 2014, work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online, publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd., location= Japan, language= Japanese, accessdate= 17 March 2014

References

Dissolved municipalities of Aomori Prefecture