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 Kamikita 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 ...

. Located in south-central Aomori Prefecture, and encompassing the Aomori shoreline of

Lake Towada is the largest crater lake in Honshū island, Japan. Located on the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures, it lies 400 meters (1,800 ft) above sea level and is 327 m (1,073 ft) deep, drained by the Oirase river. With a s ...

, the town of Towadako had an economy based on tourism, forestry and agriculture. At the time of its merger, the town had an estimated

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of 9,834 and a

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of 26.42 persons per km². The total area was 372.2 km². Towadako was served by

Japan National Route 102 is a national highway in the Japanese prefecture of Aomori. Route 102 stretches from National Route 7 in Hirosaki east to National Routes 4 and 45 in Towada. Route description The highway crosses the central part Aomori Prefecture, linkin ...

highway, but had no railway service.

History

Hōosawa Village was founded in 1889 from the merger of the hamlets of Hōryō, Oirase, and Sawada. It changed its name to Towada Village in 1931 and was elevated to town status in 1955. In April 1975, it changed its name to Towadako Town. On January 1, 2005, Towadako was

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into the neighboring city of

Towada is a city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 60,697, and a population density of 84 persons per km2 in 27,677 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Towada is in the foothills of the Hakkōda M ...

, and thus it no longer exists as an independent

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External links

Towada city official website
Dissolved municipalities of Aomori Prefecture {{aomori-geo-stub