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is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 9,322 people in 4,201 households and a population density of 57 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Skiing is very popular in Ōwani Town, and seven Olympic athletes have grown up there.
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Ōu Main Line
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- Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line
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file:Daien-ji in Owani Town 20190921d.jpg, 260px, Daien-ji
is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 9,322 people in 4,201 households and a population density of 57 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Skiing is very popular in Ōwani Town, and seven Olympic athletes have grown up there.
Geography
Ōwani, located in Minamitsugaru District, Aomori, Minamitsugaru District, occupies the hilly southern border between south-central Aomori Prefecture and northern Akita Prefecture, to the southeast of the city of Hirosaki.Neighbouring municipalities
Aomori Prefecture *Hirosaki, Aomori, Hirosaki *Hirakawa, Aomori, Hirakawa Akita Prefecture *Ōdate, Akita, ŌdateClimate
The town has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen ''Dfb'') characterized by warm short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōwani is 9.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1397 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.0 °C.Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōwani has decreased steadily over the past 60 years.History
During the Edo period, the area around Ōwani was controlled by the Tsugaru clan of Hirosaki Domain. After the Meiji Restoration, it became a village within Minamitsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1923, Ōwani was proclaimed as a town. On July 1, 1954, it annexed neighboring Kuradate Town, but lost a portion of its territory to Hirosaki City on September 30, 1964.Government
Ōwani has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town legislature of 12 members. Ōwani, together with the city of Hirakawa contributes three members to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Aomori 3rd district of the House of Representatives of Japan, lower house of the Diet of Japan.Economy
The economy of Ōwani is heavily dependent on agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Tourism from Skiing, ski resorts and onsen hot springs also contribute to the local economy. Mount Ajara was a venue for the 2003 Asian Winter Games.Education
Ōwani has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town's only high school, a branch of Hirosaki Minami High School, closed in 2013.Transportation
Railway
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Ōu Main Line
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- Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line
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Highway
* – Owani Interchange *Local attractions
* Ōwani onsen * Daien-jiNoted people from Ōwani
*Wakanohana Kanji II – sumo wrestlerOlympic skier
*Shinzo Yamada – the 1936 Winter Olympics *Ginzo Yamada – the 1936 Winter Olympics *Kenichi Yamamoto (skier), Kenichi Yamamoto – the 1952 Winter Olympics *Yuji Yamanaka – the 1964 Winter Olympics *Akiyoshi Matsuoka – the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics *Hideaki Yamada – the 1984 Winter Olympics *Nobuko Fukuda – the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter OlympicsSister cities
* - Novi, Michigan, United States (in Metro Detroit)" Novi Public Library. February 11, 2010. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Owani, Aomori Ōwani, Aomori, Towns in Aomori Prefecture