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Ninohe 二戸市
City
Ninohe City Hall
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Location of Ninohe in Iwate Prefecture
Ninohe
Coordinates: 40°16′16.5″N 141°18′17.2″E / 40.271250°N 141.304778°E / 40.271250; 141.304778
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Iwate
Area
• Total	420.42 km (162.33 sq mi)
Population
• Total	26,344
• Density	63/km (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	0195-23-3111
Address	47 Fukuoka Kawamata, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-6192
Climate	Dfa
Website	Official website
Symbols
Bird	Green pheasant
Flower	Yamazakura
Tree	Urushi

Ninohe (二戸市, Ninohe-shi) is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 26,344, and a population density of 63 persons per km in 11,803 households. The total area of the city is 420.42 square kilometres (162.33 sq mi).

Geography

Ninohe is located in far north-center Iwate Prefecture, bordered by Aomori Prefecture to the north. The northern end of the Kitakami Mountains, the 852.2 meter Mount Oritsume is in Ninohe. Approximately 70% of the city area is mountainous and forested. The upper reaches of the Mabechi River flows through the city. A portion of the city is within the borders of the Oritsume Basenkyō Prefectural Natural Park.

Neighboring municipalities

Aomori Prefecture

• Nanbu
• Sannohe
• Takko

Iwate Prefecture

• Hachimantai
• Ichinohe
• Karumai
• Kunohe

Climate

Ninohe has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ninohe is 9.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1248 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.4 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ninohe peaked around the year 1960 and has steadily declined over the past 60 years.

History

The area of present-day Ninohe was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period. Many Jōmon and Kofun period remains have been found. Inhabited by the Emishi tribes, the Nihon Shoki describes the penetration of the area by forces of the imperial dynasty in the late Nara period; however, it was not under effective control of the central government until the mid-Heian period. The area was dominated by the Nanbu clan from the early Muromachi period, and was named for one of the nine numbered stockades, or fortified ranches, that established to secure this frontier area. During the Edo period, the area was under the control of Morioka Domain.

In the early Meiji period, the town of Fukuoka and the villages of Jōbōji, Kindaichi, Gohenchi, Tomai, Ishikiridokoro, and Nisattai were established within Ninohe District on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Jōbōji was elevated to town status on December 25, 1940. Gohenchi, Tomai, Ishikiridokoro, and Nisattai merged with Fukuoka on March 10, 1955. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1972, with the merger of the town of Fukuoka with the village of Kindaichi. On January 1, 2006, the city of Ninohe annexed the town of Jōbōji.

Government

Ninohe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members.　Ninohe, and the town of Ichinohe contribute two seats to the Iwate Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Iwate 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

The local economy of Ninohe is based on agriculture and food processing. Local produce include apples, dairy products and hops.

Education

Ninohe has eight public elementary schools and four middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education. There is also a prefectural vocational school, and a special education school for the handicapped operated by the prefectural government.

Transportation

Railway

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Shinkansen

• Ninohe

Iwate Ginga Railway Line

• Ninohe - Tomai - Kintaichi-Onsen

Highway

• Hachinohe Expressway – Jōbōji IC
• National Route 4
• National Route 395

Local attractions

• Basenkyo ravine on the Mabechi River, a National Place of Scenic Beauty.
• Kindaichi Onsen, a popular hot spring resort
• Site of Kunohe Castle, a National Historic Site
• Tendai-ji temple, founded in the Nara period

Noted people from Ninohe

• Tanakadate Aikitsu, scientist

References

1. City of Ninohe official statistics
2. Ninohe climate data
3. 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
4. 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
5. Ninohe population statistics
6. "男神岩・女神岩・鳥越山". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
7. "九戸城跡 くのへじょうあと". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
8. Dr. Aikitu Tanakadate: World-Renowned Geophysicist and Seismologist by Satio Tanno (President, Aikitu Tanakadate Society). August 31, 1995

External links

• Media related to Ninohe, Iwate at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)

v t e Iwate Prefecture
Morioka (capital)
Core city	Morioka
Cities	Hachimantai Hanamaki Ichinoseki Kamaishi Kitakami Kuji Miyako Ninohe Ōfunato Ōshū Rikuzentakata Takizawa Tōno
Districts	Isawa District Kanegasaki Iwate District Iwate Kuzumaki Shizukuishi Kamihei District Ōtsuchi Kesen District Sumita Kunohe District Hirono Karumai Kunohe Noda Ninohe District Ichinohe Nishiiwai District Hiraizumi Shimohei District Fudai Iwaizumi Tanohata Yamada Shiwa District Shiwa Yahaba Waga District Nishiwaga
List of mergers in Iwate Prefecture

• Ninohe, Iwate
• Cities in Iwate Prefecture