Nonai, Aomori

Nonai 野内村
Former municipality
Yunoshima and Nonai viewed from Asamushi Onsen
Nonai Location in Japan
Coordinates: 40°52′25.8″N 140°50′49.9″E / 40.873833°N 140.847194°E / 40.873833; 140.847194Coordinates: 40°52′25.8″N 140°50′49.9″E / 40.873833°N 140.847194°E / 40.873833; 140.847194
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Aomori Prefecture
District	Higashitsugaru
Merged	October 1, 1962 (now part of Aomori)
Population  (1960)
• Total	8,372
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Nonai (野内村, Nonai-mura) was a village located in Higashitsugaru District in central Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The former town was best known as a shukuba along the Matsumaedō and the site of an onsen town, Asamushi Onsen. It is now a neighborhood of the city, Aomori.

History[]

Nonai was created by a merger of the villages of Asamushi and Kugurizaka on April 1, 1889. The village was annexed by Aomori on October 1, 1962.

Neighbouring municipalities[]

These were the neighboring municipalities of Nonai just before its incorporation into Aomori.^[1]

• Aomori
• Hiranai

Transportation[]

• Matsumaedō – a sub-route of the Ōshū Kaidō; today it exists roughly along National Route 4. The old route, signed as Aomori Prefecture Route 259, is still the main road through Nonai. Route 4 largely bypasses the neighborhood.
• Japan National Railways
  • Tōhoku Main Line – currently Aoimori Railway Line
    • Nonai Station – the station was moved 1.5 km to the southwest in 2011.^[2]
    • Asamushi-Onsen Station
• Aomori City Bus – the Aomori municipal bus is headquartered in Nonai.

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