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.

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
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)

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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