Oarai

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Oarai

Total population

16,886

Air quality index

46Good

Elevation5 m

Coordinates36.31°, 140.57°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

大洗町（おおあらいまち）は、茨城県中部の県央地域に位置し、太平洋岸にある町。東茨城郡に属する。

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

巨大テトラポット - panoramio

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (1)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (2)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (3)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (4)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (5)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (8)

大洗マリンタワー - panoramio (15)

Minatochuo, Oarai, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture 311-1305, Japan - panoramio

Oarai Anglerfish Festival 2014 at Central Oarai

Oarai Anglerfish Festival 2014, Cutting Anglerfish

Geo-tagged photos from Wikimedia Commons (CC-licensed; click any photo for license details).

Notable people from here

Natsuo Yamaguchi

Japanese politician

Kei Igawa

Japanese baseball player

Shinobu Sekine

Japanese judoka (1943-2018)

Eriko Tamura

Japanese actress and singer

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Junichi Fujisaku

Japanese novelist and screenwriter

M

Mitsuo Sakaba

Japanese diplomat

K

Kentaro Shiga

Japanese professional wrestler

H

Hatsue Tokoro

Japanese mangaka

O

Oaraida

Japanese professional wrestler

R

Risa Kazumi

Japanese judoka

M

Masanobu Katō

Hiromoto Okubo

Japanese baseball player (1967-)

Shō Onuma

Japanese activist

S

Shikimori Inosuke XIX

Japanese sumo gyōji (1886-1966)

H

Hiroki Uchikoshi

N

Naotake Saitō

Japanese mangaka

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oarai

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Seen 2026-05-17

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-05-17

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Anas zonorhyncha

Seen 2026-05-12

Grey-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

Seen 2026-05-12

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-05-05

Euconocephalus varius

Euconocephalus varius

Seen 2026-05-02

Patanga japonica

Patanga japonica

Seen 2026-05-02

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-04-26

Oriental Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis bengalensis

Seen 2026-04-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Oarai, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.