page_title: Hachinohe
section_title: Local sights
hierarchical_section_title: Hachinohe / Local attractions / Local sights
caption_attribution_description: 蕪島「蕪嶋神社・鳥居」 (Kabushima Torii - HACHINOHE, AOMORI, JAPAN)
context_page_description: Hachinohe is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
  As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 221,459, and a population density of 725 persons per km² in 96,092 households, making it Aomori Prefecture's second largest city by population. The city has a total area of 305.56 square kilometres.
context_section_description: Kabushima is an island offshore Hachinohe which also serves as a habitat for forty thousand black-tailed gulls, or umineko. It is a national Natural Monument. It also has a shinto shrine.
  Tanesashi Coast a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.
  Yomasari Dam
caption: Entrance to Kabushima Shrine, with Umineko
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