Misawa

Misawa is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of one October 2016, the city had an predicted population of 39,649, and a population density of 331 individuals in keeping with km². The total region of the metropolis is 119.87 rectangular kilometres. Misawa is the location of a massive navy base, Misawa Air Base, that's below joint operation of the USA Air Force's 35th Fighter Wing, Naval Air Facility, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force's third Fighter Wing. It is likewise an important US base for signals intelligence and related sports.

The town populace figures do no longer encompass the expected 10,000 American military personnel and their dependents stationed at Misawa Air Base. The location around Misawa has been occupied since the Japanese Paleolithic length, and become a prime population middle for the Emishi human beings. Numerous Jomon period remains have been discovered within the borders of Misawa, along with in the borders of Misawa Air Base.

The area was nominally below manipulate of the Northern Fujiwara in the Heian duration, and have become a part of the holdings granted to the Nanbu extended family after the defeat of the North Fujiwara via Minamoto no Yoritomo in the early Kamakura length. The Nanbu set up numerous horse ranches, observed by using a sequence of numbered fortified settlements inside the place.