Korean "sister city" Okcheon cancelled a planned trip to send students, on an exchange visit to Gonohe in reaction to approvals by the Japanese government of a series of middle school history textbooks that were regarded by Korea as distorting historical facts. The event was preceded by a related incident in April of that year, when a group of Gonohe assemblymen cancelled a planned visit to Korea that May, citing financial difficulties. Transportation Railway The Tōhoku Shinkansen passes through Gonohe, but the town has had no passenger railway services after the discontinuation of the Nambu Junkan Railway in 1968, which previously connected it to Hachinohe. Highway Noted residents of Gonohe Kyōsuke Eto, local war hero Masayoshi Miura, professional baseball player Makoto Teguramori, professional soccer player Hiroshi Teguramori, professional soccer player Takahiro Shimotaira, professional soccer player Tsuyoshi Furukawa, professional soccer player References External links Official Website Towns in Aomori Prefecture