Local attractions Ōwani onsen Daien-ji Noted people from Ōwani Wakanohana Kanji II, sumo wrestler Olympic skiers Shinzo Yamada, 1936 Winter Olympics Ginzo Yamada, 1936 Winter Olympics Kenichi Yamamoto, 1952 Winter Olympics Yuji Yamanaka, 1964 Winter Olympics Akiyoshi Matsuoka, 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics Hideaki Yamada, 1984 Winter Olympics Nobuko Fukuda, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics Sister cities - Novi, Michigan, United States (in Metro Detroit) References External links Towns in Aomori Prefecture