As for industry, agriculture is thriving, and the city produces the largest amount of garlic in Japan.

The rest of the population is scattered in hamlets along the Oirase River and in the hilly western areas of the city.

Water from the foot of Mount Hakkoda, which is located about 20 kilometers north, also flows into the Oirase River.

Akita Prefecture Aomori Prefecture The city has a cold humid climate characterized by cool summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Cfa).

Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Towada peaked at around the year 2000, and has been in decline since.

The area around present-day Towada was formerly a wasteland known as Sanbongihara (三本木原), which became the location of a colonization and land reclamation project initiated by the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain from 1855.

Towada has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 22 members.

In terms of national politics, the town is part of Aomori 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.