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Aomori

Visit the northernmost tip of Honshu

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Upcoming Aomori Events

Yokohama's Nanohana Festival 2026

Yokohama's Nanohana Festival 2026

May 16th - May 17th

Yokohama's Nanohana Festival. Visit a rural community covered with fields of gorgeous flowers, locally crafted flower made..

5 ¥100
American Day in Misawa 2026

American Day in Misawa 2026

Sunday - Jun 21st

American Day in Misawa offers a unique experience of how a foreign community chooses to celebrate it's culture out in rura..

Free Entry
Nango Summer Jazz Festival 2026

Nango Summer Jazz Festival 2026

Late Jul

Held in the Nango district of Aomori's Hachinohe City, the Nango Summer Jazz Festival is one of Japan's leading jazz events...

¥7,000

Where to eat in Aomori

Tasting Tsugaru

Tasting Tsugaru

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The roads that wind through the lush landscape of the Tsugaru Plain in Aomori Prefecture are lined with rice paddies and orderly..

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Aomori: Food Guide

Aomori: Food Guide

Tom Roseveare

Aomori is famous for apples, but Japan-bound foodies can discover so much more thanks to a much-loved local food culture, inspired..

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Places to stay in Aomori

Kazen no Sho

Kazen no Sho

Bonson Lam

When was the last time when all you heard was the trickle of the fish tank, or the silence of pondering your next chess move? Well,..

Aoni Onsen

Aoni Onsen

Sandro Bernardinello

A remote ryokan in Aomori prefecture will bring you back into the past. No electricity and no wifi; and only old oil lamps to light..

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Aoni Onsen Dining

Aoni Onsen Dining

Bonson Lam

Aoni onsen is like stepping back to the time of the samurai, except you are much less likely to get killed

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About Aomori

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Tohoku
Island Honshu
Capital Aomori
Population 1,373,339
Area 9,645.40 km²

Aomori (青森県, Aomori-ken) is filled with beautiful landscapes - the gorgeous Hakkoda Mountains, the pristine Oirase River and Lake Towada, and the pretty cherry blossoms at Hirosaki Castle in the springtime - and as a result, it is one of the top hiking destinations in Japan during the warmer seasons.

In addition to its scenic views, tourists can travel through time by visiting the Sannai-Maruyama Ruins, an archaeological site containing ruins from the prehistoric Jomon Period (14000 - 300 BC), as well as the aforementioned Hirosaki Castle, while munching on Aomori’s famous apples. Try to visit in early August if you can to witness the spectacular Nebuta Festival!

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