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Aomori

Visit the northernmost tip of Honshu

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Top Attractions in Aomori

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Aomori Top 10

  1. Aomori Nebuta Festival
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    Aomori Nebuta Festival

    Aomori City
  2. Misawa Air Show
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    Misawa Air Show

    Shopping
  3. Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival
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    Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival

    Hirosaki
  4. Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Leaves Festival
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    Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Leaves Festival

    Hirosaki
  5. Hiking Along the Oirase Stream
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    Hiking Along the Oirase Stream

    Activities
  6. Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!
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    Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!

    Hachinohe
  7. Aomori: Food Guide
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    Aomori: Food Guide

    Aomori City
  8. Towada Autumn Festival
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    Towada Autumn Festival

    Culture
  9. Tanbo Art in Aomori
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    Tanbo Art in Aomori

    Event
  10. A Visit to the Aomori Museum of Art
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    A Visit to the Aomori Museum of Art

    Aomori City

Upcoming Aomori Events

Misawa Air Show 2025
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Misawa Air Show 2025

Sunday - Sep 21st

View fighter jets in elegant aerial displays from the American Air Force base in Northern Japan.

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Tanbo Art in Aomori 2025

Tanbo Art in Aomori 2025

Jun 2nd - Oct 13th

The unique art-meets-agricultural practice at the annual Tanbo Art event in Inakadate, Aomori, involves strategically planting different..

¥300
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Where to eat in Aomori

Tasting Tsugaru
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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
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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

Aoni Onsen
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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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Osorezan
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Osorezan

Andrew Checkley

The Shimokita Peninsula's Osorezan is an ancient holy site, an unusual landscape and a remarkable experience.

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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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