Introducing recommended sightseeing information around Aomori City. Aomori City and its vicinity offers sightseeing spots such as Asamushi Hot Spring, Zenchidori Shrine, Hakkouda Mountain, Sangayu, Sannai-Maruyama Ruins, Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium, Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum, Aomori Prefectural Museum of History, Hachinohe Yataimura Miroku Yokocho, and Seiryuji Temple.
Also recommended are local delicacies such as apples and Aomori Miso Curry Milk Ramen.
This summer festival held in Aomori City is known as one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku region. The festival has a long history and is designated as a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset. The festival is held from August 2 to 7 and attracts more than 2 million tourists eve...»
The Asamushi Aquarium is the northernmost large-scale aquarium in Honshu, and houses and exhibits 8,000 aquatic organisms of about 300 species. Within walking distance from Asamushi Onsen Station, the aquarium is popular mainly among onsen guests. Take a powerful undersea walk in the undersea tunn...»
The building, with its white exterior walls and uneven architecture, towers over a vast expanse of land. The modern and delicate design reflects the inspiration of the neighboring "Sannai-Maruyama Ruins. The ground is geometrically incised in a unique fusion of Jomon period and modernity. The entra...»
The Sannai-Maruyama Site is one of the largest Jomon settlements in Japan and has been designated as a Special Historic Site by the national government. excavations since 1992 have uncovered a series of traces of life in the area, including the remains of pit houses, graves, and storage pits from th...»
As a symbol of Aomori, the city of the sea, the Hakkouda Maru marks 80 years of history of the Seikan Liaison Ship. The yellow hull of the ship evokes memories of the days when the ship connected Honshu and Hokkaido by sea, even after the opening of the Seikan Tunnel. The Hakkouda Maru, which carr...»