Spots in Aomori Area

  • Kabushima-jinja Shrine
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Samemachi Same 56
    A Shinto shrine which has been granting worshipper's prosperity in business and maritime safety since ancient times. The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Ichikishima-hime no Mikoto (Benzaiten). The shrine area is known as a breeding ground for black-tailed gulls and each year over 30,000 gulls visit the location.
  • Hirosaki City Machinaka Information Center
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Dotemachi 94-1
    A municipal facility opened in May 2004 which functions as information center, cultural exchange hall, and rest area. The center provides tourism and other information relating to the local area and also sells specialty products from Aomori Prefecture such as apple products; you can also get a light meal here. The facility also has a meeting room and studio (advance reservation and fee required), and computer booths with free internet access, and the center serves as a base for sightseeing activities in the Dote-machi neighborhood as well as a relaxation space for local residents.

    初音ミク/桜ミク スタンプラリーで 駅前 市立 まちなかと 三ヶ所観光案内所を行きましたが ここが一番 資料が多く 手作りの資料もあり 机 アイスや飲み物 (有料 もあり じっくり聞けて そのあと 簡単なメモもできて 良かったです ちなみに 他のあえて悪いところをあげるなら 駅前 人の出入りが激しくせわしない 市立 お役所感...

  • Aoike Pond
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Nishitsugarugunfukauramachi Matsukami Mountain National Forest
    One of the 12 lakes in the Shirakami-Sanchi area; ao means blue in Japanese, and as its name implies, the waters of this beautiful pond are a clear cobalt blue. Struck by rays of sunlight filtering through the surrounding trees, the sparkling blue surface of the pond is magical to behold. There is also a walking path, making it easy to visit the pond.
  • Roadside Station Namioka Apple Hill
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Transportation
    Aomori Pref. Aomorishi Namiokamegasawa Nojiri 2-3
    A roadside station with a restaurant offering an abundant selection of local dishes made with local ingredients. This popular station also has a shop selling renowned Aomori Prefecture souvenirs and farm-fresh produce, and an apple orchard where you can pick apples called Namioka Apple Hill. Fresh apple picking is offered from early September to early November. Apple picking is closed when the maximum number of visitors allowed is reached and thus a reservation is required.

    道の駅なみおかアップルヒルに併設されているレストラン、初めて利用しました。 想像していた以上にメニューが多く迷ってしまいましたがやはり青森ということでラーメンとミニ牛バラ丼のセット(900円・税別)をいただきました。 ボリュームもありお得なセット、おすすめです。

  • Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Hirosaki-shi Yoshinocho 2-1

    弘南鉄道中央弘前駅の近くにある美術館です。かつての酒造会社の倉庫を再利用した、レンガ造りの外観が目を引きます。

  • Iwakiyama-jinja Shrine
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Hyakuzawa Terasawa
    With a history of approximately 1,200 years since it was built and believed to enshrine the guardian deity of agricultural and fishing industries, Iwakiyama-jinja Shrine is also called by its other names of “O-Iwaki-sama” and “O-yama.” The long path leading from the torii gate to the honden (main shrine) is flanked on either side by sugi (Japanese cryptomeria trees). The premises feature a honden, haiden (hall of worship), okumon (inner gate), and romon (two-storied gate) all arranged in a line, and these beautiful structures have been designated as Important Cultural Properties.
  • Hachinohe Brewery
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Hachinohe-shi Minatomachi Honcho 9

    八戸の中心街から海の方へ進むと川沿いに登場する建物。レンガ調の建物と木の雰囲気が良い建物が酒蔵です。試飲や見学もできますが、建物の雰囲気だけでも港町の旅情を醸します。

  • Hirosaki Municipal Local Museum of Literature
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Hirosaki-shi Shimoshiroganecho 2-1
    This facility introduces writers with deep connections to Hirosaki. There is a permanent exhibition of the works of nine literary persons from Tsugaru, such as Katsunan Kuga, Kouroku Sato, Zenzo Kasai and Osamu Dazai. In addition, there are special exhibitions which are figured out to deepen our understanding of the local literature. In addition, each literary person's literature monument is guided, and they are useful for visiting the places of connection and memory.

    多くの文学者を輩出した津軽です。お恥ずかしいのですが文学の世界には全く疎い私なので評価し難いです。弘前城南側の多くの文化施設が集合しているエリアに有ります。

  • Sukayu Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Aomori Pref. Aomorishi Arakawa Minamiarakawayama National Forest Yuzawa 50
    Sukayu Onsen is most famous for its “Sen-nin-buro” or 1,000-person bath. The giant bathtub made entirely of cypress in the enormous bathhouse that is 160 tatami mats in size overwhelms the beholder. The hot spring water is naturally acidic and contains sulfur, and bathing in the warm waters is regarded as a traditional remedy. Its primary benefits involve relieving nerve, muscular, and joint pain, and the facility was the first to be appointed as the People’s Recreation Hot Spring.
  • Hirosaki City Apple Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimizutomita Terasawa 125
    This is a park and tourist facility in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, where one can experience local specialty apple production. From common to rare there are around 80 varieties of apples on 1,500 trees. In the production experience garden one can stroll freely through the grounds, and from the beginning of August to mid-November one can pick and eat the apples. In the garden there is an “apple house” to learn more about apples, a reconstructed farmer’s residence displaying agricultural equipment, open areas and picnic spots too.
  • Daienji Temple
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Minamitsugaru-gun Owanimachi Kuradate Muraoka 12
    "This Buddhist temple has garnered worshipers due to it being known as ""Owani no Dainichi"" in Tsugaru. During the Nara period (710-794), with the construction of Emperor Shomu's provincial temple, Dainichi Nyorai was enshrined at Daiankoku Temple. In 1191, it was transferred to Kohaku Temple, and during the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism in 1871, it was moved from Hirosaki City to Daienji Temple. The ""Amitabha statue"" called ""Dainichi"" as the object of worship has been designated an important cultural property. It is thought that a Buddhist sculptor from the capital who visited Hiraizumi used Hiba sypress and sculpted it in Owani."

    大鰐温泉の温泉街にある高野山真言宗のブッダ・テンプルです。本尊は大日如来で、国指定重要文化財(登録は木造阿弥陀如来坐像として)になっています。津軽地方固有の一代様信仰では、未年と申年の守り本尊になっています。御朱印あります。

  • Special Historical Site Sannai-Maruyama Site
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Aomorishi Sannai Maruyama
    Here is the largest Jomon village ruins in Japan which was discovered in an exploration conducted in 1992. It was designated as a National Special Historic Site in 2000. The large pillar-supported buildings that suddenly appear in a vast field were built by erecting chestnut wood pillars in holes dug into the ground. It is thought to have been a building of rectangle shape with six pillars with a large, high floor. You can also see pit dwellings and pillar constructions as well as the special feature of many earthen figures.
  • Roadside Station Rokunohe
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Transportation
    Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunrokunohemachi Inuotose Ushiroda 87
    This roadside station is notable for the Former Tomabechi Residence, an old, thatched roof Japanese-style home standing on the station's grounds which has been restored and which is designated an Important Cultural Property by the town. The station has a shop selling local town specialty products and farm-fresh produce, a restaurant where you can enjoy dishes made with Rokunohe Town-grown vegetables, and a facility which engages in research and demonstrations regarding agricultural and livestock processing. At the research facility, anyone can try making their own original processed foods using agricultural products. Application required.

    ニンニクの一粒がでっかい。この辺の道の駅ではニンニクの形が綺麗でした。全体的にはこじんまりしてますがその分静かです。野菜等は少なく加工品が多い感じ。梅干しが綺麗で安い。

  • Hakkoda
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori, Aomori Prefecture Hakkoda
    This is the general name for a group of volcanoes located south of Aomori City, composed of six mountains including Kita Hakkoda and Kushigamine with Odake having the highest peak, divided by Minami Hakkoda. This is one of the top 100 mountains in Japan. There are beautiful beech forests and valleys, with several walking courses where one can see many types of grassland and alpine plants. The ropeway installed at Tamoyatsudake is used by many hikers and skiers. This is one of the world’s areas of heaviest snowfall, known for the 1902 “Hakkoda Mountains incident” in which 199 of the 210 members of the Aomori army 5th regiment were stranded and died in a blizzard.
  • Shirakami-Sanchi
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Prefecture, Akita Prefecture
    Shirakami-Sanchi is the general name for an extensive mountain range that extends from the southwestern part of Aomori Prefecture to the northwestern part of Akita Prefecture, and the area was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1993. Natural beech forests are distributed throughout this area which protects a precious ecosystem inhabited by a variety of wild plants and animals and is said to be the largest in East Asia.
  • Rokkasho Visitors Center
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunrokkashomura Obuchi Kamiobuchi 2-42
    A visitor’s center for the nuclear fuel cycling center located in almost the exact venter of Rokkasho Village on the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. The building is modeled after a nuclear fuel cycle ring. The third floor offers a sweeping 360 degree panorama of the Mt. Hakkoda, the Pacific Ocean, and the nuclear fuel cycling facility. Through large models, videos, information panels, and games, visitors can have fun learning about the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant. The visitor’s center also offers guided tours with easy to understand explanations provided by a center staff member with an advance reservation.

    原子燃料サイクルについてのPR施設です。1991年開館ですので、展示内容に陳腐化が見られますが、原燃燃料サイクルの概要について学ぶことができます。入館料は無料、物産コーナーで六ヶ所村特産の長芋の焼酎も購入できました。

  • Tsugaru Kokeshi Doll Museum
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Fukuro Tomiyama 72-1
    Tsugaru Kokeshi Doll Museum, opened in 1988, displays a collection of 5,000 traditional Kokeshi dolls accumulated over a period of 20 years, a “Kokeshi Art Collection” and pure gold kokeshi wooden doll. The museum also holds events and has a hands-on corner, and with a reservation visitors can also experience painting a doll. The Tsugaru Kokeshi Museum is attracting attention not only as a kokeshi memorial hall but also as a place to hand down the history of the activities of the local residents. It is approximately ten minutes by car from Kuroishi Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.

    黒石駅からバスで行きました。 本数が少ないのであらかじめ調べておきましょう。(帰りの分もです) 紅葉の名所、中野もみじ山にある神社です。 2階は有料で貴重なこけしを見学できます。 1階は販売中心です。大きなこけしも展示っsれており、こけし好きにはたまらない施設です。

  • Lake Towada Pleasure Boat
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Towadashi Okuse Towadakohanyasumiya
    The peninsula and cliffs of Lake Towada, as well as the wonderful natural scenery can all be enjoyed from this sightseeing boat cruise. There are two cruises available, the A course departing Yasumiya dock to Nenokuchi, and the B course which departs from Yasumiya, travels around the Nakayama Peninsula and back to Yasumiya dock again. The Oirase Gorge, covered in natural forest land, is designated as a Natural Monument, and this natural beauty can be enjoyed from the comfort of the cruise boat.
  • VISIT Hachinohe (Youtree)
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Ichibanchou 1-9-22
    Youtree, which is a one-minute walk from Hachinohe Station, is a convenient facility that contains a souvenir shop, lodging facilities, side streets in front of the station, an exhibition hall, meeting rooms, and more. The souvenir shop carries about 2,000 specialty items from Aomori. And with a reservation, visitors can experience making their own Nanbu senbei crackers, “Nanbu hishizashi,” and “Nanbu sakiori.”

    車で行きましたが、駐車場からホテルの入り口まで少し遠く、わかりにくかったです。 部屋は綺麗で、私は特に音なども気になりませんでした。 普通のホテルちはちょっと違いますが、フロントの方も感じよく、ゴールデンウィークでも安くて良かったです。 また冷蔵庫が大きめなのも使いやすかったです。

  • Chojasan Shinra Shrine
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Chouja 1-6-10
    This Shinto shrine is about ten minutes on foot from both the Nijusannichi-machi and the Jurokunichi-machi bus stops. Located on the summit of Mt. Choja, it was built in 1678 by Nanbu Naomasa, the second feudal lord of the Hachinohe Domain. The shrine structure visitors see today was constructed over a ten-year period starting in 1826. Its various Edo Period (1603-1868) characteristics have earned it the status of a prefectural treasure. From the first to the third of August, the shrine holds its annual Sansha-Taisai Festival, a nationally Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Other well-known events are the Hachinohe Enburi Festival on February 17 and its Kagami-style Kiba Dakyu Tournament on August 2, featuring a traditional equestrian sport.

    八戸市街にある長者山の山上にあるジンジャ・シュラインです。1678年に創建され、八戸三社大祭などの八戸の主要な祭礼の舞台になる場所です。訪問時、残念ながら境内には少し荒廃の兆しが見えたように感じましたが、良いアトモスフィアの場所でした。御朱印あります。

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Centuries-old stories of samurai at Kakunodate and the remains of millennia-old archaeological sites including the likes of Isedotai invite history buffs to delve into Aomori’s fascinating history. As the most northern prefecture on the Japanese mainland, Aomori enjoys a cooler climate, which makes it a welcome escape from the southern cities for combining castles, art galleries, and summer festivals with the great outdoors.

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