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Aomori
Visit the northernmost tip of Honshu
Top Attractions in Aomori
Around Aomori
Aomori Top 10
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![Aoni Onsen]( "Aoni Onsen")
1Aoni Onsen
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![Four Great Tohoku Festivals]( "Four Great Tohoku Festivals")
2Four Great Tohoku Festivals
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![Enjoy Chikuwa Fish Cakes in Aomori City]( "Enjoy Chikuwa Fish Cakes in Aomori City")
3Enjoy Chikuwa Fish Cakes in Aomori City
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![Lake Towada Backpackers Hostel]( "Lake Towada Backpackers Hostel")
4Lake Towada Backpackers Hostel
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![Ashino Park Sakura Festival]( "Ashino Park Sakura Festival")
5Ashino Park Sakura Festival
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![Aomori Airport]( "Aomori Airport")
6Aomori Airport
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![Aomori: Food Guide]( "Aomori: Food Guide")
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![Kayaking on Towada Lake]( "Kayaking on Towada Lake")
8Kayaking on Towada Lake
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![A Night With Oirase Gorge's Frozen Waterfall Illumination]( "A Night With Oirase Gorge's Frozen Waterfall Illumination")
9A Night With Oirase Gorge's Frozen Waterfall Illumination
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![Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!]( "Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!")
10Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!
Hachinohe
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![Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival]( "Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival")
1Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival
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![Aomori Nebuta Festival]( "Aomori Nebuta Festival")
2Aomori Nebuta Festival
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![Aomori: Food Guide]( "Aomori: Food Guide")
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![Hiking Along the Oirase Stream]( "Hiking Along the Oirase Stream")
4Hiking Along the Oirase Stream
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![Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!]( "Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!")
5Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!
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![Yokohama's Nanohana Festival]( "Yokohama's Nanohana Festival")
6Yokohama's Nanohana Festival
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![Towada City Spring Festival]( "Towada City Spring Festival")
7Towada City Spring Festival
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![Lake Towada Sky Lantern Festival]( "Lake Towada Sky Lantern Festival")
8Lake Towada Sky Lantern Festival
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![Tanbo Art in Aomori]( "Tanbo Art in Aomori")
9Tanbo Art in Aomori
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![Misawa Air Show]( "Misawa Air Show")
10Misawa Air Show
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Upcoming Aomori Events
Activities
Lake Towada Sky Lantern Festival 2025
Running for over 50 years, the Lake Towada Sky Lantern Festival showcases approximately 2000 lanterns illuminating the summer night..
Culture
American Day in Misawa 2025
American Day in Misawa offers a unique experience of how a foreign community chooses to celebrate it's culture out in rura..
Culture
Nango Summer Jazz Festival 2025
Held in the Nango district of Aomori's Hachinohe City, the Nango Summer Jazz Festival is one of Japan's leading jazz events...
Where to eat in Aomori
Food
Tasting Tsugaru
The roads that wind through the lush landscape of the Tsugaru Plain in Aomori Prefecture are lined with rice paddies and orderly..
Food
Aomori: Food Guide
Tom RoseveareAomori is famous for apples, but Japan-bound foodies can discover so much more thanks to a much-loved local food culture, inspired..
Food
Aji no Sapporo Onishi: Curry Ramen
Tom RoseveareUnique bowl of Aomori soul food, perfectly suited to the winter months.
Places to stay in Aomori
Accommodation
Aoni Onsen
Sandro BernardinelloA remote ryokan in Aomori prefecture will bring you back into the past. No electricity and no wifi; and only old oil lamps to light..
Accommodation
Art Hotel – Hirosaki City
Sarah EndarastyaArt Hotel Hirosaki City is a perfect choice as your place to stay while on a business trip or holiday in Aomori Prefecture. With..
Accommodation
Osorezan
Andrew CheckleyThe Shimokita Peninsula's Osorezan is an ancient holy site, an unusual landscape and a remarkable experience.
Latest Aomori Reports
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Enjoy Chikuwa Fish Cakes in Aomori City
Veronica CarnevaleA part of Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region, Aomori is beloved for its summer Nebuta Festival, sweet-tasting apples, exceedin..
Culture
Experience the Sansha Taisai Festival!
rachel teoThe Sansha Taisai festival takes place every year, and is considered one of the main festivals of the city, taking place at the..
Activities
A Night With Oirase Gorge's Frozen Waterfall Illumi...
Caleb CelloLocated in the Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, Oirase Gorge is easily hailed as one of the most beautiful river valleys in..