Hachinohe promises expansive coastlines, fresh seafood at the morning markets or a unique nightlife at the yatai village. The people of Hachinohe are always friendly and welcoming to visitors.
A castle town turned small city, Hirosaki is bigger than the rural towns most frequent in outer Aomori, but smaller than the regional capital. You’ll have to go a fair way off the beaten track in northern Honshu to get here and if you go much further, you’ll be in Hokkaido. I’d rec..
Aomori City is the capital of Aomori prefecture, and offers much to see and do, especially along the coastline with Aomori Bay. Aomori's Nebuta Warasse Museum invites visitors to learn about the history of nebuta festival floats, while at the adjacent A-Factory, visitors can go shopping or sampl..
When I arrived in Hirosaki, one of the things I found at the tourist office was a little leaflet called 'Eight local culinary specialties', with information about a range of dishes and their histories. For example, much of the local food is v..
If you're looking for somewhere to eat and drink in Hachinohe, then on the southern side of the town there's a compact little grid of streets with scores of cafes and restaurants, so many that it can be hard to choose. If you like Indian food..
Early starts and busy days make for hungry people. After crossing the Shimokita Hanto by bus then arriving in Mutsu at 7:30am, seeing the sacred mountain of Osore-zan, then shopping in the town, I was ready for a good dinner. The friendly owner of a ..
Hotel Naqua City Hirosaki, part of the Naqua Hotels & Resorts group, is a perfect choice as your place to stay while on a business trip or holiday in Aomori Prefecture. With its convenient location there is excellent access to famous tourist spot..
The Japanese business hotel experience is fairly universal. Anyone who spends time in Tokyo can at least recognize them from the outside; in fact one could argue that the speckling of blue neon Toyoko Inn signs are what make Tokyo’s night time ..
The HMI Hotel Group provides hospitable accommodation across seven brands of hotel in Japan, of which Pearl City is one. Hotel Pearl City Hachinohe is conveniently located just a three-minute walk away from the north exit of Hon-Hachinohe Statio..
Exploring Tohoku, the northern region of Japan’s biggest island, Honshu, always pleases. The region is made up of six prefectures: Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata. The keyword for Tohoku is nature, and though the region ha..
A is for Aomori, apples, and ASPAM. No matter how long you plan to stay in Aomori City, there are countless places to go, one of which is the Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center, or ASPAM, Aomori Prefecture Sightseeing Products Mansion. A short 8-minut..
Built in 1964, the Hakkoda-Maru was a transport ship that carried trains from Aomori, in the north of Honshu Island, to Hakodate, in the south of Hokkaido. Hakkoda-Maru provided services from 1966 until 1988, when the opening of the underwater Seikan..
