The exhibition "NARA Yoshitomo : a bit like you and me..." is being held at Aomori Museum of Art.Unfortunately, taking pictures of his works is prohibited, but I'll upload some other picture… Read More

Hachinohe City is located at the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, and it’s famous for fishery such as squids and mackerel. Especially mackerel is getting more popular than ev… Read More

A day of fine weather in autumn shows us such a beautiful sunset, and this is it.Mt. Iwaki on the left and Aomori Bay Bridge on the right.This photo was taken at the observatory in ASPAM, Ao… Read More

There are about 10 official morning markets in Hachinohe, and I visited one of them which started in 1945 at JR Mutsuminato-Station.I arrived around 6:30 after a 15-min. drive, and it was no… Read More

Osorezan is well known as one of the three major holy sites or hallowed grounds in Japan and was established by Jikakutaishi of Tendai Buddhism in 862. It's located in the Shimokita Peninsul… Read More

Tsugaru Nuri (Tsugaru Lacquerware) is a traditional and honorable artifact of Aomori which began to be produced at the end of the 17th century. Tsugaru Nuri is basically designed for daily u… Read More

Aomori Nebuta Festival is one of three largest festivals in Tohoku region. More than 20 illuminated floats parade at night on the main streets in Aomori City.The festival is held annually, f… Read More

On the fourth day of their stay in Aomori Prefecture, the delegation left their　homestay families in Hirakawa. All of them had good families that they wailed because of sadness as the… Read More

On the third day of their stay in Aomori Prefecture, they visited Inakadate Village, neighboring village to Hirakawa, to see paddy field art.Five kinds of rice with different leaf of colors… Read More

We had 22 students from the U.S. by People to People Ambassador Program. They spent 5 days in Aomori Prefecture, and experienced heaps of things.They first visited Hirakawa City where they s… Read More

In Shiriyazaki (Cape Shiriya), located at the eastern-tip of Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori Prefecture, there’re about 30 grazing horses called “Kandachime”. “Kan”… Read More

I said Aomori is famous for apples and namaco (sea cucumber) in the previous posts, and this time, I recommend fresh seafood caught along the coast of Aomori."Nokke" means "dish up" and "don… Read More

Aomori is famous for apples, but also “namaco” (sea cucumber) is quite famous that the catch is more than 1,200t every year.Namaco is echinoderm same as sea urchin and starfish… Read More

There’s a world heritage site Shirakami Sanchi in the western part of Aomori Prefecture, and besides Shirakami, there are other places you can see beautiful beech forest in Aomori. … Read More

Another soft ice cream.At ASPAM, Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center, you can enjoy the taste of Aomori.Aomori is quite famous for apples that more than half the apples produced in Japan come f… Read More

Lee SeoJin, a famous actor, and popular both in Korea and Japan had made ceramics in the pottery “Tsugaru Kanayamayaki” in Kanagi area, Goshogawara City.There was an exhibition o… Read More

I went to Hirosaki Park on May 6, to see cherry blossoms, but unfortunately, because of the bad weather on previous days, blossoms of Somei Yoshino (the most popular and common cherry blosso… Read More

One of my favorite ice creams.There’re about 987 road stations (“michi-no-eki”) in Japan.  Road stations are established, by MLIT, to have facilities with certain numb… Read More

Spring festival is being held at Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center “ASPAM” (where my office is), and one of the main attractions is “Donburi Festival”.  “Do… Read More

I'm Felicia from Aomori, Japan.Aomori is a northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, and in Aomori,cherry blossoms are to bloom very shortly.For those who can't wait for the… Read More

There’s a specialty shop which saws Aomori Hiba (hinoki cypress) and sells its products in Kazamaura Village in Shimokita Region. The name of the shop is "Waido-no-ki" meaning "our tre… Read More

The Miroku Waterfall was named after the Buddhist priest, Kyugakubo, who fasted for praying to save people from poor crop. As he whorshipped Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva), it’s… Read More

“Namiki” is a gelato shop in Shichinohe Town. You can enjoy various tastes like jersey milk, cheese, coffee, chocolate, sesame and green tea as standard tastes. For the limited t… Read More

This is the café “KEKU” located in Nanbu Town in Aomori Prefecture.They offer very nice slow dishes using vegetables they grow. When I visited there, they could offer eggp… Read More