A sightseeing information site introducing Aomori’s festivals and its four distinctive seasons via both realtime and prerecorded video.

Sightseeing Site “I Love AOMORI Marugoto View”

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｜ Aomori Prefecture through realtime video ｜ Festivals in Aomori ｜ Aomori’s four seasons ｜ Hot springs (onsen) in Aomori ｜ Archeological remains in Aomori Prefecture ｜ Regional Specialties ｜

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Introducing Aomori Prefecture through realtime video!

1,Cape Ooma	2,Mutsu City and Mt. Kamabuse	3,Cape Tappi	4,Ogawara lakeshore	5,ASPAM, the Aomori Sightseeing Product Center	6,From ASPAM to Mutsu Bay	7,From ASPAM to the Hakkoda mountain range
8,Intersection in front of the NTT Hashimoto Bldg						9,Asamushi hot spring
10,Asamushi Aquarium						11,Moya Hills ski area
						13,National Route 4, in front of the NTT Hashimoto Bldg
14,Sunset over the Fukaura coast						15,The Hira River in Fujisaki Town
16,Hirosaki Park (in front of the Oote Gate)	17,Hirosaki apple orchard	18,Towada lakeshore	19,Towada City, Kanchougai-douri (street)	20,Intersection in Hachinohe City's Shio District	21,Hashikami town

Festivals in Aomori　Introducing festivals representative of Aomori, beginning with Aomori City’s Nebuta Festival

Aomori City’s NEBUTA Festival

Visitors are entranced by the large heroic-looking floats, the cries of rassera, and the wild dancing of the festival participants (called haneto).

Gosyogawara TACHINEPUTA Festival

TACHI-NEPUTA, or “standing NEPUTA” floats—22 meters in height and 16 tons in weight—are paraded down the streets to the amazement of onlookers.

Hirosaki Snow Lantern Festival

At Hirosaki Park visitors can enjoy over 400 lanterns, huts and sculptures made of snow. When the park is lit up at night the scene resembles a fantasy world.

Hachinohe ENBURI Festival

In the Nambu region of Aomori Prefecture, folk traditions are performed to hasten the beginning of spring and ensure abundant crops.

Aomori’s four seasons　An introduction to Aomori’s soothing natural beauty in each of its four seasons.

Cherry blossoms at night, Hirosaki Castle

Japan’s greatest cherry blossom festival, at a park filled with over 2600 cherry trees. Lit up at night, the park takes on a fantastic aura.

The fragrance of these orchids evokes the tropics.

Hiranai Town, Aomori Prefecture, Yogoshiyama-shinrin Park. Now is when the orchids are at their peak. The beauty of each orchid outdoes the previous. There are 2,000 orchids of 150 varieties. There also is a greenhouse for cacti and one for begonias. Visitors can enjoy these plants year-round.

The Hakkoda ropeway at the beginning of autumn.

The peak of Mt. Tamoyachidake in early October. In another week or so, the autumn foliage will be a sight to see.

The Hakkoda Mountains sparkle with trees covered in ice.

Take the 2459 meter ropeway up for ten minutes till you reach the station at the peak of the mountain. There you will see a cluster of trees covered in ice commonly called the “monster.” The clear blue sky and white snow.A panoramic view that extends all the way to Hokkaido.

Hot springs (onsen) in Aomori　An introduction to hot springs, both little known and famous, that will warm and soothe the heart and body.

①Yagen Onsen, Kappa no Yu

A bath as nature made it, surrounded by hiba cypress trees. Location: Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture

②Tsubakikan, an inn frequented by Shiko Munakata.

This was a favorite inn of world famous woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata, a native of Aomori Prefecture. Location: Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Asamushi.

③Secluded Aoni Onsen

Lamps light this hot springs inn in the deep mountains.Location: Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture

④Koganesaki Furofushi Onsen

The outdoor bath is positioned right at the edge of the Japan sea.Location: Fukaura Town, Aomori Prefecture

Archeological remains in Aomori Prefecture　An introduction to Aomori’s mysterious archeological remains.

The Sannai-Maruyama Historical Site

We can learn much concrete information about lifestyles during the Jomon period. There are various remainders of a large settlement at the site, including remains of dwellings, refuse mounds, graves, and clay mining pits.

Introduction to the Sannai-Maruyama Historical Site

Introduction to the earthenware pieces excavated from the site

Photo gallery of excavated earthenware pieces

Regional Specialties　Introducing representative regional dishes and local ingredients—information about the best of Aomori’s cuisine.

The cutting open of the famous Oma tuna

Fished from the waters near the Oma cape, the Oma tuna is cut open and sold on the spot.

Kenoshiru (a type of soup)

A regional specialty made with ingredients such as kon’nyaku (a root known as Devil’s tongue in English), carrots, burdock root, daikon radish, deep-fried tofu, butterbur sprouts, and kouri tofu (tofu freeze-dried by a natural process). The soup is flavored with miso.

Kaiyaki-miso (Miso-mixture grilled on scallop shells)

Another specialty utilizes the shells of scallops from the Mutsu Bay. Egg and green onion are flavored with miso and dried small sardines and cooked on the scallop shells.

Hotate no sugatayaki (Scallops grilled in their shells)

Mutsu Bay scallops are grilled in their shells until crisp and flavored with just a little soy sauce.

Jappa-jiru, a local soup made with cod

The head, meat, and entrails of the cod are separated and all are simmered in a soup along with daikon radish, carrots, hakusai cabbage, kon’nyaku root, and tofu. The soup is flavored with miso. During Aomori’s cold winters, the soup warms people from the core of their bodies.

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