Established in 1871 (formerly part of Mutsu province) Capital: Aomori Population: 1,238,000 (as of Oct. 2020) Area: 9,646 km 2 Aomori’s largest city is the prefectural capital, also called ...

We travel Japan's northeast on the JR Hachinohe Line and Aoimori Railway, stopping at port towns along the way to experience the energetic culture and nature of Iwate and Aomori Prefectures.

The fishing port is a small town of around 5,000 people at the northernmost point on Honshū, at the tip of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. The town hardly enjoys the ideal setting ...

AOMORI -- Four giant glowing "Nebuta" floats drifted on the water at Aomori Port here as some 10,000 fireworks were launched on the evening of Aug. 7 to close the traditional Aomori Nebuta ...

The theme was chosen to wish for the safety of ships in waters off the prefecture ahead of the 400th anniversary next year of the opening of Aomori Port. The Nebuta float is 9 meters long and 5 ...

And then some. That’s how much snow fell last year in Aomori City, in the northern Tohoku region of Japan. But it was just another winter in this coastal city that’s home to nearly 300,000 people.

arrived at the port of Mutsu, a city in Aomori Prefecture that hosts the storage facility, in the morning. Tepco announced later in the day that the transport of the fuel to the storage facility ...

A commemorative plaque on the dock showed it was one of four owned by Aomori Prefecture that broke loose from the port of Misawa on the northern tip of the main island, Deputy Consul Hirofumi ...

And then some. That’s how much snow fell last year in Aomori City, in the northern Tohoku region of Japan. But it was just another winter in this coastal city that’s home to nearly 300,000 people.