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Hachinohe / Shimokita Peninsula

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Osorezan Bodaiji Temple

4.5

110 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Mutsushi Tanabu Ugo Toshiyama 3-2

Osorezan, which was founded in 862 by Jikaku Taishi, is one of Japan’s three largest reizan (sacred mountains) which also include Hiezan and Koya-san. It prospered as a place for the Tendai sect of Shugendo (a Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts). Sights to see include the arching bridge over what is supposed to represent the Sanzu no Kawa (which has to be crossed by all dead souls on their way to afterlife and is often compared to the River Styx of ancient Greek mythology), Jigokudani (Hell Valley), and the beautiful Sai no Kawara (Dry Bed of the River of Souls) that makes one think of the Sukhavati (Amitabha’s Pure Land).

Having read a great deal about the history and cultural significance of this wonderful place I was determined to visit here. Hired a car from near our accommodation in Mutsu and very easy drive...
Misawa Aviation & Science Museum, Aomori

4.5

176 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Pref. Misawashi Misawa Kitayama 158

This is an aero science hall located in a corner of “Misawa Sky Park” neighboring Misawa airport. It was opened in August 2003 with the theme of “Aviation” and the “Sky.” On the first floor of the building, a YS-11, used as a Japan Air Commuter, is displayed unchanged since its time of active service. In addition, outside the Museum, a replica of Miss Veedol is on display in the Sky Park. Visitors can enjoy seeing, touching and learning about aviation history. The second floor is a science museum with hands-on exhibits, consisting of a corner where experiences and experiments can be done, and the third floor has an observation deck overlooking Misawa airfield.

A beautiful museum with both outdoor and exhibition. My husband and I enjoyed especially Honda Jet, which is amazing. There are a lot of experiences you actually participate in.
"Hachinohe Portal Museum ""Hacchi"""

4.0

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Mikkamachi 11-1

A multi-purpose facility which was created to serve as a new center for tourism in Hachinohe in 2011. Here you can enjoy the charms of Hachinohe. The facility has a museum presenting exhibits introducing Hachinohe area highlights as well as works of art by Hachinohe artists; an activity booth where visitors can try making Nanbu sakiori textiles and other traditional crafts; a boutique selling Aomori crafts, books, and knickknacks; and a restaurant.

The place is not very big but has some nice exhibitions distributed over four floors. Good to go if you are close by. Also interesting for families with small children.
Hasshoku Market Center

Shopping

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Kawaragi Kansai 22-2

A food market center located in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture sells fresh seafood and caught that morning as well as Hachinohe every morning. Some 60 shops stand side by side along the 170 meter length of the market, boasting an abundant variety of goods able to meet even the needs of restaurants and other businesses. At Shichirinmura, a popular destination for tourists, you can cook and enjoy your purchases on the spot over a charcoal grill. With tuna butchering shows, cooking classes, and play equipment for children, the market center is a destination the whole family can enjoy.
Tanesashi Coast Information Center

4.0

41 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Samemachi Tanakubo 14-167

An information center opened by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014. The center presents pictures, models, and videos on nature, culture, and lifestyles with a focus on Sanriku Fukko National Park, the Tanesashi Coast, Mt. Hashikami, and the Michinoku Coastal Trail area. The center also periodically conducts programs such as guided tours of the Tanesashi Coast.

The Tanesashi Coast is truly breath taking. We consider it the highlight of our two-day trip “best of local nature and culture” experience in Nanbu and Tanesashi Coast in Aomori Prefecture. The...
Roadside Station Ogawarako Koyukan

4.0

31 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kamikitaguntouhokumachi Ueno Minamiyachi 122

A roadside station opened in 2004 which serves as a tourism information center for Tohoku Town. Many tourists driving through the area stop here to take a break. The grounds host a farm-fresh shop selling Chinese yams and garlic-local specialty products-as well as other fresh vegetables. The farm-fresh restaurant serves local dishes made with local farm products. Particularly popular are the basket clam ramen, made with a broth created using fresh basket clams from Lake Ogawara; and the Mt. Hakkoda soft serve ice cream, made with milk from Tohoku Town.

小川原湖近くの青森県道8号沿いにある道の駅です。小川原湖でとれる水産物や近郷の農産物を中心に意外に物販が充実しています。
Korekawa Jomon Kan, Korekawa Archaeological Institution

4.0

43 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Korekawa Yokoyama 1

A museum adjoining the Korekawa Site, a Jomon period archeological site which was designated a National Historic Site in 1957. The museum collects and displays archeological artifacts excavated in Hachinohe City. The museum uses informational panels and videos to present the city's Jomon period sites and contains exhibits features artifacts primarily from the Korekawa Site as well as a National Treasure-designated Dogu earthenware figure with its hands clasped in prayer. The museum also periodically holds special exhibitions focusing on a variety of themes relating to Japan's ancient Jomon period. The Kore Cafe museum shop and cafe sells goods such as replicas of the aforementioned Dogu figure and also serves light meals.

We left Asamushi Onsen for our next destination, Korekawa Archaeological Institute Museum in Hachinohe City, which was slightly less than a two hours’ drive to the east coast. There were two reasons...
Roadside Station Yokohama Nanohana Plaza

4.0

21 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunyokohamamachi Hayashinowaki 79-12

A roadside station located in Yokohama Town, which has the largest area dedicated to growing canola flowers, known as nanohana in Japanese, in the country. In Nanohana Plaza, you can buy canola flower donuts, vegetables picked that morning, and Japanese scallops from Mutsu Bay. The station's unique building was also modeled after a Japanese scallop.

お昼ごはんを食べに寄りました。生のホタテ丼が食べたかったのですが、ここのはホタテフライをたまごでとじた丼でした。ホタテは大きく肉厚で美味しかったです。
Omazaki Cape

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunomamachi Oma Omataira

Located on the northernmost tip of Honshu, Japan’s largest island, Omazaki Cape looks out over the Tsugaru Straits. There is a stone engraved with the words “This is the northernmost point of Honshu” and when the weather is clear one can look out and see Hokkaido’s Hakodate across the straits. Since Oma is famous for tuna, the giant statue of a tuna that represents fishing is a popular spot for commemorative photos.
Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Daikan Maru (Hakodate—Oma)

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunomamachi Oma Netanai 10

The ferry terminal connects Oma at the northern most point of Honshu with Hokkaido by the shortest route. There are two round trips a day, and the one-way trip takes 90 minutes. Since the Hakodate Maru, Japan’s first open ocean ferry, went into service in 1964 connecting Oma and Hakodate in 90 minutes, it has become established as a lifeline route and is now also designated as a maritime road as National Highway No. 279. It is also perfect for enjoying Hokkaido with a car and your pet dog, and various facilities that cater for pet dogs are available on board.
Nejo Castle Site

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Nejou Negishi 47

The site of a castle which belonged to the Nanbu, a powerful clan which once ruled the northern Ou region in the middle ages. The remnants of the castle's inner citadel, Tozenji-kan hall, earthwork enclosure, and moat can still be seen today. In October 1994, the castle's major historical sites were turned into a historical park and the castle's main building, workshop, barn, and stable were recreated based on archeological surveys of the inner citadel site. A tour provided by a volunteer guide can be arranged with an advance reservation.

Wandering through this area youll feel like your in history, you cn actually dress as a samurai; I decline it just wouldnt look right.
Rokkasho Visitors Center

3.5

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunrokkashomura Obuchi Kamiobuchi 2-42

A visitor’s center for the nuclear fuel cycling center located in almost the exact venter of Rokkasho Village on the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. The building is modeled after a nuclear fuel cycle ring. The third floor offers a sweeping 360 degree panorama of the Mt. Hakkoda, the Pacific Ocean, and the nuclear fuel cycling facility. Through large models, videos, information panels, and games, visitors can have fun learning about the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant. The visitor’s center also offers guided tours with easy to understand explanations provided by a center staff member with an advance reservation.

原子燃料サイクルについてのPR施設です。1991年開館ですので、展示内容に陳腐化が見られますが、原燃燃料サイクルの概要について学ぶことができます。入館料は無料、物産コーナーで六ヶ所村特産の長芋の焼酎も購入できました。
Hachinohe City Museum

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Nejou East 35-1

This museum is in the Nejo Castle Ruins, which is designated as a national historic site, along Shirahagi Line in Higashigamae, Nejo, Hachinohe City. There are four display halls, exhibiting specimens of archaeology, history, folklore, and intangible culture, covering Hachinohe's history and folklore from the Jomon Period through the Edo period. They also offer the Jomon Room full of activities and lectures, where you can touch Jomon potsherds and more to learn about history up close.

This is a fine overall history of this region of Japan from pre-history days until Meiji period; it has displays specific to area and how they fit into Japant history.
Oma Tourist Souvenir Center

4.0

23 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunomamachi Oma Hei 17-728

A souvenir shop located on the northernmost tip of Honshu. As well as tuna, the specialty of Oma, and processed food made from sea urchin and scallop, the shop sells stickers, tote bags and various original tuna themed goods. Their most popular product is their original product, salted tuna fish guts.

ここでしか買えないマグロの塩辛を購入しました。確かにネットで調べても売ってません。他にも珍しい商品が多くありました。
Kabushima-jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Samemachi Same 56

A Shinto shrine which has been granting worshipper's prosperity in business and maritime safety since ancient times. The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Ichikishima-hime no Mikoto (Benzaiten). The shrine area is known as a breeding ground for black-tailed gulls and each year over 30,000 gulls visit the location.
Tatehana Ganpeki Morning Market

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Shinminato Kanono quay

Early every Sunday morning, Japan’s largest morning market springs up on the quay along the usually unoccupied Tatehana Fishing Harbor. Stretching 800 meters along the harbor, the market has not only exceptionally fresh seafood and vegetables but also shops selling ready-made food, restaurants, and variety shops, a total of 300 shops in all. About 10,000 people shop there each week, and during the O-Bon period and in holiday periods, it is so crowded that one can hardly walk. At times, people costumed as Ikadon, the unofficial local mascot of Tatehana Ganpeki Morning Market, wander among the crowd, handing out name cards and candy.
Roadside Station Rokunohe

3.5

17 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunrokunohemachi Inuotose Ushiroda 87

This roadside station is notable for the Former Tomabechi Residence, an old, thatched roof Japanese-style home standing on the station's grounds which has been restored and which is designated an Important Cultural Property by the town. The station has a shop selling local town specialty products and farm-fresh produce, a restaurant where you can enjoy dishes made with Rokunohe Town-grown vegetables, and a facility which engages in research and demonstrations regarding agricultural and livestock processing. At the research facility, anyone can try making their own original processed foods using agricultural products. Application required.

ニンニクの一粒がでっかい。この辺の道の駅ではニンニクの形が綺麗でした。全体的にはこじんまりしてますがその分静かです。野菜等は少なく加工品が多い感じ。梅干しが綺麗で安い。
Omazaki Rest House

3.5

9 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunomamachi Oma Omataira 17-1

A rest house located on Cape Oma the northernmost point on the island of Honshu. The facility provides tourist information for Oma Town, distributes tourism pamphlets, and also sells a certificate providing proof of having visited the area. The facility has an observatory room with large floor to ceiling glass windows on three sides from which you can get a view of the island of Bentenjima, the Tsugaru Strait, and, on clear days, all the way to Hokkaido. Note that the facility is closed in winter (from November to April).

大間崎にあるレストハウス。朝は9時からあきます。中に観光案内所と休憩スペースがあり、大間埼灯台の灯台カードもこちらにあります。
Tsugaru Kaikyo Bunkakan Arusas

3.5

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunsaimura Sai Osai 112

Board the Shimokita Kotsu Bus bound for Sai, and disembark at the Osai bus stop. The Tsugaru Kaikyo Culture Center is just a one-minute walk from there. On the first floor is an information center, an event hall, and a shop displaying and selling local specialty items. On the second floor is the Kaikyo Museum introducing the culture of the Sai Village, along with some restaurants and cafes, while the third floor is an observatory from which one can see the Tsugaru Strait and the mountains across the channel in Hokkaido. On a good day, dolphins and tuna can be seen swimming in the channel without even using binoculars.

行った日はたまたま「うに祭り」の日で賑わってました。うに丼が食べたかったのですが、完全予約制で食べることができなかったので、フードコーナーの「ちょこっと」で「うにぎり」を買ってみました。おおきなおにぎりは注文してから握ってくれて佐井村産のうにが入っていて、同じく佐井村産の岩海苔で巻いてあります。うにはもちろん美味しいのですが、岩海苔の歯応えがしゃくしゃくして絶品でした。
Hotokegaura Drive-in

4.0

13 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Shimokitagunsaimura Chougo Fukurakawame 85

A restaurant operated by a Fukuura fisherman where you can enjoy the flavors of Shimokita. The restaurant serves seasonal seafood dishes such as sea urchin, spear squid, and salmon. The restaurant's sea urchin rice bowls are served from May to August and require an advance reservation. The restaurant is closed in winter.

長テーブルと小上がり。典型的な田舎のドライブインといった感じでした。イカの刺身定食が新鮮で美味しかった。本当は期間限定のウニ丼が食べたかったので残念… 名勝、仏が浦から車で10-15分くらいのところにあります。店周辺は自然に囲まれてます。

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Aomori Areas

Centuries-old stories of samurai at Kakunodate and the remains of millennia-old archaeological sites including the likes of Isedotai invite history buffs to delve into Aomori’s fascinating history. As the most northern prefecture on the Japanese mainland, Aomori enjoys a cooler climate, which makes it a welcome escape from the southern cities for combining castles, art galleries, and summer festivals with the great outdoors.