Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Hachinohe / Shimokita Peninsula Area

  • Misawa Aviation & Science Museum, Aomori
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    4.5
    176 Reviews
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    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"""
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    4.0
    54 Reviews
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    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.

  • Rokkasho Visitors Center
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
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    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
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
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    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.

  • Mutsu Science Museum
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
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    Aomori Mutsu-shi Sekine Kita Sekine 693
    This science museum displays the reactor room of the nuclear-fueled vessel, the Mutsu. This public display of a reactor room is a world first. The ship's actual turbine and external propeller/mechanisms to propel the ship with nuclear fuel are also displayed in a way that is easy to understand. Visitors can book a tour around the museum with explanations provided by an instructor up to a week in advance. Machining workshops and observations of science experiments are also organized by the museum.

    信じられなかったです。絶対無料と思ったのに、入り口から中を覗いて、¥300円の価値は無いと確信しやめました。(入り口での判断:深謝)

  • VISIT Hachinohe (Youtree)
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Ichibanchou 1-9-22
    Youtree, which is a one-minute walk from Hachinohe Station, is a convenient facility that contains a souvenir shop, lodging facilities, side streets in front of the station, an exhibition hall, meeting rooms, and more. The souvenir shop carries about 2,000 specialty items from Aomori. And with a reservation, visitors can experience making their own Nanbu senbei crackers, “Nanbu hishizashi,” and “Nanbu sakiori.”

    車で行きましたが、駐車場からホテルの入り口まで少し遠く、わかりにくかったです。 部屋は綺麗で、私は特に音なども気になりませんでした。 普通のホテルちはちょっと違いますが、フロントの方も感じよく、ゴールデンウィークでも安くて良かったです。 また冷蔵庫が大きめなのも使いやすかったです。

  • Hachinohe Art Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Aomori Hachinohe-shi Bancho 10-4
  • Sky Plaza MISAWA
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    Aomori Misawa-shi Chuocho 2-8-34
    In part because of the American military base, Misawa City is a center of international exchange, and this shopping mall is located in a part of the city known as America Village. The mall is filled with establishments with a strong focus on the American military base, the United States, and all things international. There's also restaurant where you can enjoy authentic pizzas baked in a brick oven imported from Naples Italy; as well as a cafe where you can enjoy sandwiches and baked goods along with a cup of coffee made using a cutting edge espresso machine.
  • Shichinohe Town Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Aomori Kamikita-gun Shichinohemachi Arakumanai 67-94
    An art museum opened in 1994 to honor the work of Shichinohe Town, Aomori Prefecture-born Western-style painter Uichi Takayama (1908-1999). The museum's standing exhibit primarily contains works submitted to the Nikaten art exhibition, which served as a space for Takayama to reveal his works throughout his career; as well as a large number of sketches which served as the foundation of the artist's creation activities. The museum also holds special exhibitions around twice a year.

    七戸町出身の洋画家、鷹山宇一を記念した美術館です。鷹山宇一の作品以外にも、南部地方の絵馬に関する展示や西洋卓上ランプについての展示があり、なかなか見応えがありました。

  • Hachinohe City Fishery Science Museum Marient
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    Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Samemachi Shimomatsunaeba 14-33
    A museum which seeks to convey the wonders of the sea from the perspective of fisheries. The museum has many exhibits, including a giant aquarium filled with fish from the ocean off of Hachinohe, a touch tank where visitors can actually touch live sea creatures, and a black-tailed gull exhibit. The museum's feeding demonstrations, deep sea virtual reality exhibit, and experiment corner are popular with children. Visitors are also recommended to eat in the museum's observatory restaurant, which offers a sweeping view of Hachinohe Port.
  • Futatsumori Kaizuka
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Aomori Kamikita-gun Shichinohemachi Hachimoritai 181-26

    世界遺産を構成する縄文遺跡「二ツ森貝塚」のガイダンス施設です。入場は無料。展示は多くはありませんが、遺跡見学前の学習施設として十分なものになっています。

  • Misawa Auto Camping Ground
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    Aomori Misawa-shi Misawa Waseda 261-4
  • Higashi Hakkoda Family Vacation Village
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    Aomori Kamikita-gun Shichinohemachi Sagumi 142-1
  • Hayagakenuma Park
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    Aomori Pref. Mutsushi Tanabu Kohiradatenouchishirikama 35-36
    This municipal park is located in Shirikama, Kohiradatenouchi, Tanabu, Mutsu City on land jutting into Lake Hayagake. Facilities include an outdoor stage, and it's adjacent to the Hayakake Lakeside Hill Camping Ground. It's a popular cherry blossom viewing spot with double-flowered cherry and Yoshino cherry, as well as late-blooming Gyoiko cherry. It hosts the Mutsu Cherry Blossom Festival in the spring. The park's also a good spot to view the colorful foliage in autumn.
  • Omazaki Campsite
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    Aomori Shimokita-gun Omamachi Oma Oma Taira
    This is a camp site located at the northern most tip of Honshu Island at Omataira, Oma Town, ShimokitaCounty. It is a grassy area adjacent to the Cape Oma parking area, and is available for campers for free. It has easy access to the ferry terminal with many eateries and souvenir stores in the area.
  • Atagoyama Beach
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    Aomori Mutsu-shi
    At 251 meters long and 50 meters wide, this beach is small but popular with families, and with options for exploring the shore and barbecuing, along with a jumbo-size slide, it is great for a day of fun. It has free parking, showers, changing rooms and bathrooms. Please note that camping, water bikes and nighttime fireworks are prohibited.
  • Sai Village Straits Museum
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    Aomori Shimokita-gun Saimura Sai Univ. Sai 112
    This is the northernmost museum on the main Japanese island of Honshu. The museum displays pottery, stoneware, and other artifacts excavated from the ruins of the village, as well as trade goods brought about by the Santan trade from China (Qing Dynasty) during the Edo period (1603-1868). There is also an exhibition of honorary villager Gotaro Mikami, a doctor who followed the spirit of the Red Cross. At the entrance, there are models of the floats used in the Yanonemori Hachimangu Shrine annual festival which has been handed down in the village since 1696, so you can learn about the history and culture of Sai Village.
  • Kabuki in Fukuura
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    Aomori Shimokita-gun Saimura
    "Rare even across Japan, this fishing village kabuki drama that has been designated as an intangible folk cultural property of the prefecture. It has been handed down by the fishermen for over 120 years and is performed at the Spring Festival (April 10th every year). It is also possible for the general public to enter (paid admission). They also offer tours. The ""Kabuki House"" has a theater space with a capacity of 300 people, which holds video facilities to appreciate plays. There are also display corners for valuable tools that have been handed down through the generations so you can experience the charm of the Fukuura kabuki."
  • Kita Dori General Culture Center Wing
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    Aomori Shimokita-gun Omamachi Uchiyama 48-164
    This multipurpose cultural facility aimed at improving knowledge regarding culture, education, health and nuclear power, targets the people of Kita Dori, which consists of Oma Town, Kazamaura Town and Sai Town. It includes a multipurpose hall, indoor heated pool, indoor athletic field, audiovisual room, Japanese-style room, observation room, library and exhibition corner. You must submit a written application at least one week before the date of use to get permission to use the facility.
  • Kosawada Tourist Orchard
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    Aomori
    You can pick seasonal fruits at this orchard including cherries in early summer, apples in autumn, and more. It is situated halfway up Mt. Nakui in Nanbu Town, Aomori Prefecture, and there are a lot of tourist attractions around it, so it is also possible to enjoy picking fruits during your trip.

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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.

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