Explore Aomori.
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Nebuta in summer, Hakkoda in autumn, snow monsters in winter, Hirosaki's blossoms in spring. Seafood, hot springs and snow, all from Honcho in the centre of Aomori City.
- SEAFOOD & LOCAL FOODSeafood and the taste of Aomori
- DAY-TRIP ONSENDay-trip hot springs and bathhouses
- SKI & SNOWSki areas and snow
- SIGHTSOn foot, by car, to the destination
Seafood and the taste of Aomori
Mutsu Bay scallops, summer sea urchin, autumn and winter bluefin from Oma. Build your own bowl at the market in the morning and eat local cuisine in Honcho at night. The reason we have no restaurant is this city.
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Aomori Gyosai Center (Nokke-don)
Furukawa10 min walk
Walk the market stalls and fill a bowl of rice with whatever seafood you like. 7:00 to 16:00, closed Tuesdays. Go in the morning; it ends when the rice runs out.
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Local cuisine in Honcho
Honcho0 min walk
Jappa-jiru cod soup, scallops grilled in miso on the shell, scallop sashimi, Oma tuna. Aomori City's best dining street is outside our door. Walk to your second bar too.
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Miso curry milk ramen
Furukawa10 min walk
Aomori City's soul food. Aji no Sapporo Onishi, where it began, is just south of the fish market. For a late night or the next day's lunch.
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ASPAM (Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center)
Yasukata15 min walk
The triangular tower with food and gifts from across the prefecture. The 13th-floor deck looks over Aomori Bay and the Hakkoda range.
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A-FACTORY
Aomori Station20 min walk
A cidery working with Aomori apples, and a market of the prefecture's food. Buy your apple gifts here.
What is in season
- Spring
- Mutsu Bay scallops, sea bream
- Summer
- Sea urchin, sea squirt, squid, Lake Jusan clams
- Autumn
- Oma bluefin tuna, saury, apples
- Winter
- Flounder, cod (jappa-jiru), winter yellowtail
Day-trip hot springs and bathhouses
In Aomori City most neighbourhood bathhouses are fed by natural hot springs. A quick soak in town or a trip to the famous baths of Hakkoda: both are day trips.
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Sukayu Onsen, Hiba Sennin-buro
Hakkoda60 min by car / 90 min by JR bus
A 160-tatami bath hall built entirely of hiba cypress, with four springs. Day bathing 7:00 to 18:00 (women only 8:00 to 9:00). Combine with Hakkoda.
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Asamushi Onsen, Yu-sa Asamushi observation bath
Asamushi20 min by train
The roadside station in front of Asamushi-Onsen Station. A fifth-floor bath looking over Mutsu Bay, 7:00 to 21:00. Best at dusk.
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Aomori Machinaka Onsen
Aomori Station15 min walk
Free-flowing spring water in the middle of the station district, with outdoor bath, sauna and private family baths. Close enough for before or after a night in Honcho.
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Neighbourhood hot-spring bathhouses
Aomori City10 to 20 min by car or bus
A bathhouse in a residential street that turns out to be a natural hot spring: that is everyday life in Aomori. Many open early. Ask the front desk for the nearest one.
Ski areas and snow
From night skiing above the city lights to powder among the snow monsters of Hakkoda, snow is the lead character of an Aomori winter.
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Moya Hills (Link Station Hills Moya)
Moya, Aomori City30 min by car
Night skiing until 21:00 above the lights of Aomori City. Six courses, longest run 1,800 m. Close enough to ski and be back for dinner.
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Hakkoda Ski Area (Hakkoda Ropeway)
Hakkoda40 min by car / 60 min by JR bus
World-famous powder among the snow monsters. Advanced skiers go with a guide. Spring skiing runs into May.
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Owani Onsen Ski Resort
Owani60 min by car
Five minutes by taxi from JR Owani-Onsen Station. Finish the day in the hot-spring town by the station.
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Aomori Spring Ski Resort
Ajigasawa90 min by car
Long runs on the north side of Mt Iwaki with the Sea of Japan in view. A day-trip expedition.
On foot, by car, to the destination
The cultural sites by the station are a walk away, Jomon and contemporary art are 20 minutes by car, the gorge and the castle town are day trips.
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Nebuta Museum WA RASSE
Aomori Station20 min walk
Full-size Nebuta floats up close, all year round. See them before heading back to Honcho for the night.
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Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkoda-maru
Aomori Station20 min walk
The ferry that linked Aomori and Hakodate, moored at its original pier.
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Utou Shrine
Yasukata10 min walk
An old shrine regarded as the birthplace of Aomori City. A stop on a walk through town.
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Sannai-Maruyama Site
Sannai, Aomori City20 min by car
A World Heritage Jomon settlement with its reconstructed great pillar building.
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Aomori Museum of Art
Yasuda, Aomori City20 min by car
Home of the Aomori-ken dog sculpture and Chagall's giant stage backdrops. Next to Sannai-Maruyama.
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Hakkoda Ropeway
Hakkoda40 min by car
Autumn colour and winter snow monsters. Highland trails from the summit station.
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Oirase Gorge
Towada90 min by car
About 14 km of streamside walking, in fresh green or autumn red.
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Hirosaki Park & Castle
Hirosaki40 min by JR
Famous cherry blossoms and a castle town of Western-style houses. An easy day trip.
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Asamushi Onsen
Asamushi, Aomori City20 min by train
A seaside hot-spring town on Mutsu Bay. Come for a day bath and the sunset.
Travel times are approximate, from Honcho, and vary by season, snow and traffic. Check each venue for current opening hours and closures.
Honcho by night, the market by morning.
There is no restaurant at Hotel Tomori Aomori. Instead, step outside and you are in Honcho, Aomori City's liveliest dining street. Local cuisine, sushi, a second bar: all within walking distance, there and back.
In the morning, walk to the market. At Aomori Gyosai Center you fill a bowl of rice with whatever seafood you like, stall by stall. We think breakfast tastes better out in the city.
- Honcho dining street
- Walk to your second bar and back
- 10 minutes on foot to Aomori Gyosai Center
- Breakfast you build yourself at the market
- Check-out 10:00
- Time for the morning market before you leave
One light,
for your Aomori night.
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