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Osorezan (Mount Osore)
One of Japan's three most sacred places, a volcanic landscape believed to be the gateway to the afterlife
Osorezan (Mount Osore) in Mutsu, Aomori is one of Japan's three most sacred places alongside Moun...
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Lake Towada
A pristine caldera lake straddling Aomori and Akita prefectures, renowned for its deep blue water...
Grave of Jesus Christ
A remote village shrine claiming to be the final resting place of Jesus Christ
This curious site in Shingo Village preserves a local legend that Jesus Christ survived the cruci...
Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site
Japan's Largest Jomon Settlement, a UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric Site
One of Japan's most important archaeological sites and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sannai-Maruy...
Aomori
Aomori - City of the Blazing Nebuta Festival
Northern Honshu city famous for the spectacular Nebuta Festival, one of Japan's most dramatic sum...
Oirase Gorge
Oirase Mountain Stream
Pristine mountain stream flowing through ancient beech forest with countless waterfalls and moss-...
Hirosaki Castle
Original Castle with Japan's Finest Cherry Blossoms
One of Japan's twelve original castles, surrounded by 2,600 cherry trees that create a legendary ...
Shirakami-Sanchi
A UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving the largest virgin beech forest in East Asia, Shirakami-S...
Aoni Onsen
Aoni Onsen: The Lamp-Lit Inn at the Bottom of a Snowbound Valley
A single inn deep in the Aoni valley east of Kuroishi, lit at night by oil lamps instead of elect...
Hotokegaura
White-Green Tuff Cliffs You Reach by Boat or 100 Metres of Stairs
About two kilometres of white and pale green tuff spires on the far west coast of the Shimokita P...
Korekawa Site
Lacquered Jomon Combs and the Gassho Dogu: Hachinohe's Korekawa Site and the Museum Beside It
A Jomon site in the southern hills of Hachinohe, Aomori, where a waterlogged ritual deposit prese...
Michi-no-Eki Asamushi Onsen
A fifth-floor hot spring bath above Mutsu Bay
The roadside station at Asamushi Onsen puts its public bath on the top floor, with glass looking ...
Michi-no-Eki Inakadate
Rice paddy art from a viewing tower near Hirosaki
A Route 102 bypass stop in the village that started Japan's rice paddy art. From the viewing towe...
Michi-no-Eki Shichinohe
Nagaimo, tomatoes and votive art by the Shinkansen
A Route 4 station a five-minute walk from Shichinohe-Towada Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen. It ...
Mount Iwaki
Tsugaru Fuji: 69 Hairpins and a Lift, Then 40 Minutes to the Top
A lone 1,625-meter volcano west of Hirosaki that people in Tsugaru call Tsugaru Fuji. A toll road...