📌Aomori C
📌Aomori City
1️⃣Aomori Port
It is definitely the most beautiful place in Aomori City (my own review). Although it is an active port, it is crystal clear (here I will talk about Victoria Harbor) (although the throughput is completely incomparable) (overwhelming). Walk about 50 meters north from Shin-Aomori Station to the port. You can visit the Nebuta House and A-Factory below. I sat on a bench by the sea and listened to an online class, feeling the sea breeze and listening to the children playing. It was very lively. If you walk, you can see Hakodate (only a little bit) and Mount Osore in the northeast (most of it). It is recommended to walk along the trail to the lighthouse. In the afternoon, you can take pictures of energetic dresses or sailor suits, or wait until the sunset to tie a dog to take pictures.
2️⃣Nebuta House
Nebuta is a unique culture of Aomori City. There is a Nebuta Festival every summer. Specialized craftsmen will make many large lantern floats (bamboo/wood frame + paper paste + ink hand-painted), the themes are generally the Warring States period or strange stories, and the best of the year will be selected after the parade. It is said that it originated from learning to make lanterns for the Tanabata Festival, but I don’t know how I learned it like this. The Sleeping Demon House includes the annual specials of previous years, as well as history and production techniques. There will be many festival music performances every day (taiko, shakuhachi, shamisen, etc.), and you can generally feel the very rich folk customs of northern Japan. The tour time is about half an hour.
3️⃣A-Factory
Aomori Prefecture is rich in apples. A-Factory is a super-large apple product store. Various apples are divided into different grades according to sweetness and crispness and have very nice names (I have never seen so many kinds of apples in my life). There is delicious apple ice cream on the first floor, and you can taste two kinds of apple wine for free on the second floor. You can also add a set meal, up to 16 kinds. The tour time is 20 minutes if you don’t drink, and 35 minutes if you drink.
4️⃣Aomori Tourism Products Museum
The first floor is the best place to buy souvenirs (concentrated + diverse + large quantity + cheap). The apple pie at the three o'clock direction facing the central escalator after entering the door is amazing. After buying a ticket (more than ten RMB), you can take the elevator to the top floor observation tower. I think it is quite beautiful. You can go there if you have enough time. The estimated visiting time (shopping + observation tower) is 1 hour.
5️⃣Aomori Prefectural Art Museum
Modern architectural style + large lawn + forest, located in the west of Aomori City, a short distance from the central area, mainly featuring the works of Yoshitomo Nara, you can go there if you are interested.
6️⃣Sannai Maruyama Ruins
The ruins of the Japanese Jomon Period (Neolithic Age) are right next to the art museum. You can go there if you have enough time. (Large lawn + wooden house + tall pillars, the most famous one is a clay doll with a broken leg that looks like an alien, the same one is available in the Tourism Products Museum)