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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people_from_Aomori_Prefecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Notable people from Aomori Prefecture </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people_from_Aomori_Prefecture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" 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<input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target">Afrikaans</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9_%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="محافظة آوموري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="محافظة آوموري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefekturas%C4%B1" title="Aomori prefekturası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aomori prefekturası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="آئوموری اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آئوموری اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9ktur_Aomori" title="Préféktur Aomori – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Préféktur Aomori" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="আওমোরি প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আওমোরি প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-ko%C4%81n" title="Aomori-koān – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aomori-koān" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Аомары (прэфектура) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аомары (прэфектура)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Аомори (префектура) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аомори (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_d%27Aomori" title="Prefectura d'Aomori – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Prefectura d'Aomori" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-ken" title="Aomori-ken – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Aomori-ken" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Aomori" title="Prefektura Aomori – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prefektura Aomori" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(talaith)" title="Aomori (talaith) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Aomori (talaith)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-pr%C3%A6fekturet" title="Aomori-præfekturet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aomori-præfekturet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefektuvra" title="Aomori prefektuvra – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Aomori prefektuvra" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target">Davvisámegiella</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4fektur_Aomori" title="Präfektur Aomori – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präfektur Aomori" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefektuur" title="Aomori prefektuur – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aomori prefektuur" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Aomori" title="Prefectura de Aomori – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Prefectura de Aomori" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernio_Aomori" title="Gubernio Aomori – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gubernio Aomori" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(prefektura)" title="Aomori (prefektura) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aomori (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="استان آئوموری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان آئوموری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9fecture_d%27Aomori" title="Préfecture d'Aomori – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Préfecture d'Aomori" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoracht_Aomori" title="Maoracht Aomori – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Maoracht Aomori" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Aomori" title="Prefectura de Aomori – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Prefectura de Aomori" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%A3%AE%E7%B8%A3" title="青森縣 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="青森縣" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target">贛語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-yen" title="Aomori-yen – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Aomori-yen" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%98%A4%EB%AA%A8%EB%A6%AC%ED%98%84" title="아오모리현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아오모리현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB_(%D5%BA%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A1)" title="Աոմորի (պրեֆեկտուրա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աոմորի (պրեֆեկտուրա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0" title="आओमोरी प्रीफ़ेक्चर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आओमोरी प्रीफ़ेक्चर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(prefektura)" title="Aomori (prefektura) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aomori (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ti_Aomori" title="Prepektura ti Aomori – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Prepektura ti Aomori" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ilokano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektur_Aomori" title="Prefektur Aomori – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Prefektur Aomori" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%C3%A6)" title="Аомори (префектурæ) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Аомори (префектурæ)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefettura_di_Aomori" title="Prefettura di Aomori – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Prefettura di Aomori" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="אאומורי (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אאומורי (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A8ktur_Aomori" title="Préfèktur Aomori – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Préfèktur Aomori" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ning_Aomori" title="Prepektura ning Aomori – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Prepektura ning Aomori" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kapampangan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="აომორის პრეფექტურა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აომორის პრეფექტურა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Aomori" title="Mkoa wa Aomori – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Aomori" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Aomori prefektūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Aomori prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomorio_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Aomorio prefektūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aomorio prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefekt%C3%BAra" title="Aomori prefektúra – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aomori prefektúra" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Аомори (префектура) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Аомори (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="ओमोरी प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ओमोरी प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="აომორიშ პრეფექტურა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="აომორიშ პრეფექტურა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9_%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89" title="محافظة آومورى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="محافظة آومورى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Aomori" title="Wilayah Aomori – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Aomori" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2" title="ꯑꯥꯑꯣꯃꯣꯔꯤ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯑꯥꯑꯣꯃꯣꯔꯤ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-g%C3%A2ing" title="Aomori-gâing – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Aomori-gâing" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3)" title="Аомори (аймаг) – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Аомори (аймаг)" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF" title="အအိုမိုရိစီရင်စု – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အအိုမိုရိစီရင်စု" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(prefectuur)" title="Aomori (prefectuur) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aomori (prefectuur)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="आओमोरी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="आओमोरी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%A3%AE%E7%9C%8C" title="青森県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="青森県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Аомори (префектура) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Аомори (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Нохчийн</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(prefektur)" title="Aomori (prefektur) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aomori (prefektur)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefektur" title="Aomori prefektur – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Aomori prefektur" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_Prefekture" title="Aomori Prefekture – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Aomori Prefekture" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target">Novial</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ضلع آوموری – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع آوموری" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%81%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%A2%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%A2%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8" title="ខេត្តអាអូម៉ូរី – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ខេត្តអាអូម៉ូរី" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target">ភាសាខ្មែរ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Aomori" title="Prefektura Aomori – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prefektura Aomori" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_prefekturas%C4%B1" title="Aomori prefekturası – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Aomori prefekturası" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Qaraqalpaqsha</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_Aomori" title="Prefectura Aomori – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Prefectura Aomori" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Аомори (префектура) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аомори (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BA" title="අඔමොරි ප්‍රාන්තය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="අඔමොරි ප්‍රාන්තය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Aomori Prefecture" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(prefekt%C3%BAra)" title="Aomori (prefektúra) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Aomori (prefektúra)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%86%D9%85%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="پارێزگای ئاوۆمۆری – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای 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id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Prefecture of Japan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Japanese prefecture. For the capital city of the prefecture, see <a href="/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Prefecture in Tōhoku, Japan</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Aomori Prefecture</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>青森県</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Japanese transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a></th><td class="infobox-data">青森県</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Rōmaji</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Aomori-ken</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/An_apple_branch_with_Mount_Iwaki_in_the_background.jpg/417px-An_apple_branch_with_Mount_Iwaki_in_the_background.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/An_apple_branch_with_Mount_Iwaki_in_the_background.jpg/556px-An_apple_branch_with_Mount_Iwaki_in_the_background.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></div><div><a href="/wiki/Mount_Iwaki" title="Mount Iwaki">Mount Iwaki</a> and apple blossom</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg/145px-Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg/218px-Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg/290px-Sanmon_of_Bodaiji_temple_with_Mount_Osore_in_the_background.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></div><div><a href="/wiki/Mount_Osore" title="Mount Osore">Mount Osore</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:131px;max-width:131px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg/129px-Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg/194px-Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg/258px-Aomori_Nebuta_Festival_Float_August_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></div><div><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri" title="Aomori Nebuta Matsuri">Nebuta</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Oirase-keiryu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase-keiryu.jpg/145px-Oirase-keiryu.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase-keiryu.jpg/218px-Oirase-keiryu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase-keiryu.jpg/290px-Oirase-keiryu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></div><div><a href="/wiki/Oirase_River" title="Oirase River">Oirase River</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:131px;max-width:131px"><div style="border:1;;height:96px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Furofushi-spa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Furofushi-spa.jpg/129px-Furofushi-spa.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Furofushi-spa.jpg/194px-Furofushi-spa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Furofushi-spa.jpg/258px-Furofushi-spa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></div><div>Furofushi Onsen</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Symbol</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%A3%AE%E7%9C%8C%E8%B3%9B%E6%AD%8C" class="extiw" title="ja:青森県賛歌">Aomori-ken sanka</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Aomori Prefecture"><img alt="Location of Aomori Prefecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg/250px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg/375px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg/500px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_02_Aomori_prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aomori_Prefecture&params=40_49_29_N_140_44_26_E_type:adm1st_region:JP-02">40°49′29″N 140°44′26″E / 40.82472°N 140.74056°E / 40.82472; 140.74056</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Island</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Establishment as part of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province" title="Mutsu Province">Mutsu Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Around 1094</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established as part of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province_(1868)" title="Mutsu Province (1868)">Rikuō Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7 December 1868</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Establishment of Aomori Prefecture</th><td class="infobox-data">4 September 1871</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a>: 8</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">Municipalities</a>: 40</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_prefectural_governors_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prefectural governors in Japan">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dichir%C5%8D_Miyashita" title="Sōichirō Miyashita">Sōichirō Miyashita</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,645.64 km2 (3,724.20 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_area" title="List of Japanese prefectures by area">8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Iwaki" title="Mount Iwaki">Mount Iwaki</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,624.7 m (5,330 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (Pacific Ocean)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (1 July 2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,188,043</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_population" title="List of Japanese prefectures by population">31st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">120/km2 (320/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Dialects<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nanbu_dialect" title="Nanbu dialect">Nanbu</a>・<a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_dialect" title="Tsugaru dialect">Tsugaru</a>・<a href="/w/index.php?title=Shimokita_dialect&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shimokita dialect (page does not exist)">Shimokita</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Aomorian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/JP%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="JP¥">JP¥</a> 4,533 billion <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 41.6 billion (2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">JP-02</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">139°30′ E to 141°41′ E</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latitude</th><td class="infobox-data">40°12′ N to 41°33′ N<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/">www.pref.aomori.lg.jp</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols of Aomori Prefecture</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Anthem</th><td class="infobox-data">Hymn of Aomori Prefecture (青森県賛歌, Aomori-ken sanka)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Song</th><td class="infobox-data">Message of the Blue Forest (青い森のメッセージ, Aoimori no messēji)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bewick%27s_swan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bewick's swan">Bewick's swan</a> (Cygnus bewickii)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fish</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olive_flounder" title="Olive flounder">Japanese halibut</a> (Paralichthys olivaceus)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Apple" title="Apple">Apple</a> <a href="/wiki/Blossom" title="Blossom">blossom</a> (Malus domestica)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thujopsis" title="Thujopsis">Hiba</a> (Thujopsis dolabrata)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> Aomori Prefecture (青森県, Aomori-ken) (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[a̠o̞mo̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefecture of Japan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Aomori_Prefecture_basic_information-3">[3]</a> The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of <a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a>. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>'s main island, <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a>, and is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate Prefecture</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita Prefecture</a> to the southwest, the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a> to the north. Aomori Prefecture is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_area" title="List of Japanese prefectures by area">8th-largest prefecture</a>, with an area of 9,645.64 km2 (3,724.20 sq mi), and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_population" title="List of Japanese prefectures by population">31st-most populous prefecture</a>, with more than 1.18 million people. Approximately 45 percent of Aomori Prefecture's residents live in its two <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core cities</a>, Aomori and <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a>, which lie on coastal plains. The majority of the prefecture is covered in forested mountain ranges, with population centers occupying valleys and plains. Aomori is the third-most populous prefecture in the Tōhoku region, after <a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi Prefecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima Prefecture</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mount_Iwaki" title="Mount Iwaki">Mount Iwaki</a>, an active <a href="/wiki/Stratovolcano" title="Stratovolcano">stratovolcano</a>, is the prefecture's highest point, at almost 1,624.7 m (5,330 ft). Humans have inhabited the prefecture for at least 15,000 years, and the oldest evidence of pottery in Japan was discovered at the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a> <a href="/wiki/Odai_Yamamoto_I_site" class="mw-redirect" title="Odai Yamamoto I site">Odai Yamamoto I site</a>. After centuries of rule by the <a href="/wiki/Nanbu_clan" title="Nanbu clan">Nanbu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_clan" title="Tsugaru clan">Tsugaru clans</a>, the prefecture was formed out of the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province" title="Mutsu Province">Mutsu Province</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>. Though the prefecture remains dominated by <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary sector</a> industries, it also serves as a transportation hub due to its location at the northern end of Honshu. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Historic_Sites_of_Aomori_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic Sites of Aomori Prefecture">Historic Sites of Aomori Prefecture</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jōmon_period">Jōmon period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Jōmon period">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg/220px-Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg/330px-Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg/440px-Odai_Yamamoto_I_potsherds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3130" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Potsherds from the Odai Yamamoto I site</figcaption></figure> The oldest evidence of pottery in Japan was found at the <a href="/wiki/Odai_Yamamoto_I_site" class="mw-redirect" title="Odai Yamamoto I site">Odai Yamamoto I site</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Sotogahama" title="Sotogahama">Sotogahama</a> in the northwestern part of the prefecture. The relics found there suggest that the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a> began about 15,000 years ago.<a href="#cite_note-Jomon-4">[4]</a> By 7,000 BCE, fishing cultures had developed along the shores of the prefecture which were three metres higher than the present day shoreline.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Around 3,900 BCE, the settlement at the <a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a> in the present-day city of <a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a> began.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> The settlement shows evidence of the wide interaction between the site's inhabitants and people from across Jōmon period Japan, including Hokkaido and <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jomon-4">[4]</a> The settlement of Sannai-Maruyama ended around 2300 BCE due to unknown reasons. Its abandonment was likely due to the population's <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_economy" title="Subsistence economy">subsistence economy</a> being unable to result in sustained growth, with its end being spurred on by the reduced amount of natural resources during the <a href="/wiki/Neoglaciation" title="Neoglaciation">neoglaciation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The Jōmon period continued up to 300 BCE in present-day Aomori Prefecture at the <a href="/wiki/Kamegaoka_Stone_Age_Site" title="Kamegaoka Stone Age Site">Kamegaoka site</a> in the city of <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru,_Aomori" title="Tsugaru, Aomori">Tsugaru</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Dog%C5%AB#Shakōkidogū" title="Dogū">Shakōkidogū</a> was found.<a href="#cite_note-Jomon-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yayoi_period_to_Heian_period">Yayoi period to Heian period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Yayoi period to Heian period">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province" title="Mutsu Province">Mutsu Province</a></div> During the Yayoi period, the area that would become Aomori Prefecture was impacted by the migration of settlers from continental Asia to a lesser extent than the rest of Japan to the south and west of the region. The region, known then as Michinoku, was inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Emishi" title="Emishi">Emishi</a>. It is not clear if the Emishi were the descendants of the Jōmon people, a group of the <a href="/wiki/Ainu_people" title="Ainu people">Ainu people</a>, or if both the Ainu and Emishi were descended from the Jōmon people. The northernmost tribe of the Emishi that inhabited what would become Aomori Prefecture was known as the Tsugaru.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Historic records mention a series of destructive eruptions in 917 from the volcano at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Towada" title="Lake Towada">Lake Towada</a>. The eruptive activity peaked on 17 August.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Throughout the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a> the Emishi were slowly subdued by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Court_in_Kyoto" title="Imperial Court in Kyoto">Imperial Court in Kyoto</a> before being incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province" title="Mutsu Province">Mutsu Province</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Fujiwara" title="Northern Fujiwara">Northern Fujiwara</a> around 1094.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The Northern Fujiwara set up the port settlement <a href="/wiki/Tosaminato" title="Tosaminato">Tosaminato</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Goshogawara" title="Goshogawara">Goshogawara</a> to develop trade between their lands, Kyoto, and continental Asia.<a href="#cite_note-Tosa-11">[11]</a> The Northern Fujiwara were deposed in 1189 by <a href="/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo" title="Minamoto no Yoritomo">Minamoto no Yoritomo</a> who would go on to establish the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate" title="Kamakura shogunate">Kamakura shogunate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kamakura_period">Kamakura period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kamakura period">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo" title="Minamoto no Yoritomo">Minamoto no Yoritomo</a> incorporated Mutsu Province into the holdings of the Kamakura shogunate.<a href="#cite_note-Minamoto_no_Yoritomo_captures_Mutsu_Province-13">[13]</a> Nanbu Mitsuyuki was awarded vast estates in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nukanobu_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nukanobu District (page does not exist)">Nukanobu District</a> after he had joined Minamoto no Yoritomo at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ishibashiyama" title="Battle of Ishibashiyama">Battle of Ishibashiyama</a> and the conquest of the Northern Fujiwara. Nanbu Mitsuyuki built <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djujidate_Castle" title="Shōjujidate Castle">Shōjujidate Castle</a> in what is now <a href="/wiki/Nanbu,_Aomori" title="Nanbu, Aomori">Nanbu, Aomori</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The eastern area of the current prefecture was dominated by horse ranches, and the Nanbu grew powerful and wealthy on the supply of <a href="/wiki/Warhorse" class="mw-redirect" title="Warhorse">warhorses</a>. These horse ranches were fortified stockades, numbered one through nine (Ichinohe through Kunohe), and were awarded to the six sons of Nanbu Mitsuyuki, forming the six main branches of the <a href="/wiki/Nanbu_clan" title="Nanbu clan">Nanbu clan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> The northwestern part of the prefecture was awarded to the <a href="/wiki/Akita_clan" title="Akita clan">Andō clan</a> for their role in driving the Northern Fujiwara out of Tosaminato. The port was expanded under the rule of the Andō clan. They traded heavily with the Ainu in <a href="/wiki/Ezo" title="Ezo">Ezo</a>. However, conflict would break out between the Ainu and the Andō clan in 1268 and again in the 1320s. The conflict was put down after the Nanbu intervened at the behest of the shogunate. The conflict weakened the Kamakura shogunate in its later years, while the Andō were split into northern (Andō) and southern (Akita) divisions.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Muromachi_period">Muromachi period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Muromachi period">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg/220px-Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg/330px-Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg/440px-Horigoshi_Castle_moat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="776" data-file-height="567" /></a><figcaption>The remains of Horikoshi Castle</figcaption></figure> At the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate" title="Ashikaga shogunate">Ashikaga shogunate</a>, the Nanbu and Andō continued to rule the area, with the Nanbu controlling the current prefecture's southeastern section and the Andō controlling the <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Peninsula" title="Shimokita Peninsula">Shimokita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Peninsula" title="Tsugaru Peninsula">Tsugaru</a> peninsulas. The Andō also were involved with controlling the fringes of Ezo, splitting their attention. In 1336, the Andō completed construction of <a href="/wiki/Horikoshi_Castle" title="Horikoshi Castle">Horikoshi Castle</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_Courts_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern and Southern Courts period">Northern and Southern Courts period</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Tsugaru_castle-18">[18]</a> During the Muromachi, the Nanbu slowly began edging the Andō out of present-day Aomori Prefecture. The Andō were pushed out of Tosaminato in 1432, retreating to Ezo, giving the Nanbu control over all their lands. The port settlement would fall into disrepair under the Nanbu.<a href="#cite_note-Tosa-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sengoku_period">Sengoku period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sengoku period">edit</a>]</div> During the Sengoku period, the Nanbu clan collapsed into several rival factions. One faction under <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Tamenobu" title="Tsugaru Tamenobu">Ōura Tamenobu</a> asserted their control over the <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Domain" title="Hirosaki Domain">Hirosaki Domain</a>. His clan, originally the Ōura clan (大浦氏, Ōura-shi), was of uncertain origins. According to later Tsugaru clan records, the clan was descended from the noble <a href="/wiki/Fujiwara_clan" title="Fujiwara clan">Fujiwara clan</a> and had an accent claim to ownership of the Tsugaru region on the Tsugaru Peninsula and the area surrounding Mount Iwaki in the northwestern corner of Mutsu Province; however, according to the records of their rivals, the Nanbu clan, clan progenitor Ōura Tamenobu was born as either Nanbu Tamenobu or Kuji Tamenobu, from a minor branch house of the Nanbu and was driven from the clan due to discord with his elder brother.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In any event, the Ōura were hereditary vice-district magistrate (郡代補佐, gundai hosa) under the Nanbu clan's local magistrate Ishikawa Takanobu; however, in 1571, Tamenobu attacked and killed Ishikawa and began taking the Nanbu clan's castles in the Tsugaru region one after another.<a href="#cite_note-rd1-20">[20]</a> He captured castles at Ishikawa, Daikoji and Aburakawa, and soon gathered support of many former Nanbu retainers in the region. After pledging fealty to <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a>, he was confirmed as an independent warlord in 1590 and changed his name to "Tsugaru", formally establishing the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_clan" title="Tsugaru clan">Tsugaru clan</a>. Tsugaru Tamenobu assisted Hideyoshi at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Odawara_(1590)" title="Siege of Odawara (1590)">Battle of Odawara</a>, and accompanied his retinue to <a href="/wiki/Hizen_Province" title="Hizen Province">Hizen</a> during the Korean Expedition. Afterwards, he sided with <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara" title="Battle of Sekigahara">Battle of Sekigahara</a> in 1600.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edo_period">Edo period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Edo period">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg/220px-Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg/330px-Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg/440px-Hirosaki-castle_Aomori_with_Sakura_blossoms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="749" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Castle" title="Hirosaki Castle">Hirosaki Castle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> seat of the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_clan" title="Tsugaru clan">Tsugaru clan</a>.</figcaption></figure> After the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Shogunate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokugawa Shogunate">Tokugawa Shogunate</a>, the Nanbu ruled the Shimokita Peninsula and the districts immediately to the south of it. The area to the west of the Nanbu's holdings and to the north of the lands held by the Akita clan were all controlled by the Tsugaru clan, from their capital at <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki" title="Hirosaki">Hirosaki</a>. Work on <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Castle" title="Hirosaki Castle">Hirosaki Castle</a> was completed in 1611, replacing Horikoshi Castle as the Tsugaru clan's fortress.<a href="#cite_note-Tsugaru_castle-18">[18]</a> By 1631, the Tsugaru clan had solidified their control over their gains made during the Sengoku period.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Mutsu Province was struck by the <a href="/wiki/Tenmei_famine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenmei famine">Tenmei famine</a> between 1781 and 1789, due to lower than usual temperatures that were exacerbated by volcanic eruptions at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Iwaki" title="Mount Iwaki">Mount Iwaki</a>, near the Tsugaru clan's capital, Hirosaki, between November 1782 and June 1783.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> At the beginning of the Edo period, the last pockets of Ainu people in Honshu still lived in the mountainous areas on the peninsulas of the prefecture. They interacted with the ruling clans to some extent, but they primarily lived off of fishing the waters of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Bay" title="Mutsu Bay">Mutsu Bay</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a>. However, the Tsugaru clan made two big pushes to assimilate the Ainu, the first came in 1756 and the second came in 1809. Records show that the clan was successful in wiping out the Ainu culture in their holdings, though some geographic names in Aomori Prefecture still retain their original Ainu names.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meiji_Restoration_to_World_War_II">Meiji Restoration to World War II</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Meiji Restoration to World War II">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1880</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">475,413</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1890</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">545,026</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.38%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">665,691</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1913</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">764,485</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.39%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1920</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">756,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.15%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1925</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">812,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1930</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">879,914</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.60%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1935</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">967,129</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.91%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1940</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,000,509</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1945</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,083,250</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.60%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1950</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,282,867</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.44%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1955</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,382,523</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.51%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,426,606</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1965</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,416,591</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.14%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,427,520</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.15%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,468,646</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,523,907</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.74%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,524,448</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.01%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,482,873</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1995</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,481,663</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,475,728</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.08%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,436,657</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,373,339</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,308,649</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.96%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,237,984</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.10%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Despite the 1867 resignation of the last shogun, <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu" title="Tokugawa Yoshinobu">Tokugawa Yoshinobu</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a> had reached northern Japan by late 1868. On 20 September 1868 the pro-Shōgunate <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cuetsu_Reppan_D%C5%8Dmei" title="Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei">Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei</a> was proclaimed at <a href="/wiki/Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a>, the capital of the Nanbu clan who ruled <a href="/wiki/Morioka_Domain" title="Morioka Domain">Morioka Domain</a>. The Tsugaru clan first sided with the pro-imperial forces of <a href="/wiki/Satch%C5%8D_Alliance" title="Satchō Alliance">Satchō Alliance</a>, and attacked nearby <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnai_Domain" title="Shōnai Domain">Shōnai Domain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McClellan,_p._175-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> However, the Tsugaru soon switched course, and briefly became a member of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> However, for reasons yet unclear, the Tsugaru backed out of the alliance and re-joined the imperial cause after a few months. The Nanbu and Tsugaru clans resumed their old rivalry and fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Noheji" title="Battle of Noheji">Battle of Noheji</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McClellan,_p._175-26">[26]</a> As a result of the minor skirmish, the Tsugaru clan was able to prove its defection from the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei and loyalty to the imperial cause. Tsugaru forces later joined the imperial army in attacking the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo" title="Republic of Ezo">Republic of Ezo</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hakodate" title="Battle of Hakodate">Battle of Hakodate</a>, where the pro-Shōgunate forces were finally defeated.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> As a result, the entire clan was able to evade the punitive measures taken by the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji government">Meiji government</a> on other northern domains.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> In 1868, Mutsu Province was broken up into five provinces in the aftermath of the Boshin War, with its namesake province, <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province_(1868)" title="Mutsu Province (1868)">Rikuō</a> occupying what would later become Aomori Prefecture and the northwestern corner of Iwate Prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> On 4 September 1871, Rikuō Province was abolished and divided, establishing today's Aomori Prefecture. Its capital was briefly located in Hirosaki, but it was moved on 23 September to the centrally located port village, Aomori.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The prefecture's new capital, Aomori, saw rapid expansion which was due to its importance as a logistic hub in northern Japan.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> It became a town in 1889 and then a city in 1898. On 30 October 1889, an American merchant ship, the <a href="/wiki/Cheseborough" title="Cheseborough">Cheseborough</a> wrecked off the prefecture's west coast near the village <a href="/wiki/Shariki,_Aomori" title="Shariki, Aomori">Shariki</a>, many of the ship's crew were saved by the villagers.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Railway" title="Nippon Railway">Nippon Railway</a>, a private company, completed the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line" title="Tōhoku Main Line">Tōhoku Main Line</a> in 1891, linking Aomori to <a href="/wiki/Ueno_Station" title="Ueno Station">Ueno Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> During a military exercise on 23 January 1902, 199 soldiers died after getting lost during a blizzard in the <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains_disaster" title="Hakkōda Mountains disaster">Hakkōda Mountains disaster</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> On 3 May 1910, a fire broke out in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yasukata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yasukata (page does not exist)">Yasukata</a> district. Fanned by strong winds, the fire quickly devastated the whole city. The conflagration claimed 26 lives and injured a further 160 residents. It destroyed 5,246 houses and burnt 19 storage sheds and 157 warehouses.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> On 23 March 1945, a mudslide destroyed a section of the town of <a href="/wiki/Ajigasawa,_Aomori" title="Ajigasawa, Aomori">Ajigasawa</a>, killing 87 of its inhabitants.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> At 10:30 p.m. on 28 July 1945, a squadron of American <a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 bombers</a> <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Aomori_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Aomori in World War II">bombed over 90% of the city of Aomori</a>. The estimated civilian impact of the air raid on the city was the death of 1,767 people and the destruction of 18,045 homes.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Infrastructure was destroyed across the prefecture including the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Ferry" title="Seikan Ferry">Seikan Ferry</a>, naval facilities in Mutsu and Misawa, <a href="/wiki/JMSDF_Hachinohe_Air_Base" title="JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base">Hachinohe Airfield</a>, and the ports and railways of Aomori and Hachinohe.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1945_to_present">1945 to present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1945 to present">edit</a>]</div> During the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a>, Aomori's military bases were controlled by the US military. Hachinohe Airfield was occupied until 1950, and was called Camp Haugen.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa Air Base</a> was occupied and rebuilt by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>; the base has seen a US military presence since then.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Aomori Broadcasting Corporation">Radio Aomori</a> made its first broadcast in 1953.<a href="#cite_note-RAB-43">[43]</a> Four years later, the first fish <a href="/wiki/Auction" title="Auction">auctions</a> were held. 1958 saw the completion of the Municipal Fish Market as well as the opening of the Citizen's Hospital. In the same year, the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Line" title="Tsugaru Line">Tsugaru Line</a> established a rail connection with the village of <a href="/wiki/Minmaya,_Aomori" title="Minmaya, Aomori">Minmaya</a> at the tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In March 1985, after 23 years of labor and a financial investment of 690 billion yen, the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel" title="Seikan Tunnel">Seikan Tunnel</a> finally linked the islands of <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, thereby becoming the longest tunnel of its kind in the world.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Almost exactly three years later, on March 13, railroad service was inaugurated on the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Kaikyo_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsugaru Kaikyo Line">Tsugaru Kaikyo Line</a>. The tunnel's opening to rail traffic saw the end of the Seikan Ferry rail service. During their 80 years of service, the Seikan rail ferries sailed between Aomori and <a href="/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a> some 720,000 times, carrying 160 million passengers. It continues to operate between the cities, ferrying automobile traffic and passengers rather than trains.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Public_University" title="Aomori Public University">Aomori Public College</a> opened in April 1993. In April 1995, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Airport" title="Aomori Airport">Aomori Airport</a> began offering regular international air service to <a href="/wiki/Seoul,_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul, South Korea">Seoul, South Korea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Khabarovsk,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khabarovsk, Russia">Khabarovsk, Russia</a>; however, the flights to Khabarovsk were discontinued in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In June 2007, four <a href="/wiki/North_Korean_defectors" title="North Korean defectors">North Korean defectors</a> reached Aomori Prefecture, after having been at sea for six days, marking the second known case ever where defectors have successfully reached Japan by boat.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> In March 2011, a <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">magnitude 9.0 earthquake</a> struck the east coast of Japan. The southeastern coast of Aomori Prefecture was affected by the resulting <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a>. Buildings along harbors were damaged along with boats thrown about in the streets.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg/220px-Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg/330px-Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg/440px-Aomori_Prefecture_Photo_NASA_MODIS_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>Aomori Prefecture and the surrounding area as seen from space</figcaption></figure> Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost <a href="/wiki/Prefecture" title="Prefecture">prefecture</a> in the Tōhoku region, lying on the northern end of the island of <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a>. It faces <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> from across the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a> and it borders <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a> in the south. The prefecture is flanked by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the east and the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> to the west with the Tsugaru Strait linking those bodies of water to the north of the prefecture. The islets of <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABroku-jima" title="Kyūroku-jima">Kyūroku-jima</a> in the Sea of Japan are the prefecture's westernmost point.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <a href="/wiki/Oma,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Oma, Aomori">Oma</a>, at the northwestern tip of the axe-shaped <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Peninsula" title="Shimokita Peninsula">Shimokita Peninsula</a>, is the northernmost point of Honshu. The <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Peninsula" title="Shimokita Peninsula">Shimokita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Peninsula" title="Tsugaru Peninsula">Tsugaru Peninsulas</a> enclose <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Bay" title="Mutsu Bay">Mutsu Bay</a>. Between those peninsulas lies the smaller <a href="/wiki/Natsudomari_Peninsula" title="Natsudomari Peninsula">Natsudomari Peninsula</a>, the northern end of the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Mountains" title="Ōu Mountains">Ōu Mountains</a>. The three peninsulas are prominently visible in the prefecture's symbol, a stylized map.<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ogawara" title="Lake Ogawara">Lake Ogawara</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Brackish" class="mw-redirect" title="Brackish">brackish</a> lake at the base of the Shimokita Peninsula, is the eleventh largest lake in Japan, the largest brackish lake in the Tōhoku area, and the prefecture's largest lake.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Towada" title="Lake Towada">Lake Towada</a>, a lake that sits in a volcanic <a href="/wiki/Caldera" title="Caldera">caldera</a>, straddles Aomori's boundary with Akita. The lake is a primary feature of <a href="/wiki/Towada-Hachimantai_National_Park" title="Towada-Hachimantai National Park">Towada-Hachimantai National Park</a> and is the largest caldera lake in Honshu.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Also within the park, the Oirase River flows east towards the Pacific Ocean from Lake Towada. Another feature of the park, the <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains" title="Hakkōda Mountains">Hakkōda Mountains</a>, an expansive <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_group" title="Volcanic group">volcanic group</a>, rises in the lands to the south of the city of Aomori and north of Lake Towada.<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shirakami-Sanchi" title="Shirakami-Sanchi">Shirakami-Sanchi</a>, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in the Shirakami Mountains in the western part of the prefecture. The site contains the largest surviving virgin beech forest in East Asia which is home to over 87 species of birds. Mount Iwaki, a stratovolcano and the prefecture's highest point lies to northeast of the Shirakami Mountains. The lands to the east and northeast of Mount Iwaki are an expansive <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a> that is drained by the <a href="/wiki/Iwaki_River" title="Iwaki River">Iwaki River</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki" title="Hirosaki">Hirosaki</a>, the former capital of the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_clan" title="Tsugaru clan">Tsugaru clan</a>, sits on the banks of the river.<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a> As of 31 March 2019, 12% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Japan#History" title="List of national parks of Japan">Natural Parks</a>, namely the Towada-Hachimantai and <a href="/wiki/Sanriku_Fukk%C5%8D_National_Park" title="Sanriku Fukkō National Park">Sanriku Fukkō</a> National Parks; <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Hanto_Quasi-National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park">Shimokita Hantō</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Quasi-National_Park" title="Tsugaru Quasi-National Park">Tsugaru</a> Quasi-National Parks; and <a href="/wiki/Asamushi-Natsudomari_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park">Asamushi-Natsudomari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashino_Chish%C5%8Dgun_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Ashino Chishōgun Prefectural Natural Park">Ashino Chishōgun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iwaki_K%C5%8Dgen_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Iwaki Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park">Iwaki Kōgen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuroishi_Onsenky%C5%8D_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Kuroishi Onsenkyō Prefectural Natural Park">Kuroishi Onsenkyō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakuidake_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Nakuidake Prefectural Natural Park">Nakuidake</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cwani_Ikarigaseki_Onsenky%C5%8D_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Ōwani Ikarigaseki Onsenkyō Prefectural Natural Park">Ōwani Ikarigaseki Onsenkyō</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Shirakami_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Tsugaru Shirakami Prefectural Natural Park">Tsugaru Shirakami</a> Prefectural Natural Parks; and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Bonju_Prefectural_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Bonju Prefectural Forest">Mount Bonju Prefectural Forest</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities,_towns,_and_villages">Cities, towns, and villages</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cities, towns, and villages">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Aomori_Prefecture_by_population" title="List of populated places in Aomori Prefecture by population">List of populated places in Aomori Prefecture by population</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mergers_in_Aomori_Prefecture" title="List of mergers in Aomori Prefecture">List of mergers in Aomori Prefecture</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;">Largest cities in Aomori Prefecture <div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">Source:<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Aomori_Prefecture_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Aomori Prefecture by population">Rank</a> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Aomori_Prefecture_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Aomori Prefecture by population">Pop.</a> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aomori"><img alt="Aomori" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aomori_bay.jpg/120px-Aomori_bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aomori_bay.jpg/180px-Aomori_bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aomori_bay.jpg/240px-Aomori_bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="682" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a> <a href="/wiki/File:%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hachinohe"><img alt="Hachinohe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg/120px-%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg/180px-%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg/240px-%E5%86%85%E4%B8%B8%EF%BC%91.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">275,192 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><a 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href="/wiki/Towada,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Towada, Aomori">Towada</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">223,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hirosaki,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Hirosaki, Aomori">Hirosaki</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">168,466 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Towada,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Towada, Aomori">Towada</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">60,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mutsu,_Aomori" title="Mutsu, Aomori">Mutsu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">54,103 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Goshogawara" title="Goshogawara">Goshogawara</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">51,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Misawa,_Aomori" title="Misawa, Aomori">Misawa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,152 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kuroishi,_Aomori" title="Kuroishi, Aomori">Kuroishi</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,946 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tsugaru,_Aomori" title="Tsugaru, Aomori">Tsugaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,934 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hirakawa,_Aomori" title="Hirakawa, Aomori">Hirakawa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,567 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a>]</div> The climate of Aomori Prefecture is relatively cool for the most part. It has four distinct seasons with an average temperature of 10 °C (50 °F). Variations in climate exist between the eastern (Pacific Ocean side) and the western (Sea of Japan side) parts of the prefecture. This is in part due to the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Mountains" title="Ōu Mountains">Ōu Mountains</a> that run north to south in the middle of the prefecture, dividing the two regions. The western side is subject to heavy monsoons and little sunshine which results in heavy snowfall during the winter. The eastern side is subject to low clouds brought in by northeasterly winds during the summer months, known locally as Yamase winds, from June through August, with temperatures staying relatively low. However, there are instances of Yamase winds making summers so cold that food production is hindered. The lowest recorded temperature during the winter is −9.3 °C (15.3 °F), and the highest recorded temperature during the summer is 33.1 °C (91.6 °F).<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temperature_comparison">Temperature comparison</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Temperature comparison">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1245584064">@media screen{html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sort-under.sortable.wikitable th.headerSort,html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sort-under-right.sortable.wikitable th.headerSort,html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sort-under-center.sortable.wikitable th.headerSort{padding-right:0.4em}html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sort-under.sortable:not(.wikitable) th.headerSort,html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sort-under-right.sortable:not(.wikitable) th.headerSort,html.client-js .mw-parser-output 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style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%;"> <caption>Monthly average highs and lows for various cities and towns in Aomori Prefecture in Fahrenheit and Celsius </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>City </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Jan </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Feb </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Mar </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Apr </th> <th data-sort-type="number">May </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Jun </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Jul </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Aug </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Sep </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Oct </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Nov </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />Dec </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> </td> <td>1.8 / −3.5 (35.2 / 25.7) </td> <td>2.7 / −3.3 (36.9 / 26.1) </td> <td>6.8 / −0.8 (44.2 / 30.6) </td> <td>13.7 / 4.1 (56.7 / 39.4) </td> <td>18.8 / 9.4 (65.8 / 48.9) </td> <td>22.1 / 14.1 (71.8 / 57.4) </td> <td>26.0 / 18.6 (78.8 / 65.5) </td> <td>27.8 / 20.0 (82.0 / 68.0) </td> <td>24.5 / 15.8 (76.1 / 60.4) </td> <td>18.3 / 9.1 (64.9 / 48.4) </td> <td>11.2 / 3.4 (52.2 / 38.1) </td> <td>4.5 / −1.4 (40.1 / 29.5) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> </td> <td>2.8 / −3.9 (37.0 / 25.0) </td> <td>3.6 / −3.7 (38.5 / 25.3) </td> <td>7.6 / −0.9 (45.7 / 30.4) </td> <td>13.8 / 4.0 (56.8 / 39.2) </td> <td>18.7 / 9.2 (65.7 / 48.6) </td> <td>21.1 / 13.3 (70.0 / 55.9) </td> <td>24.9 / 17.7 (76.8 / 63.9) </td> <td>26.5 / 19.5 (79.7 / 67.1) </td> <td>23.6 / 15.7 (74.5 / 60.3) </td> <td>18.2 / 9.0 (64.8 / 48.2) </td> <td>11.9 / 3.0 (53.4 / 37.4) </td> <td>5.4 / −1.6 (41.7 / 29.1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mutsu,_Aomori" title="Mutsu, Aomori">Mutsu</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td> <td>1.8 / −4.9 (35.2 / 23.2) </td> <td>2.4 / −4.9 (36.3 / 23.2) </td> <td>6.3 / −2.0 (43.3 / 28.4) </td> <td>12.7 / 2.8 (54.9 / 37.0) </td> <td>17.8 / 7.8 (64.0 / 46.0) </td> <td>20.8 / 12.2 (69.4 / 54.0) </td> <td>24.1 / 16.9 (75.4 / 62.4) </td> <td>25.8 / 18.4 (78.4 / 65.1) </td> <td>23.2 / 14.2 (73.8 / 57.6) </td> <td>17.6 / 7.2 (63.7 / 45.0) </td> <td>10.9 / 2.1 (51.6 / 35.8) </td> <td>4.4 / −2.5 (39.9 / 27.5) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukaura" title="Fukaura">Fukaura</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </td> <td>2.3 / −2.4 (36.1 / 27.7) </td> <td>3.0 / −2.2 (37.4 / 28.0) </td> <td>6.7 / 0.1 (44.1 / 32.2) </td> <td>12.7 / 4.5 (54.9 / 40.1) </td> <td>17.8 / 9.6 (64.0 / 49.3) </td> <td>21.6 / 14.1 (70.9 / 57.4) </td> <td>25.3 / 18.7 (77.5 / 65.7) </td> <td>27.1 / 20.0 (80.8 / 68.0) </td> <td>23.6 / 15.9 (74.5 / 60.6) </td> <td>17.5 / 10.0 (63.5 / 50.0) </td> <td>11.1 / 4.7 (52.0 / 40.5) </td> <td>5.1 / −0.3 (41.2 / 31.5) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cma" title="Ōma">Ōma</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-normals-70">[70]</a> </td> <td>2.2 / −2.4 (36.0 / 27.7) </td> <td>2.7 / −2.3 (36.9 / 27.9) </td> <td>6.2 / 0.0 (43.2 / 32.0) </td> <td>11.0 / 4.1 (51.8 / 39.4) </td> <td>15.0 / 8.5 (59.0 / 47.3) </td> <td>18.4 / 12.4 (65.1 / 54.3) </td> <td>22.3 / 16.9 (72.1 / 62.4) </td> <td>24.8 / 19.1 (76.6 / 66.4) </td> <td>22.8 / 16.0 (73.0 / 60.8) </td> <td>17.4 / 10.3 (63.3 / 50.5) </td> <td>11.0 / 4.8 (51.8 / 40.6) </td> <td>4.8 / −0.3 (40.6 / 31.5) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukayu_Onsen" title="Sukayu Onsen">Sukayu Onsen</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </td> <td>−5.1 / −10.0 (22.8 / 14.0) </td> <td>−4.3 / −9.8 (24.3 / 14.4) </td> <td>−0.2 / −6.8 (31.6 / 19.8) </td> <td>6.4 / −0.8 (43.5 / 30.6) </td> <td>13.1 / 5.1 (55.6 / 41.2) </td> <td>17.6 / 9.8 (63.7 / 49.6) </td> <td>21.1 / 14.6 (70.0 / 58.3) </td> <td>21.9 / 15.3 (71.4 / 59.5) </td> <td>17.7 / 10.7 (63.9 / 51.3) </td> <td>11.4 / 4.2 (52.5 / 39.6) </td> <td>4.5 / −2.0 (40.1 / 28.4) </td> <td>−2.2 / −7.6 (28.0 / 18.3) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/273px-Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="273" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/410px-Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/546px-Aomori_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="2197" /></a><figcaption>Aomori prefecture population pyramid in 2020</figcaption></figure> A person living in or from Aomori Prefecture is referred to as an Aomorian.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> As of 2017, the prefecture had a total population of 1.28 million residents, accounting for just over 1 percent of Japan's total population.<a href="#cite_note-economy-74">[74]</a> In 2018, Aomori Prefecture saw the second largest decrease in the number of Japanese citizens out of any prefecture in the country. Only neighboring Akita Prefecture lost more citizens than Aomori.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In 2017, 23,529 people moved out of Aomori, while 17,454 people moved to the prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-economy-74">[74]</a> In 2018, about 590,000 of the prefecture's residents were men and 670,000 were women, 10.8 percent of the population was below the age of 15, 56.6 percent of residents were between the ages of 15 and 64, and 32.6 percent was above the age of 64. In the same year the prefecture had a density of 130.9 people per square kilometre. In 2015, about 3,425 foreign-born immigrants lived in Aomori, making up just 0.26 percent of the prefecture's population, the lowest of any prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki,_autumn_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg/220px-Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg/330px-Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg/440px-Apple_orchard_and_Mt._Iwaki%2C_autumn_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption>Apple orchards in the foothills of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Iwaki" title="Mount Iwaki">Mount Iwaki</a></figcaption></figure> Like much of the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōhoku Region">Tōhoku Region</a>, Aomori Prefecture remains dominated by <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary sector</a> industries, such as farming, forestry and fishing. The prefecture's forestry industry is centered around the cultivation and harvesting of <a href="/wiki/Thujopsis" title="Thujopsis">hiba</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cypress" title="Cypress">cypress</a> tree utilized in construction of wooden structures across the country.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In 2015, its economy had a GDP of 4,541.2 billion yen which made up about 0.83 percent of Japan's economy.<a href="#cite_note-economy-74">[74]</a> Aomori Prefecture generates the largest amount of wind energy out of the prefectures of Japan, with large wind farms located on the Shimokita Peninsula. The peninsula is also home to the inactive <a href="/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant" title="Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant">Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant</a> that is owned by <a href="/wiki/Japan_Nuclear_Fuel_Limited" title="Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited">Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited</a>, a company headquartered in the village of Rokkasho that is involved in the production of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fuel" title="Nuclear fuel">nuclear fuel</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing" title="Nuclear reprocessing">reprocessing</a>, storage, and disposal of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear waste">nuclear waste</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The city of Hachinohe is home to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Metals" title="Pacific Metals">Pacific Metals Company</a>, a manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Ferronickel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferronickel">ferronickel</a> products.<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Agriculture">edit</a>]</div> Aomori Prefecture is a leading agricultural region in Japan. It is Japan's largest producer of apples, accounting for 59 percent of Japan's total apple production in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-best-79">[79]</a> The cultivation of apples in the prefecture began in 1875 when the prefecture was given three varieties of western origin to grow. The apples are consumed within Japan and exported to the United States, China, Taiwan, and Thailand.<a href="#cite_note-Takaaki-51">[51]</a> Aomori is also ranked highly in the nation's production of <a href="/wiki/Redcurrant" title="Redcurrant">redcurrant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burdock" class="mw-redirect" title="Burdock">burdock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garlic" title="Garlic">garlic</a>, accounting for 81, 37, and 66 percent, respectively, of the country's production.<a href="#cite_note-best-79">[79]</a> Aomori also boasts being the home to Hakkōda cattle, a rare, region-specific breed of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Shorthorn" title="Japanese Shorthorn">Japanese Shorthorn</a>.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> The town of <a href="/wiki/Gonohe,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonohe, Aomori">Gonohe</a> has a long history as a breeding center for horses of exceptional quality, popular among the <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a>. With the decline of the samurai, Gonohe's horses continued to be bred for their meat. The lean horse meat is coveted as a delicacy, especially when served in its raw form, known as <a href="/wiki/Basashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Basashi">basashi</a> (馬刺し). The Aomori coast along Mutsu Bay is a large source of scallops, but they are particularly a specialty of the town <a href="/wiki/Hiranai,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiranai, Aomori">Hiranai</a> where the calm water around Natsudomari Peninsula makes a good home for them.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Tourism">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oirase_keiryuu.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase_keiryuu.JPG/220px-Oirase_keiryuu.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase_keiryuu.JPG/330px-Oirase_keiryuu.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Oirase_keiryuu.JPG/440px-Oirase_keiryuu.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The cascades of the <a href="/wiki/Oirase_River" title="Oirase River">Oirase River</a> in the prefecture's <a href="/wiki/Towada-Hachimantai_National_Park" title="Towada-Hachimantai National Park">Towada-Hachimantai National Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></figcaption></figure> Tourism has been a growing sector of Aomori Prefecture's economy. It was among the top five prefectures of Japan in terms of growth in foreign tourists between 2012 and 2017.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> This influx of foreign tourists has led to the construction of more hotels in Aomori.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Major draws to the prefecture are its <a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Aomori)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Aomori)">historic sites</a>, museums, and national parks. Several of the prefecture's <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_Archaeological_Sites_in_Hokkaid%C5%8D,_Northern_T%C5%8Dhoku,_and_other_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions">Jōmon period historic sites</a> were nominated in January 2009 to become <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> If approved, the archaeological sites would join <a href="/wiki/Shirakami-Sanchi" title="Shirakami-Sanchi">Shirakami-Sanchi</a> as the prefecture's second World Heritage Site. Tourist access to Shirakami-Sanchi is heavily restricted to tourists due to its delicate ecosystem, though several water features, trails, and roads can be accessed by its visitors.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> About 35.2 million domestic travellers visited Aomori Prefecture in 2016, while about 95,000 foreign tourists visited in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-economy-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Military">edit</a>]</div> Aomori Prefecture and the Tsugaru Strait are of strategic value to both Japan and the United States, as the strait serves as an access point for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> into the Sea of Japan where they can put pressure on Russia, China, and North Korea.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> The prefecture also hosts <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa Air Base</a>, the only combined, joint U.S. service installation in the western Pacific servicing <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japan Self-Defense Forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The JSDF maintains bases across the prefecture including, <a href="/wiki/JMSDF_%C5%8Cminato_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="JMSDF Ōminato Base">JMSDF Ōminato Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/JMSDF_Hachinohe_Air_Base" title="JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base">JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base</a>,<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=JGSDF_Camp_Aomori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JGSDF Camp Aomori (page does not exist)">JGSDF Camp Aomori</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%A3%AE%E9%A7%90%E5%B1%AF%E5%9C%B0" class="extiw" title="ja:青森駐屯地">ja</a>].<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_crafts">Traditional crafts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Traditional crafts">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tsugaru_lacquerware_(Tsugarunuri).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg/220px-Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg/330px-Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg/440px-Tsugaru_lacquerware_%28Tsugarunuri%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Tsugaru lacquerware (Tsugarunuri)</figcaption></figure> The Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture is the birthplace of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru-jamisen" title="Tsugaru-jamisen">Tsugaru-jamisen</a>, a virtuosic style of playing <a href="/wiki/Shamisen" title="Shamisen">shamisen</a> that is deeply entwined with the region's identity and history. A notable player of the style was <a href="/wiki/Takahashi_Chikuzan" title="Takahashi Chikuzan">Takahashi Chikuzan</a>, a blind musician from <a href="/wiki/Hiranai" title="Hiranai">Hiranai</a> who wandered around the country and eventually gained nationwide appeal.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-Chikuzan-93">[93]</a> Aomori Prefecture is also where the decorative <a href="/wiki/Embroidery" title="Embroidery">embroidery</a> styles, <a href="/wiki/Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">kogin-zashi</a> and Nanbu hishizashi originated as more utilitarian techniques during the Edo period. The peasant women of the area, who created the styles, used them to make linen clothing more robust and warm during the harsh winters since cotton was unavailable to the lower class.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Wooden horse figures called Yawata-uma have been made in the former holdings of the Nanbu for 700 years.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cuisine">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg/220px-%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg/330px-%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg/440px-%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%80%81%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E6%B1%81.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Ke porridge</figcaption></figure> The Aomori area has given rise to several soups: ke porridge or Keno-jiru, which consists of <a href="/wiki/Miso" title="Miso">miso</a> soup with diced root vegetables and wild plants such as <a href="/wiki/Butterbur" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterbur">butterbur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bracken" title="Bracken">bracken</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tofu" title="Tofu">tofu</a> from the Tsugaru area; ichigoni, a sea urchin roe and abalone soup in which the sea urchin roe looks like strawberries, known as ichigo in Japanese, from the town of <a href="/wiki/Hashikami,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashikami, Aomori">Hashikami</a>; hittsumi a roux with chicken and vegetables from the Nanbu area; Hachinohe senbei soup a hearty soup with Nanbu senbei loaded with vegetables and chicken; jappa-jiru a vegetable soup with cod roe from Aomori; and keiran a red bean dumpling soy sauce soup served during special occasions on the Shimokita Peninsula. Another dish that was created in the area surrounding <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Bay" title="Mutsu Bay">Mutsu Bay</a> is kaiya in the Tsugaru area or kayaki on the Shimokita Peninsula, it is a boiled miso and egg dish mixed with fish or scallop meat on a large scallop shell that serves as both the cookware and serveware.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In 2006, the production of aged <a href="/wiki/Black_garlic" title="Black garlic">black garlic</a> began in Aomori Prefecture. The prefecture has since become the largest producer of the <a href="/wiki/Superfood" title="Superfood">superfood</a> in Japan.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Festivals">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Aomori_Prefecture" title="List of festivals in Aomori Prefecture">List of festivals in Aomori Prefecture</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG/140px-Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG/210px-Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG/280px-Tachineputa%EF%BD%9E2007_%22Mebukiurasaburu%22.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri" title="Aomori Nebuta Matsuri">Neputa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Goshogawara" title="Goshogawara">Goshogawara City</a></figcaption></figure> Aomori Prefecture boasts a variety of festivals year round offering a unique look into northern Japan, and hosts the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri" title="Aomori Nebuta Matsuri">Aomori Nebuta Matsuri</a>, one of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Great_Festivals_of_T%C5%8Dhoku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Three Great Festivals of Tōhoku (page does not exist)">Three Great Festivals of Tōhoku</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%8C%97%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%A7%E7%A5%AD%E3%82%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:東北三大祭り">ja</a>].<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> During late April <a href="/wiki/Hanami" title="Hanami">hanami</a> festivals are held across the prefecture, with the most prominent of the festivals being located on the grounds of Hirosaki Castle.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Summer and autumn hold many distinct festivals with bright lights, floats, dancing and music.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> Winter is centered on snow festivals where attendees can view ice sculptures and enjoy local cuisine inside an ice hut.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_literature">Arts and literature</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Arts and literature">edit</a>]</div> Aomori Prefecture has produced several writers and artists. <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Dazai" title="Osamu Dazai">Osamu Dazai</a>, the writer of Japan's second most popular novel <a href="/wiki/No_Longer_Human" title="No Longer Human">No Longer Human</a>,<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> is one of the prefecture's best-known writers.<a href="#cite_note-Dazai-105">[105]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shunsuke_Kikuchi" title="Shunsuke Kikuchi">Shunsuke Kikuchi</a>, a composer for series such as <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball" title="Dragon Ball">Dragon Ball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doraemon" title="Doraemon">Doraemon</a>, was born in the city of Hirosaki.<a href="#cite_note-Kikuchi-106">[106]</a> The creator of the supernatural manga series <a href="/wiki/Shaman_King" title="Shaman King">Shaman King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Takei" title="Hiroyuki Takei">Hiroyuki Takei</a>, is from the village of Yomogita in northwestern Aomori.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> The comedian <a href="/wiki/Daima%C5%8D_Kosaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimaō Kosaka">Daimaō Kosaka</a>, known widely for his viral single "<a href="/wiki/PPAP_(Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" title="PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)">PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)</a>", was born in Aomori Prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-PPAP-108">[108]</a> <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dsaku-hanga" title="Sōsaku-hanga">Sōsaku-hanga</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata" title="Shikō Munakata">Shikō Munakata</a> was born in Aomori.<a href="#cite_note-Munakata-109">[109]</a> Much of his art was inspired by the prefecture's natural qualities and rural culture.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sports">edit</a>]</div> The two largest cities of the prefecture, Aomori and Hachinohe, both host professional sports teams. Both cities have professional soccer clubs in the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Professional_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Professional Football League">Japan Professional Football League</a>: Aomori's <a href="/wiki/ReinMeer_Aomori" title="ReinMeer Aomori">ReinMeer Aomori</a> and Hachinohe's <a href="/wiki/Vanraure_Hachinohe" title="Vanraure Hachinohe">Vanraure Hachinohe</a>. Other professional sports teams in the two cities include the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Wat%27s" title="Aomori Wat's">Aomori Wat's</a>, a basketball team from Aomori in the <a href="/wiki/B.League" title="B.League">B.League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Free_Blades" title="Tohoku Free Blades">Tohoku Free Blades</a>, an ice hockey team from Hachinohe that competes in the <a href="/wiki/Asia_League_Ice_Hockey" title="Asia League Ice Hockey">Asia League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> Aomori Prefecture hosted the <a href="/wiki/2003_Asian_Winter_Games" title="2003 Asian Winter Games">2003 Asian Winter Games</a> from 1 February to 8 February 2003.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> Approximately 1,200 athletes from 29 Asian countries participated in the games. Five venues across the prefecture held 51 different events.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Aomori Prefecture is also slated to host the 80th <a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Festival_of_Japan" title="National Sports Festival of Japan">National Sports Festival of Japan</a> in 2025,<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> though it is likely the event will be postponed for a year due to the impact of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Japan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Japan">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> The prefecture has produced some professional athletes. <a href="/wiki/Yoshisada_Yonezuka" title="Yoshisada Yonezuka">Yoshisada Yonezuka</a> from the town of Nakadomari was a martial arts instructor for <a href="/wiki/USA_Judo" title="USA Judo">USA Judo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Yonezuka-117">[117]</a> He coached the team in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a> and <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Major_professional_teams">Major professional teams</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Major professional teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Stadium and city </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Wat%27s" title="Aomori Wat's">Aomori Wat's</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B.League" title="B.League">B.League</a> (East Second Division) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maeda_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Maeda Arena">Maeda Arena</a>, Aomori<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ReinMeer_Aomori" title="ReinMeer Aomori">ReinMeer Aomori</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_League" title="Japan Football League">Japan Football League</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_League" title="Japan Football League">JFL</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maeda_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Maeda Arena">Maeda Arena</a>, Aomori<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Free_Blades" title="Tohoku Free Blades">Tohoku Free Blades</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia_League_Ice_Hockey" title="Asia League Ice Hockey">Asia League Ice Hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flat_Hachinohe" title="Flat Hachinohe">Flat Arena</a>, Hachinohe<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanraure_Hachinohe" title="Vanraure Hachinohe">Vanraure Hachinohe</a> </td> <td>Association football </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan_Professional_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Professional Football League">Japan Professional Football League</a> (<a href="/wiki/J3_League" title="J3 League">J3 League</a>) </td> <td>Prifoods Stadium, Hachinohe<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minor_professional_and_amateur_teams">Minor professional and amateur teams</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Minor professional and amateur teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Stadium and city </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blancdieu_Hirosaki_FC" title="Blancdieu Hirosaki FC">Blancdieu Hirosaki FC</a> </td> <td>Association football </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Soccer_League" title="Tohoku Soccer League">Tohoku Soccer League</a> (Division 1) </td> <td>Hirosaki Sports Park, Hirosaki<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hachinohe_Reds&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hachinohe Reds (page does not exist)">Hachinohe Reds</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E6%88%B8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:八戸レッズ">ja</a>] </td> <td>Ice hockey </td> <td>Japan Women's Ice Hockey League </td> <td>Tanabu Ice Hockey Arena, Hachinohe<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hirosaki_Areds&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hirosaki Areds (page does not exist)">Hirosaki Areds</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%98%E5%89%8D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:弘前アレッズ">ja</a>] </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>Japan Amateur Baseball Association </td> <td>Hirosaki<a href="#cite_note-Areds-125">[125]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_Blizzard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="King Blizzard (page does not exist)">King Blizzard</a> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" class="extiw" title="ja:キングブリザード">ja</a>] </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>Japan Amateur Baseball Association </td> <td>Goshogawara<a href="#cite_note-Areds-125">[125]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_teams">Other teams</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Other teams">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Curling_Club" title="Aomori Curling Club">Aomori Curling Club</a> was a curling club of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_curling_clubs_in_Japan" title="List of curling clubs in Japan">Japan Curling Association</a> from the city of Aomori that represented Japan in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> and several <a href="/wiki/World_Curling_Championships" title="World Curling Championships">World Curling Championships</a>. The club was disbanded in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomoribay_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aomoribay_bridge.jpg/220px-Aomoribay_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aomoribay_bridge.jpg/330px-Aomoribay_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aomoribay_bridge.jpg/440px-Aomoribay_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Bay_Bridge" title="Aomori Bay Bridge">Aomori Bay Bridge</a> and the Memorial Ship Hakkoda-Maru seen from <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Bay" title="Aomori Bay">Aomori Bay</a></figcaption></figure> Aomori Prefecture has 20,606.8 km (12,804.5 mi) of roads, highways, and streets, along with 227 km (141 mi) of <a href="/wiki/Expressways_of_Japan" title="Expressways of Japan">expressways</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-Expressways-128">[128]</a> Four major expressways pass through the prefecture: the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Expressway" title="Tōhoku Expressway">Tōhoku Expressway</a>, which runs south–north through center of the prefecture; the incomplete <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Expressway" title="Tsugaru Expressway">Tsugaru Expressway</a>, running east–west in the southwestern portion of the prefecture; the partially-complete <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe-Kuji_Expressway" title="Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway">Hachinohe-Kuji Expressway</a> that travels south–north along the prefecture's eastern coast to Hachinohe; and the partially-complete <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Expressway" title="Shimokita Expressway">Shimokita Expressway</a> that travels south–north along Shimokita Peninsula from the town of Noheji to the city of Mutsu.<a href="#cite_note-Expressways-128">[128]</a> Several auxiliary routes of the Tōhoku Expressway also serve the prefecture. The <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Expressway" title="Aomori Expressway">Aomori Expressway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Expressway" title="Hachinohe Expressway">Hachinohe Expressway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spur_route" title="Spur route">spur routes</a> into the eastern part of the city Aomori and central Hachinohe. A spur of the Hachinohe Expressway continues northwest across the eastern side of the prefecture towards the prefecture's capital. It is made up of several named routes: the <a href="/wiki/Momoishi_Toll_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Momoishi Toll Road">Momoishi Toll Road</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Daini-Michinoku_Toll_Road" title="Daini-Michinoku Toll Road">Daini-Michinoku Toll Road</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kamikita_Expressway" title="Kamikita Expressway">Kamikita Expressway</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Michinoku_Toll_Road" title="Michinoku Toll Road">Michinoku Toll Road</a>.<a href="#cite_note-highways-129">[129]</a> Several <a href="/wiki/National_highways_of_Japan" title="National highways of Japan">national highways</a> pass through the prefecture. National routes <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_4" title="Japan National Route 4">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_7" title="Japan National Route 7">7</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_45" title="Japan National Route 45">45</a> are primary routes that link the prefectural capital to the capitals of other prefectures across Japan. Additional national routes in Aomori Prefecture include routes <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_101" title="Japan National Route 101">101</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_102" title="Japan National Route 102">102</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_102" title="Japan National Route 102">102</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_103" title="Japan National Route 103">103</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_104" title="Japan National Route 104">104</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_279" title="Japan National Route 279">279</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_280" title="Japan National Route 280">280</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_282" title="Japan National Route 282">282</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_338" title="Japan National Route 338">338</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_339" title="Japan National Route 339">339</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_340" title="Japan National Route 340">340</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_394" title="Japan National Route 394">394</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_454" title="Japan National Route 454">454</a>. Two of the prefecture's national highways also continue north across the Tsugaru Strait to Hokkaido: National Route 279, which is carried to <a href="/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Kaiky%C5%8D_Ferry" title="Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry">Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry</a>; and National Route 280, which was previously carried by ferry to the town of <a href="/wiki/Fukushima,_Hokkaido" title="Fukushima, Hokkaido">Fukushima, Hokkaido</a>, though the route is still signed from Fukushima to Hakodate.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg/220px-U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg/330px-U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg/440px-U16_E5series_Hayate_at_Hachinohe_station_13_2014-03-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/E5_Series_Shinkansen" class="mw-redirect" title="E5 Series Shinkansen">E5 Series Shinkansen</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Station" title="Hachinohe Station">Hachinohe Station</a> on the high-speed <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a> line.</figcaption></figure> Railways have played an important role in Aomori Prefecture's transportation network and development since the Meiji period. <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Station" title="Aomori Station">Aomori Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shin-Aomori_Station" title="Shin-Aomori Station">Shin-Aomori Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Station" title="Hachinohe Station">Hachinohe Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Station" title="Hirosaki Station">Hirosaki Station</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shichinohe-Towada_Station" title="Shichinohe-Towada Station">Shichinohe-Towada Station</a> are major rail stations operating in Aomori Prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> The <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">East Japan Railway Company</a> (JR East), operates several rail lines in the prefecture: the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a>, the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line" title="Tōhoku Main Line">Tōhoku Main Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Main_Line" title="Ōu Main Line">Ōu Main Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cminato_Line" title="Ōminato Line">Ōminato Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gon%C5%8D_Line" title="Gonō Line">Gonō Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Line" title="Hachinohe Line">Hachinohe Line</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Line" title="Tsugaru Line">Tsugaru Line</a>. Other notable rail operators in the prefecture are the <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Railway_Company" title="Hokkaido Railway Company">Hokkaido Railway Company</a> (JR Hokkaido), that runs the <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Shinkansen" title="Hokkaido Shinkansen">Hokkaido Shinkansen</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel" title="Seikan Tunnel">Seikan Tunnel</a> to and from Hokkaido, the <a href="/wiki/Aoimori_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Aoimori Railway">Aoimori Railway</a> that operates passenger services on the Tōhoku Main Line,<a href="#cite_note-highways-129">[129]</a> and the northernmost privately owned railway in Japan, the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Railway" title="Tsugaru Railway">Tsugaru Railway</a>.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> Maritime transport in Aomori Prefecture operates primarily from the ports of Aomori, Mutsuogawara, and Hachinohe, though smaller ports are found throughout the prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> The ports at Aomori and Hachinohe both serve cruise ships<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> and ferry lines. Additionally, a ferry line operates between <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cma" title="Ōma">Ōma</a> and Hakodate.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Prior to the opening of the Seikan Tunnel, rail ferries operated by the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_National_Railways" title="Japanese National Railways">Japanese National Railways</a> linked Aomori Station and <a href="/wiki/Hakodate_Station" title="Hakodate Station">Hakodate Station</a> as the primary connection between Hokkaido and the rest of Japan. A museum dedicated to the historic rail ferries operates near Aomori Station in a former rail ferryboat, the Hakkoda Maru.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> There are two commercial airports located within Aomori Prefecture, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Airport" title="Aomori Airport">Aomori Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Airport" title="Misawa Airport">Misawa Airport</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Both airports are relatively small, though Aomori Airport offers regular international flights to South Korea and Taiwan, seasonal flights to China, and chartered flights to Thailand, in addition to domestic flights to several cities.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> Aomori Prefecture's national university is <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_University" title="Hirosaki University">Hirosaki University</a>, which was formed by the combination of several colleges and higher education schools in 1949 in accordance with the National School Establishment Law of 1949.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> The prefecture has two other public universities, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Public_University" title="Aomori Public University">Aomori Public University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_University_of_Health_and_Welfare" title="Aomori University of Health and Welfare">Aomori University of Health and Welfare</a>. Several private universities are also located in Aomori Prefecture. Among them are <a href="/wiki/Aomori_University" title="Aomori University">Aomori University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Gakuin_University" title="Hachinohe Gakuin University">Hachinohe Gakuin University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Institute_of_Technology" title="Hachinohe Institute of Technology">Hachinohe Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Gakuin_University" title="Hirosaki Gakuin University">Hirosaki Gakuin University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_University_of_Health_and_Welfare" title="Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare">Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Women%27s_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Tohoku Women's College">Tohoku Women's College</a>, and the Towada Campus of <a href="/wiki/Kitasato_University" title="Kitasato University">Kitasato University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> The Aomori Prefecture Board of Education oversees various aspects of the prefecture's educational system including the management of libraries, the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefectural_Museum" title="Aomori Prefectural Museum">Aomori Prefectural Museum</a>, and various educational support offices and centers. In all the prefecture allocated 130.3 billion yen towards education in 2018. In 2017 the prefecture's public school system was teaching 133,507 <a href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">primary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education" title="Secondary education">secondary</a> students, a sharp decrease from a total of 173,537 students ten years earlier. Overall the prefecture has 94 kindergartens (1 of which is a national school and 3 that are public), 289 elementary schools (1 of which is a national school and 288 that are run by municipal governments), 161 middle schools (1 of which is a national school, another which is run by the prefecture, 4 that are private, and 155 that are run by municipal governments), and 95 high schools.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbols_and_names">Symbols and names</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Symbols and names">edit</a>]</div> During the <a href="/wiki/Lowell_Observatory_Near-Earth-Object_Search" title="Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search">Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search</a> conducted in <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona" title="Flagstaff, Arizona">Flagstaff, Arizona</a> for <a href="/wiki/Main-belt_asteroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-belt asteroid">main-belt asteroids</a> that have a risk of coming close to Earth,<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> observers discovered <a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_19001%E2%80%9320000#19701–19800" title="List of minor planets: 19001–20000">19701 Aomori</a>, an asteroid which they named after Aomori Prefecture. 19701 Aomori was given its name on 9 May 2012 after the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a> to pay respect towards the damaged communities along the prefecture's southeastern coast.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefectural_symbols">Prefectural symbols</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Prefectural symbols">edit</a>]</div> Since 1961, the prefectural symbol of Aomori is a green stylized map of the prefecture on a white background, showing the crown of <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Peninsula" title="Tsugaru Peninsula">Tsugaru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natsudomari_Peninsula" title="Natsudomari Peninsula">Natsudomari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_Peninsula" title="Shimokita Peninsula">Shimokita Peninsulas</a>. The green is representative of development while the white symbolizes the vastness of the world.<a href="#cite_note-Symbols-145">[145]</a> The prefectural bird has been <a href="/wiki/Bewick%27s_swan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bewick's swan">Bewick's swan</a> since 1964, the species migrates to the area during the winter. In 1966, the prefecture designated the <a href="/wiki/Thujopsis" title="Thujopsis">hiba</a> (Thujopsis dolabrata) as its prefectural tree. The apple blossom was designated as the prefectural flower in 1971 to pay homage to the prefecture's apple production. In 1987, the <a href="/wiki/Olive_flounder" title="Olive flounder">Japanese halibut</a> was designated as the prefectural fish.<a href="#cite_note-Symbols-145">[145]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dialects">Dialects</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Dialects">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_dialect" title="Tōhoku dialect">Tōhoku dialect</a>, one of the three main dialects of Japan, is spoken in Aomori Prefecture. The most widespread variants are the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_dialect" title="Tsugaru dialect">Tsugaru dialect</a>, Nanbu dialect, and Shimokita dialect. The boundary determining which of these dialects are spoken is mainly along the former border of the Tsugaru and Nanbu clans between Hiranai and Noheji, with some overlap.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Speakers of the Tsugaru dialect are typically centered around Hirosaki, while those who use the Nanbu dialect are centered around Hachinohe.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> The Shimokita dialect is used on the Shimokita Peninsula around Mutsu and has been recognized as having enough differences to distinguish it from the Nanbu dialect.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> It was also used in combination with the Nanbu dialect in an early Japanese–Russian dictionary written by a man whose father came from the Shimokita Peninsula.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> The oldest discovered compilation of words and phrases of the Nanbu dialect was written in 1790 followed by a dictionary of the Tsugaru dialect in 1809.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> Special features of the Aomori dialects include an atypical <a href="/wiki/Intonation_(linguistics)" title="Intonation (linguistics)">intonation</a>,<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> <a href="/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)" title="Voice (phonetics)">voicing</a> consonants that are typically unvoiced (e.g. [k] sounds become [g]),<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> and the addition of <a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal" title="Voiced velar nasal">voiced velar nasal</a> sounds and corresponding <a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">kana</a> (か゚ [ŋa], き゚ [ŋi], く゚ [ŋu], け゚ [ŋe], and こ゚ [ŋo]).<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> There is a negative connotation that surrounds people who speak this dialect, labeling them as lazy country folks. Due to this negativity speakers of Tōhoku dialects will often hide their accents.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> A study performed in 2016 indicated that people from Aomori who are 70 years and older frequently use these dialects, while use becomes less frequent the younger a person is regardless of fluency.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Additionally, the study revealed that when traveling to Tokyo, older generations will continue to use their dialect, while younger generations switch to standard Japanese. On the other hand, over half of each generation surveyed preferred to use their local dialect when talking to Tokyoites in Aomori Prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> The largest newspaper by readership in Aomori Prefecture is <a href="/wiki/The_T%C5%8D%C5%8D_Nipp%C5%8D_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tōō Nippō Press">The Tōō Nippō Press</a> with a daily readership of 245,000, 56% of the total share of the newspaper market in the prefecture.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> The newspaper also runs a radio news station which is broadcast by the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Aomori Broadcasting Corporation">Aomori Broadcasting Corporation</a> (RAB).<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> Other local newspapers are Hachinohe's The Daily Tōhoku Shimbun,<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> Hirosaki's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mutsu_Shimpo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mutsu Shimpo (page does not exist)">Mutsu Shimpo</a>,<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> and Kuroishi's Tsugaru Shinpō.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> Four television stations are broadcast in Aomori Prefecture. RAB is a television and radio broadcaster based in the capital that is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Radio_Network" title="Japan Radio Network">Japan Radio Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Radio_Network_(Japan)" title="National Radio Network (Japan)">National Radio Network</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nippon_News_Network" title="Nippon News Network">Nippon News Network</a>. RAB uses the call signs JOGR-DTV for digital television broadcasts and JOGE, JOGO, and JOGR for radio broadcasts in Hirosaki, Hachinohe, and Aomori, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Japan_News_Network" title="Japan News Network">Japan News Network</a>'s affiliate, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Television" title="Aomori Television">Aomori Television</a> began broadcasting with the call sign JOAI on 1 December 1969. <a href="/wiki/Asahi_Broadcasting_Aomori" title="Asahi Broadcasting Aomori">Asahi Broadcasting Aomori</a>. <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> broadcasts radio, television, and digital television from NHK Aomori with the call signs JOTC and JOTG. NHK radio services began on 17 April 1941, while television broadcasts commenced on 22 March 1959.<a href="#cite_note-RAB-43">[43]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hani_Motoko" title="Hani Motoko">Hani Motoko</a>, a native of Hachinohe, is considered to be Japan's first female journalist. She became known for her column about famous Japanese women that began publication in 1897 in the <a href="/wiki/Sports_Hochi" title="Sports Hochi">Hōchi Shimbun</a>. Motoko later started a journal, that focused on the values of middle-class women.<a href="#cite_note-Motoko-162">[162]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people_from_Aomori_Prefecture">Notable people from Aomori Prefecture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_Prefecture&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notable people from Aomori Prefecture">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Osamu_Dazai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Osamu_Dazai.jpg/80px-Osamu_Dazai.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Osamu_Dazai.jpg/120px-Osamu_Dazai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Osamu_Dazai.jpg/160px-Osamu_Dazai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="1220" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Dazai" title="Osamu Dazai">Osamu Dazai</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg/80px-Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg/120px-Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg/160px-Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata" title="Shikō Munakata">Shikō Munakata</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Dazai" title="Osamu Dazai">Osamu Dazai</a>, author<a href="#cite_note-Dazai-105">[105]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miki_Furukawa" title="Miki Furukawa">Miki Furukawa</a>, musician, and former bass guitarist and singer for the Japanese rock band <a href="/wiki/Supercar_(band)" title="Supercar (band)">Supercar</a><a href="#cite_note-Supercar-163">[163]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitta_Hachir%C5%8D" title="Nitta Hachirō">Nitta Hachirō</a>, singer of <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABk%C5%8Dka" title="Ryūkōka">popular</a> and <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> from the early <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_(1926%E2%80%931989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shōwa (1926–1989)">Shōwa era</a>.<a href="#cite_note-JVC-164">[164]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miki_Hanada" title="Miki Hanada">Miki Hanada</a>, nurse<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junji_Ishiwatari" title="Junji Ishiwatari">Junji Ishiwatari</a>, musician, and former guitarist and songwriter for the Japanese rock band <a href="/wiki/Supercar_(band)" title="Supercar (band)">Supercar</a><a href="#cite_note-Supercar-163">[163]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shunsuke_Kikuchi" title="Shunsuke Kikuchi">Shunsuke Kikuchi</a>, 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<li><a href="/wiki/Imabetsu" title="Imabetsu">Imabetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sotogahama" title="Sotogahama">Sotogahama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yomogita" title="Yomogita">Yomogita</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikita_District,_Aomori" title="Kamikita District, Aomori">Kamikita District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noheji" title="Noheji">Noheji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oirase" title="Oirase">Oirase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokunohe" title="Rokunohe">Rokunohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shichinohe" title="Shichinohe">Shichinohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku,_Aomori" title="Tōhoku, Aomori">Tōhoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama,_Aomori" title="Yokohama, Aomori">Yokohama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokkasho" title="Rokkasho">Rokkasho</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitatsugaru_District,_Aomori" title="Kitatsugaru District, Aomori">Kitatsugaru District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itayanagi,_Aomori" title="Itayanagi, Aomori">Itayanagi</a></li> 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