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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Universities and colleges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Universities_and_colleges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-High_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#High_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>High schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-High_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Junior_high_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Junior_high_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Junior high schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Junior_high_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transportation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Airport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Airport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Airport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Railways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Highways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Highways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Highways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seaports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seaports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Seaports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seaports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> 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href="#Local_attractions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Local attractions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_attractions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="أوموري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أوموري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></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" title="آئوموری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آئوموری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori-chh%C4%AB" title="Aomori-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aomori-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></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" title="Аомары – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аомары" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></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%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Аомори (град) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аомори (град)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_Shi_(kapital_sa_prepektura)" title="Aomori Shi (kapital sa prepektura) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Aomori Shi (kapital sa prepektura)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9" title="Αομόρι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αομόρι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(Aomori)" title="Aomori (Aomori) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aomori (Aomori)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(urbo)" title="Aomori (urbo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aomori (urbo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="آئوموری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آئوموری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></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%EC%8B%9C" title="아오모리시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아오모리시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></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_(%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84)" title="Աոմորի (քաղաք) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աոմորի (քաղաք)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" title="Aomori, Aomori – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Aomori, Aomori" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" title="Aomori, Aomori – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aomori, Aomori" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></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%A2%D7%99%D7%A8)" title="אאומורי (עיר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אאומורי (עיר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)" title="Аомори (қала) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Аомори (қала)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" title="Aomori, Aomori – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Aomori, Aomori" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomoris" title="Aomoris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aomoris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></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" title="ओमोरी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ओमोरी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89" title="آومورى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="آومورى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" 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data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_(cidade)" title="Aomori (cidade) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aomori (cidade)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></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" title="Аомори – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аомори" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Аомори – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Аомори" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" title="Aomori, Aomori – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Aomori, Aomori" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Aomori" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori,_Aomori" title="Aomori, Aomori – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Aomori, Aomori" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Аомори – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Аомори" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .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</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ja"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">青森市</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Aomori City</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_Montage.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="From top to bottom, left to right: The Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Sannai-Maruyama Site, Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkōda Maru, the waterfront of Aomori as seen from Aomori Bay, the Aomori City Forestry Museum, and Asamushi Onsen"><img alt="From top to bottom, left to right: The Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Sannai-Maruyama Site, Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkōda Maru, the waterfront of Aomori as seen from Aomori Bay, the Aomori City Forestry Museum, and Asamushi Onsen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Aomori_Montage.jpg/305px-Aomori_Montage.jpg" decoding="async" width="305" height="393" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Aomori_Montage.jpg/458px-Aomori_Montage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Aomori_Montage.jpg/610px-Aomori_Montage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1320" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><small>From top to bottom, left to right: The <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains" title="Hakkōda Mountains">Hakkōda Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri" title="Aomori Nebuta Matsuri">Aomori Nebuta Matsuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Ferry" title="Seikan Ferry">Seikan Ferry</a> Memorial Ship <i>Hakkōda Maru</i>, the waterfront of Aomori as seen from <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Bay" title="Aomori Bay">Aomori Bay</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_City_Forestry_Museum" title="Aomori City Forestry Museum">Aomori City Forestry Museum</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Asamushi_Onsen" title="Asamushi Onsen">Asamushi Onsen</a></small></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Aomori,_Aomori.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Aomori"><img alt="Flag of Aomori" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg/100px-Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg/150px-Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg/200px-Flag_of_Aomori%2C_Aomori.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="560" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_City_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Aomori"><img alt="Official seal of Aomori" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aomori_City_Emblem.svg/100px-Aomori_City_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aomori_City_Emblem.svg/150px-Aomori_City_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aomori_City_Emblem.svg/200px-Aomori_City_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="189" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 260px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="260" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-overlays="["_4bd38bffde2285b67480bee7bd0a757e19b1ba4b"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,260x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Aomori&revid=1251353469&groups=_4bd38bffde2285b67480bee7bd0a757e19b1ba4b" width="260" height="200" decoding="async" 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class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><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><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aomori&params=40_49_22_N_140_44_49_E_region:JP-02_type:city(264945)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°49′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">140°44′49″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.82278°N 140.74694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.82278; 140.74694</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><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/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/22px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/33px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg/43px-Flag_of_Aomori_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="280" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Utō-mura</th><td class="infobox-data">?</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aomori-mura</th><td class="infobox-data">1626</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aomori-machi</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1889</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aomori-shi</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1898</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"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Hideki Nishi <small>(since June 2023)</small></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;"> • <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">824.61 km<sup>2</sup> (318.38 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 to 1,584 m (0 to 5,197 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1 August 2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">264,945</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">320/km<sup>2</sup> (830/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">310,640</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 scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+09:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">02201-2</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Phone number</th><td class="infobox-data">017-734-1111</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">1-22-5 Chūō, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Expressways_of_Japan" title="Expressways of Japan">Expressways</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Expressway" title="Tōhoku Expressway"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/27px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/41px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/55px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="436" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Expressway" title="Aomori Expressway"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/37px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/55px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/73px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Michinoku_Toll_Road" title="Michinoku Toll Road"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/37px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/55px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/73px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Expressway" title="Tsugaru Expressway"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/37px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/55px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/73px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city.aomori.aomori.jp/">Official website</a></span></span></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 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rugosa</a></i></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Insect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Firefly" title="Firefly">Firefly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abies_mariesii" title="Abies mariesii">Maries' fir</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_City_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aomori_City_Hall.jpg/220px-Aomori_City_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aomori_City_Hall.jpg/330px-Aomori_City_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Aomori_City_Hall.jpg/440px-Aomori_City_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3086" data-file-height="2313" /></a><figcaption>Aomori City Hall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg/220px-Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg/330px-Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg/440px-Hakkoda_Ropeway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Hakkoda Ropeway</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Aomori</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">青森</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Aomori</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[aoꜜmoɾi]</a></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> "Blue Forest")</span>, officially <b>Aomori City</b> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">青森市</span></span>, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Aomori-shi</i></span>), is the capital <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori Prefecture</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. As of 1 August 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a population density of 321 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824.61 km<sup>2</sup> (318.38 sq mi). Aomori is one of Japan's 62 <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core cities</a> and the core of the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_metropolitan_area" title="Aomori metropolitan area">Aomori metropolitan area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aomori is located in central Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a>. It is located in the northeastern part of the Tsugaru region, which refers to the western half of the prefecture, and is centered on Aomori Plain, facing Aomori Bay, a branch bay of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Bay" title="Mutsu Bay">Mutsu Bay</a>, to the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains" title="Hakkōda Mountains">Hakkōda</a> and Higashidake Mountains, which are the northern end of the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Mountains" title="Ōu Mountains">Ōu Mountains</a> to the south to the east. Among other smaller rivers, the city has two large rivers flowing through it, the <a href="/wiki/Komagome_River" title="Komagome River">Komagome River</a> and its tributary, the Arakawa River. Parts of the city in the southeast are within the borders of <a href="/wiki/Towada-Hachimantai_National_Park" title="Towada-Hachimantai National Park">Towada-Hachimantai National Park</a> and is a tourist destination throughout the four seasons. In the northeast is <a href="/wiki/Asamushi-Natsudomari_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park">Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park</a>. There are many <a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">hot springs</a> in the city, including <a href="/wiki/Sukayu_Onsen" title="Sukayu Onsen">Sukayu Onsen</a> at the foot of Mt. Hakkōda and <a href="/wiki/Asamushi_Onsen" title="Asamushi Onsen">Asamushi Onsen</a> on the coast. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="width:auto;max-width:708px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto;direction:rtl"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="‪View of Aomori from Aomori Bay with Hakkōda Mountains‬"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg/700px-Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="700" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg/1050px-Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_bay_2007_APR_cropped.jpg" title="File:Aomori bay 2007 APR cropped.jpg"> </a></div>View of Aomori from Aomori Bay with <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains" title="Hakkōda Mountains">Hakkōda Mountains</a></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surrounding_municipalities">Surrounding municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Surrounding municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori Prefecture</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fujisaki,_Aomori" title="Fujisaki, Aomori">Fujisaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshogawara,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Goshogawara, Aomori">Goshogawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirakawa,_Aomori" title="Hirakawa, Aomori">Hirakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiranai,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiranai, Aomori">Hiranai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itayanagi,_Aomori" title="Itayanagi, Aomori">Itayanagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuroishi,_Aomori" title="Kuroishi, Aomori">Kuroishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shichinohe,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Shichinohe, Aomori">Shichinohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towada,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Towada, Aomori">Towada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yomogita,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Yomogita, Aomori">Yomogita</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most of the Tōhoku region, Aomori has a humid temperate climate with warm summers, and cold, though not extreme, winters. The city has a cold, <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfa</i>) closely bordering the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Humid Subtropical climate</a> (Köppen <i>Cfa</i>) using the 0.0 °C (32.0 °F) isotherm with both January and February monthly averages being too cold to be of the latter, characterized by warm, short summers and long, cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Aomori is 10.7 °C (51.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,285 mm (50.6 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around −2.1 °C (28.2 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aomori and the surrounding areas are known for having the <a href="/wiki/Snowfall#Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowfall">heaviest snowfall</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1945, the city recorded a maximum snow cover of 209 cm (82 in), but the record low of −24.7 °C (−12 °F) was recorded 14 years earlier. In contrast, <a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a>'s heaviest snowfall which occurred in 1939 was 164 cm (65 in), and <a href="/wiki/Wakkanai,_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="Wakkanai, Hokkaido">Wakkanai</a> which is located further north has recorded similar maxima. The particularly heavy snow is caused by several winds that collide around the city and make the air rise and cool, resulting in quick, thick cloud formation followed by intense <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">precipitation</a>. </p><p>In summer, a cool wind called "Yamase" often blows from the east, which sometimes results in abnormally cool weather and poor harvests. Additionally, thick fogs from the <a href="/wiki/Oyashio_Current" title="Oyashio Current">Oyashio Current</a> are often observed in mountainous areas in the summer. Due to this fog, flights to <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Airport" title="Aomori Airport">Aomori Airport</a> are often cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Aomori (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1882−present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(92.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1<br />(97.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.9<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.4<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−23.5<br />(−10.3) </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.7<br />(−12.5) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.4<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.2<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.4<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.4<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.1<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−20.6<br />(−5.1) </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−24.7<br />(−12.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #2EFF2E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139.9<br />(5.51) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.0<br />(3.90) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(2.96) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.7<br />(2.70) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.7<br />(3.02) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.0<br />(2.95) </td> <td style="background: #3EFF3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">129.5<br />(5.10) </td> <td style="background: #2BFF2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.0<br />(5.59) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.0<br />(5.24) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.2<br />(4.69) </td> <td style="background: #2BFF2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">137.4<br />(5.41) </td> <td style="background: #17FF17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.2<br />(6.11) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,350.7<br />(53.18) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">195<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">141<br />(56) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(1.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #009B00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">23<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">143<br />(56) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">567<br />(223) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.5 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000D5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000EF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.0 </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.7 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">23.6 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">183.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #585858; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48.5 </td> <td style="background: #919191; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.3 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">126.0 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">179.1 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.4 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.0 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.4 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.0 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.4 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144.4 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4 </td> <td style="background: #5C5C5C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50.4 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD37; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,589.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Japan Meteorological Agency<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A person living in or from Aomori is referred to as an Aomorian.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per Japanese census data,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the population of Aomori has remained relatively steady over the past 40 years. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.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}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 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</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">48,941</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,103</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.65%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,065</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">106,417</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.72%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">235,116</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+8.25%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">261,743</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.08%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">309,768</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.70%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">308,782</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">318,732</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">299,520</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.62%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">275,340</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2023 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">264,945</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.27%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000)"><div class="center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid 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style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki-utou2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Wiki-utou2.jpg/220px-Wiki-utou2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Wiki-utou2.jpg/330px-Wiki-utou2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Wiki-utou2.jpg/440px-Wiki-utou2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros_auklet" title="Rhinoceros auklet">Rhinoceros auklet</a> (ウトウ)</figcaption></figure> <p>The original name of the Aomori was Utō, named for the <a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros_auklet" title="Rhinoceros auklet">Rhinoceros auklet</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ウトウ</span></span>)</span>, a seabird that is closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Puffin" title="Puffin">puffin</a>. In 1626 the name was changed to <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Aomori</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">青森</span></span>) "blue forest"</span>, but this was not fully embraced until 1783.<sup id="cite_ref-「青森」地名伝承の誤解＝４１_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-「青森」地名伝承の誤解＝４１-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SannaiMaruyama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SannaiMaruyama.jpg/220px-SannaiMaruyama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SannaiMaruyama.jpg/330px-SannaiMaruyama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SannaiMaruyama.jpg/440px-SannaiMaruyama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Sannai-Maruyama Site</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Aomori</i> literally means blue forest, although it could possibly be translated as "<a href="/wiki/Distinguishing_blue_from_green_in_language#Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguishing blue from green in language">green</a> forest". The name is generally considered to refer to a small forest on a hill which existed near the town. This forest was often used by fishermen as a landmark. A different theory suggests the name might have been derived from the <a href="/wiki/Ainu_language" title="Ainu language">Ainu language</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The area has been settled extensively since prehistoric times, and numerous <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a> sites have been found by archaeologists, the most famous being the <a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a> located just southwest of the city center dating to 5500–4000 BC, and the <a href="/wiki/Komakino_Site" title="Komakino Site">Komakino Site</a> slightly farther south dating to around 4000 BC. The large scale of these settlements revolutionized theories on Jōmon period civilization. During the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a>, the area was part of the holdings of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Fujiwara" title="Northern Fujiwara">Northern Fujiwara</a> clan, but remained inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Emishi" title="Emishi">Emishi</a> people well into the historic period. After the fall of the Northern Fujiwara in the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a>, the territory was part of the domain assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Nambu_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nambu clan">Nambu clan</a>, and into the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a>, it came under the control of the rival <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_clan" title="Tsugaru clan">Tsugaru clan</a>, whose main castle was located in <a href="/wiki/Namioka,_Aomori" title="Namioka, Aomori">Namioka</a>. After the start of the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>, what would become the core of present-day Aomori was a minor port settlement in the <a href="/wiki/Hirosaki_Domain" title="Hirosaki Domain">Hirosaki Domain</a> called Utō<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">善知鳥村</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Utō-mura</i></span>)</span>. The town was rebuilt in 1626 under orders of the <i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">daimyō</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Nobuhira" title="Tsugaru Nobuhira">Tsugaru Nobuhira</a> and renamed "Aomori", but this name did not come into common use until after 1783; however, the historical accuracy of this claim is debated since there is no written material from the time to definitively connect Utō to Aomori. Some evidence even claims that Aomori and Utō co-existed in different parts of the city in its current state. It was not until 1909 that a local scholar claimed that the village of Utō became Aomori.<sup id="cite_ref-「青森」地名伝承の誤解＝４１_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-「青森」地名伝承の誤解＝４１-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system" title="Abolition of the han system">feudal domains were abolished</a> and replaced with <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefectures</a>, of which a total of six were initially created in the territory of modern Aomori Prefecture. These were merged into the short-lived Hirosaki Prefecture in July 1871.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, due to the historic enmity between the former Tsugaru territories in the west and the former <a href="/wiki/Nambu_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nambu clan">Nambu territories</a> in the east, the prefectural capital was relocated from Hirosaki to the more centrally-located Aomori immediately after the merger and the prefecture was renamed Aomori Prefecture on 23 September 1871. However, the municipality of Aomori was not given town status within <a href="/wiki/Higashitsugaru_District,_Aomori" title="Higashitsugaru District, Aomori">Higashitsugaru District</a> until 1 April 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was later designated as a city on 1 April 1898.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Colonial_Affairs_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Colonial Affairs (Japan)">Hokkaidō Colonization Office</a> began operations of a ferry service from Aomori to <a href="/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakodate, Hokkaido">Hakodate</a> in Hokkaido from 1872. In September 1891, Aomori was connected with Tokyo by rail with the opening of 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> running along the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> coast opened in December 1894. The development of modern Aomori was primarily due to its prefectural capital status and the singular importance as the terminus of these rail lines and the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Ferry" title="Seikan Ferry">Seikan Ferry</a>, which officially opened in 1908.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="8th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">8th Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> were stationed in Aomori from 1896. In the winter of 1902, 199 of 210 soldiers on a military cold-weather readiness exercise perished while attempting to cross the Hakkōda Mountains from Aomori to Towada in what was later called the <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakkōda Mountains incident">Hakkōda Mountains incident</a>. </p><p>Much of the town burned down in a large fire on 3 May 1910.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The port facilities were expanded in 1924, and the city received its first <a href="/wiki/Aomori_City_Bus" title="Aomori City Bus">bus</a> services in 1926.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Transport" title="Japan Air Transport">Japan Air Transport</a> began scheduled air services from 1937. </p><p>Towards the final stages of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, on the night of 28–29 July 1945, Aomori was subject to an <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">air raid</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">strategic bombing</a> campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers during the <a href="/wiki/Japan_campaign" title="Japan campaign">Japan home islands campaign</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Aomori_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Aomori in World War II">28–29 July bombing</a> claimed 1,767 lives and destroyed 88% of the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the post-war period, Aomori was rebuilt as the local political and commercial center. The <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Line" title="Tsugaru Line">Tsugaru Line</a> railway opened between Aomori Station and <a href="/wiki/Kanita_Station" title="Kanita Station">Kanita Station</a> in 1951. <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Airport" title="Aomori Airport">Aomori Airport</a> was opened in 1964 in nearby Namioka.<sup id="cite_ref-airport_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was connected to Tokyo by highway in 1979 with the opening of the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Expressway" title="Tōhoku Expressway">Tōhoku Expressway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction began on a new airport within the city of Aomori in 1982. Aomori's landmark pyramidal <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture_Tourist_Center" title="Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center">Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center</a> opened in 1986. The new airport was completed on 19 July 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-airport_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 October 2002, Aomori was proclaimed a <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core city</a>, granting it an increased level of local autonomy. </p><p>On 1 April 2005, Aomori absorbed the town of <a href="/wiki/Namioka,_Aomori" title="Namioka, Aomori">Namioka</a> to create the new and expanded city of Aomori; but lost a portion of Namioka to the town of <a href="/wiki/Fujisaki,_Aomori" title="Fujisaki, Aomori">Fujisaki</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Minamitsugaru_District,_Aomori" title="Minamitsugaru District, Aomori">Minamitsugaru District</a>) on 1 September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aomori has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> form of government with a directly elected mayor and a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> city legislature of 35 members. The city also contributes 10 members of the 48 member Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city falls within the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_1st_district" title="Aomori 1st district">Aomori 1st district</a>, a single-member constituency of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">House of Representatives</a> in the national <a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diet of Japan">Diet of Japan</a>, which also includes the city of <a href="/wiki/Mutsu,_Aomori" title="Mutsu, Aomori">Mutsu</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Higashitsugaru_District,_Aomori" title="Higashitsugaru District, Aomori">Higashitsugaru District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Shimokita_District,_Aomori" title="Shimokita District, Aomori">Shimokita District</a>, and the northern half of the <a href="/wiki/Kamikita_District,_Aomori" title="Kamikita District, Aomori">Kamikita District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Aomori" title="Special:EditPage/Aomori">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Aomori serves as the regional commercial center for central Aomori Prefecture. Agriculture and <a href="/wiki/Commercial_fishing" title="Commercial fishing">commercial fishing</a> form only 4% of the city economy, with <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Secondary sector of the economy">manufacturing</a> forming 16.2% and the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">service sector</a> forming 78.2%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aomori is the only prefectural capital in Japan which has no <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_universities_in_Japan" title="List of national universities in Japan">national university</a>, instead, nearby Hirosaki became the site for the prefecture's highest educational facility. The city has 45 public elementary schools and 19 public junior high schools operated by the city government, as well as two private junior high schools. The city has 10 public high schools operated by the Aomori Prefectural Board of Education and three private high schools. The prefecture also operates eight special education schools for the handicapped. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities_and_colleges">Universities and colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Universities and colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Public_University" title="Aomori Public University">Aomori Public University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_University_of_Health_and_Welfare" title="Aomori University of Health and Welfare">Aomori University of Health and Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_University" title="Aomori University">Aomori University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Chuo_Gakuin_University" title="Aomori Chuo Gakuin University">Aomori Chuo Gakuin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Akenohoshi_Junior_College" title="Aomori Akenohoshi Junior College">Aomori Akenohoshi Junior College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Chuo_Junior_College" title="Aomori Chuo Junior College">Aomori Chuo Junior College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: High schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefectural_Aomori_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School">Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School</a></li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Chūō High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Higashi High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Kita High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Hokuto High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Kōgyō High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Minami High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Nishi High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Shōgyō High School</li> <li>Aomori Prefectural Aomori Toyama High School</li> <li>Aomori Akenohoshi High School</li> <li>Aomori Yamada High School</li> <li>Tōō Gakuen High School</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_high_schools">Junior high schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Junior high schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aburakawa Junior High School</li> <li>Arakawa Junior High School</li> <li>Asamushi Junior High School</li> <li>Furukawa Junior High School</li> <li>Higashi Junior High School</li> <li>Kita Junior High School</li> <li>Koda Junior High School</li> <li>Minami junior High School</li> <li>Namioka Junior High School</li> <li>Namiuchi Junior High School</li> <li>Nishi Junior High School</li> <li>Okidate Junior High School</li> <li>Sannai Junior High School</li> <li>Shinjo Junior High School</li> <li>Takada Junior High School</li> <li>Toyama Junior High School</li> <li>Tsukuda Junior High School</li> <li>Tsukurimichi Junior High School</li> <li>Tsutsui Junior High School</li> <li>Uramachi Junior High School</li> <li>Yokouchi Junior High School</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Airport" title="Aomori Airport">Aomori Airport</a> - (established in 1964 with international flights from 1995) is about a 35-minute drive from the city center, with a bus service available. There are daily flights to <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itami_Airport" title="Itami Airport">Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Airfield" title="Nagoya Airfield">Nagoya</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Chitose_Airport" title="New Chitose Airport">Sapporo</a>. There are also international flights to <a href="/wiki/Incheon_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Incheon Airport">Seoul–Incheon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tianjin_Binhai_International_Airport" title="Tianjin Binhai International Airport">Tianjin</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Station" title="Aomori Station">Aomori Station</a> has been the main station of the city since 1891. The two trunk lines of the Tōhoku region, the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line" title="Tōhoku Main Line">Tōhoku Main Line</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Aoimori_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Aoimori Railway">Aoimori Railway</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Main_Line" title="Ōu Main Line">Ōu Main Line</a>, terminated at Aomori Station and continued to Hakodate by the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Ferry" title="Seikan Ferry">Seikan Ferry</a>. In 1988, <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel" title="Seikan Tunnel">Seikan Tunnel</a> replaced the ferry's role as the connector of Honshu and Hokkaido's rail networks, but the station still functioned as the connecting point between main line trains and trains for the Aomori-Hakodate section. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a> opened in 2010 with a new terminal at <a href="/wiki/Shin-Aomori_Station" title="Shin-Aomori Station">Shin-Aomori Station</a>. The Shinkansen provides high-speed service between <a href="/wiki/Shin-Aomori_Station" title="Shin-Aomori Station">Shin-Aomori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe_Station" title="Hachinohe Station">Hachinohe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morioka_Station" title="Morioka Station">Morioka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sendai_Station_(Miyagi)" title="Sendai Station (Miyagi)">Sendai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Station" title="Tokyo Station">Tokyo</a>. <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(east).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/22px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/33px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/44px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">East Japan Railway Company</a> (JR East) – <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shin-Aomori_Station" title="Shin-Aomori Station">Shin-Aomori</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(east).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/22px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/33px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/44px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Main_Line" title="Ōu Main Line">Ōu Main Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Station" title="Aomori Station">Aomori</a> - <a href="/wiki/Shin-Aomori_Station" title="Shin-Aomori Station">Shin-Aomori</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru-Shinj%C5%8D_Station" title="Tsugaru-Shinjō Station">Tsugaru-Shinjō</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tsurugasaka_Station" title="Tsurugasaka Station">Tsurugasaka</a> - <a href="/wiki/Daishaka_Station" title="Daishaka Station">Daishaka</a> - <a href="/wiki/Namioka_Station" title="Namioka Station">Namioka</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(east).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/22px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/33px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/44px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Line" title="Tsugaru Line">Tsugaru Line</a> </p> <ul><li>Aomori - <a href="/wiki/Aburakawa_Station" title="Aburakawa Station">Aburakawa</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru-Miyata_Station" title="Tsugaru-Miyata Station">Tsugaru-Miyata</a> - <a href="/wiki/Okunai_Station" title="Okunai Station">Okunai</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hidariseki_Station" title="Hidariseki Station">Hidariseki</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ushirogata_Station" title="Ushirogata Station">Ushirogata</a> - <a href="/wiki/Nakasawa_Station" title="Nakasawa Station">Nakasawa</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aoimori_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Aoimori_Logo.svg/23px-Aoimori_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Aoimori_Logo.svg/35px-Aoimori_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Aoimori_Logo.svg/46px-Aoimori_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="530" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Aoimori_Railway_Line" title="Aoimori Railway Line">Aoimori Railway Line</a> </p> <ul><li>Aomori - <a href="/wiki/Higashi-Aomori_Station" title="Higashi-Aomori Station">Higashi-Aomori</a> - <a href="/wiki/Koyanagi_Station_(Aomori)" class="mw-redirect" title="Koyanagi Station (Aomori)">Koyanagi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Yadamae_Station" title="Yadamae Station">Yadamae</a> - <a href="/wiki/Nonai_Station" title="Nonai Station">Nonai</a> - <a href="/wiki/Asamushi-Onsen_Station" title="Asamushi-Onsen Station">Asamushi-Onsen</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/33px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/49px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JP_Expressway_E4.svg/66px-JP_Expressway_E4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Expressway" title="Tōhoku Expressway">Tōhoku Expressway</a> – Namioka Interchange – <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Interchange" title="Aomori Interchange">Aomori Interchange</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/44px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/66px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/87px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Expressway" title="Aomori Expressway">Aomori Expressway</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Interchange" title="Aomori Interchange">Aomori Interchange</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aomori-ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Interchange" title="Aomori-chūō Interchange">Aomori-chūō Interchange</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aomori-higashi_Interchange" title="Aomori-higashi Interchange">Aomori-higashi Interchange</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/44px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/66px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/JP_Expressway_E4A.svg/87px-JP_Expressway_E4A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michinoku_Toll_Road" title="Michinoku Toll Road">Michinoku Toll Road</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/44px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/66px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JP_Expressway_E64.svg/87px-JP_Expressway_E64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Expressway" title="Tsugaru Expressway">Tsugaru Expressway</a> – Namioka Interchange</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0004.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_4" title="Japan National Route 4">National Route 4</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0007.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_7" title="Japan National Route 7">National Route 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Belt_Highway" title="Aomori Belt Highway">Aomori Belt Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_West_Bypass" title="Aomori West Bypass">Aomori West Bypass</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0045.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_45" title="Japan National Route 45">National Route 45</a> (unsigned)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0101.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_101" title="Japan National Route 101">National Route 101</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0103.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_103" title="Japan National Route 103">National Route 103</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0280.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_280" title="Japan National Route 280">National Route 280</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0394.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_394" title="Japan National Route 394">National Route 394</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seaports">Seaports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Seaports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Aomori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Aomori (page does not exist)">Port of Aomori</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Ferry" title="Seikan Ferry">Seikan Ferry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Kaiky%C5%8D_Ferry" title="Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry">Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry</a> operates ferries to <a href="/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakodate, Hokkaido">Hakodate</a>. It takes about four hours to go by ferry from Aomori to Hakodate. From 1908 to 1988 the ferry served as the primary transport between the island of <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a> and the northern island of Hokkaido. In March 1988, the <a href="/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel" title="Seikan Tunnel">Seikan Tunnel</a> opened up, traveling under the <a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait" title="Tsugaru Strait">Tsugaru Strait</a>, this quickly replaced the slow-moving ferry as the primary transportation between the two islands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aomori has hosted several international <a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">curling</a> events, two in 2003 (including the <a href="/wiki/2003_Asian_Winter_Games" title="2003 Asian Winter Games">Asian Winter Games</a>), and the local women's "<a href="/wiki/Team_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Aomori">Team Aomori</a>" was selected to represent Japan at the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070311012729/http://wcc2007-aomori.jp/english/aomori/curling.html">[1]</a></sup> and at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver, British Columbia</a>, Canada. From 17 to 25 March 2007, Aomori hosted the World Women's Curling Championships<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070323042853/http://wcc2007-aomori.jp/english/index.html">[2]</a></sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_facilities">Sports facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sports facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_City_Baseball_Stadium" title="Aomori City Baseball Stadium">Aomori City Baseball Stadium</a>, otherwise known as Gappo Park Stadium</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Stadium" title="Aomori Stadium">Aomori Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Velodrome" title="Aomori Velodrome">Aomori Velodrome</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gappo_Park" title="Gappo Park">Gappo Park</a> is Aomori's oldest public park and its most iconic green space. Located to the east of the center of the city, it contains a public beach, <a href="/wiki/Water_gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Water gardens">water gardens</a>, various ornamental trees, and the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_City_Baseball_Stadium" title="Aomori City Baseball Stadium">Aomori City Baseball Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other parks in the city include the centrally-located <a href="/wiki/Aoimori_Park" title="Aoimori Park">Aoimori Park</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>,<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aoimori_Central_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aoimori Central Park (page does not exist)">Aoimori Central Park</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nogiwa_Park" title="Nogiwa Park">Nogiwa Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg/220px-Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg/330px-Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg/440px-Tohoku_epco_n1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1460" data-file-height="1095" /></a><figcaption>A float from Aomori's Nebuta Festival</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HakkodaStatue2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/HakkodaStatue2.jpg/220px-HakkodaStatue2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/HakkodaStatue2.jpg/330px-HakkodaStatue2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/HakkodaStatue2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>The Memorial Statue of the Hakkoda Death March portrays <a href="/wiki/Fusanosuke_Got%C5%8D" title="Fusanosuke Gotō">Fusanosuke Gotō</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri" title="Aomori Nebuta Matsuri">Aomori Nebuta Matsuri</a> is a famous <a href="/wiki/Japanese_festivals" title="Japanese festivals">festival</a> performed from 2–7 August annually and is listed as one of the <a href="/wiki/100_Soundscapes_of_Japan" title="100 Soundscapes of Japan">100 Soundscapes of Japan</a> by the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Environment_(Japan)" title="Ministry of the Environment (Japan)">Ministry of the Environment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hundred_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hundred-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides this, major attractions of Aomori include ruins, museums, and mountains. The <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C5%8Dda_Mountains" title="Hakkōda Mountains">Hakkōda Mountains</a> have good locations for trekking with hot spas (<i><a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">onsen</a></i>), such as <a href="/wiki/Sukayu_Onsen" title="Sukayu Onsen">Sukayu Onsen</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Bay_Bridge" title="Aomori Bay Bridge">Aomori Bay Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_City_Forestry_Museum" title="Aomori City Forestry Museum">Aomori City Forestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori_City_History_and_Folk_Arts_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aomori City History and Folk Arts Museum (page does not exist)">Aomori City History and Folk Arts Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Museum_of_Art" title="Aomori Museum of Art">Aomori Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefectural_Museum" title="Aomori Prefectural Museum">Aomori Prefectural Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asamushi_Aquarium" title="Asamushi Aquarium">Asamushi Aquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asamushi_Onsen" title="Asamushi Onsen">Asamushi Onsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komakino_Site" title="Komakino Site">Komakino Site</a>, a National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munakata_Shiko_Memorial_Museum_of_Art" title="Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art">Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namioka_Castle" title="Namioka Castle">Namioka Castle</a> ruins, A National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebuta_Museum_Wa_Rasse" title="Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse">Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmori_Katsuyama_Site" title="Ōmori Katsuyama Site">Ōmori Katsuyama Site</a>, a National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a>, a Special National Historic Site <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seiry%C5%AB-ji" title="Seiryū-ji">Seiryū-ji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinmachi_Street" title="Shinmachi Street">Shinmachi Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukayu_Onsen" title="Sukayu Onsen">Sukayu Onsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takayashikidate_Site" title="Takayashikidate Site">Takayashikidate Site</a>, a National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uramachi_Shinmeig%C5%AB" title="Uramachi Shinmeigū">Uramachi Shinmeigū</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakodate, Hokkaido">Hakodate</a>, Hokkaido<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – since 1989. Aomori and Hakodate share a "<a href="/wiki/Twin_cities" title="Twin cities">twin cities</a>" relationship referred to as the "Seikan Economic and Cultural Area".</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kecskem%C3%A9t" title="Kecskemét">Kecskemét</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1cs-Kiskun_County" title="Bács-Kiskun County">Bács-Kiskun County</a>, Hungary<sup id="cite_ref-International_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – since August 1994</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pyeongtaek" title="Pyeongtaek">Pyeongtaek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi-do" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyeonggi-do">Gyeonggi-do</a>, South Korea<sup id="cite_ref-International_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – since 1995</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a>, Liaoning, People's Republic of China<sup id="cite_ref-International_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – since December 2004</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hsinchu_County" title="Hsinchu County">Hsinchu County</a>, Taiwan<sup id="cite_ref-International_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – friendship city since October 2014</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aomori&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noriko_Awaya" title="Noriko Awaya">Noriko Awaya</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takaharu_Furukawa" title="Takaharu Furukawa">Takaharu Furukawa</a>, archer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takanori_Hatakeyama" title="Takanori Hatakeyama">Takanori Hatakeyama</a>, boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Hayami" title="Yuji Hayami">Yuji Hayami</a>, science-fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Izumiya" title="Shigeru Izumiya">Shigeru Izumiya</a>, entertainer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaho_Kitabatake" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaho Kitabatake">Yaho Kitabatake</a>, children's fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Kojima" title="Ichirō Kojima">Ichirō Kojima</a>, photographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibuki_Kido" title="Ibuki Kido">Ibuki Kido</a>, voice actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daimaou_Kosaka" title="Daimaou Kosaka">Daimaou Kosaka</a>, comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a>, baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keizo_Miura" title="Keizo Miura">Keizo Miura</a>, skier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuichiro_Miura" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuichiro Miura">Yuichiro Miura</a>, skier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiko_Munakata" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiko Munakata">Shiko Munakata</a>, woodblock artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodai_Naraoka" title="Kodai Naraoka">Kodai Naraoka</a>, badminton player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren_Narita" title="Ren Narita">Ren Narita</a>, wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitoshi_Saito" title="Hitoshi Saito">Hitoshi Saito</a>, judoka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoichi_Sawada" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyoichi Sawada">Kyoichi Sawada</a>, photographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akimitsu_Takagi" title="Akimitsu Takagi">Akimitsu Takagi</a>, crime fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush%C5%AByama_Takashi" title="Bushūyama Takashi">Bushuyama Takashi</a>, sumo wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tanabe" title="Kiyoshi Tanabe">Kiyoshi Tanabe</a>, professional boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%ABji_Terayama" title="Shūji Terayama">Shūji Terayama</a>, modern artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takanosato_Toshihide" title="Takanosato Toshihide">Takanosato Toshihide</a>, sumo wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daigo_Umehara" title="Daigo Umehara">Daigo Umehara</a>, fighting game player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryushi_Yanagisawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryushi Yanagisawa">Ryushi Yanagisawa</a>, wrestler and mixed martial artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akiko_Yano" title="Akiko Yano">Akiko Yano</a>, singer-songwriter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Aomori Prefecture Government. 8 May 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201029045744/https://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/kotsu/build/kouen_03_01.html">Archived</a> from the original on 29 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakadomari" title="Nakadomari">Nakadomari</a></li> <li><a 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District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gonohe" title="Gonohe">Gonohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashikami" title="Hashikami">Hashikami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanbu,_Aomori" title="Nanbu, Aomori">Nanbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannohe" title="Sannohe">Sannohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takko" title="Takko">Takko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shing%C5%8D,_Aomori" title="Shingō, Aomori"> Shingō</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimokita_District,_Aomori" title="Shimokita District, Aomori">Shimokita District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cma" title="Ōma">Ōma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashid%C5%8Dri" title="Higashidōri">Higashidōri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazamaura" title="Kazamaura">Kazamaura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai,_Aomori" title="Sai, Aomori">Sai</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_mergers_in_Aomori_Prefecture" title="List of mergers in Aomori Prefecture">List of mergers in Aomori 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">Special wards of Tokyo</a><sup>※</sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adachi,_Tokyo" title="Adachi, Tokyo">Adachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arakawa,_Tokyo" title="Arakawa, Tokyo">Arakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chūō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edogawa,_Tokyo" title="Edogawa, Tokyo">Edogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabashi" title="Itabashi">Itabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsushika" title="Katsushika">Katsushika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kita,_Tokyo" title="Kita, Tokyo">Kita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Kōtō">Kōtō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meguro" title="Meguro">Meguro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakano,_Tokyo" title="Nakano, Tokyo">Nakano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerima" title="Nerima">Nerima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Tokyo" title="Ōta, Tokyo">Ōta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setagaya" title="Setagaya">Setagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibuya" title="Shibuya">Shibuya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinagawa" title="Shinagawa">Shinagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suginami" title="Suginami">Suginami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshima" title="Toshima">Toshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tait%C5%8D" title="Taitō">Taitō</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_designated_by_government_ordinance_of_Japan" title="Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan">Designated cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumamoto" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niigata_(city)" title="Niigata (city)">Niigata</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai" title="Sakai">Sakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a><sup>※</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akita_(city)" title="Akita (city)">Akita</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aomori</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahikawa" title="Asahikawa">Asahikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukui_(city)" title="Fukui (city)">Fukui</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_(city)" title="Fukushima (city)">Fukushima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuyama,_Hiroshima" title="Fukuyama, Hiroshima">Fukuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifu" title="Gifu">Gifu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirakata" title="Hirakata">Hirakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichinomiya,_Aichi" title="Ichinomiya, Aichi">Ichinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwaki,_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima">Iwaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima" title="Kagoshima">Kagoshima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanazawa" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawagoe,_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dchi,_K%C5%8Dchi" title="Kōchi, Kōchi">Kōchi</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dfu" title="Kōfu">Kōfu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Driyama" title="Kōriyama">Kōriyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurume" title="Kurume">Kurume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsue" title="Matsue">Matsue</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoto,_Nagano" title="Matsumoto, Nagano">Matsumoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_(city)" title="Miyazaki (city)">Miyazaki</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mito,_Ibaraki" title="Mito, Ibaraki">Mito</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naha" title="Naha">Naha</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a 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title="Toyohashi">Toyohashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyonaka" title="Toyonaka">Toyonaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyota,_Aichi" title="Toyota, Aichi">Toyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_(city)" title="Wakayama (city)">Wakayama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao,_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_(city)" title="Yamagata (city)">Yamagata</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">Special cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuji,_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isesaki" title="Isesaki">Isesaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Detsu,_Niigata" title="Jōetsu, Niigata">Jōetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakogawa,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasugai,_Aichi" title="Kasugai, Aichi">Kasugai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasukabe,_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishiwada,_Osaka" title="Kishiwada, Osaka">Kishiwada</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumagaya" title="Kumagaya">Kumagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaoka,_Niigata" title="Nagaoka, Niigata">Nagaoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numazu" title="Numazu">Numazu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odawara" title="Odawara">Odawara</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Gunma" title="Ōta, Gunma">Ōta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga_(city)" title="Saga (city)">Saga</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takarazuka,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Takarazuka, Hyōgo">Takarazuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuba" title="Tsukuba">Tsukuba</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamato,_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a><sup>☆</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Prefectural capitals</a><br /> <small>without designation</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsu,_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokushima_(city)" title="Tokushima (city)">Tokushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaguchi_(city)" title="Yamaguchi (city)">Yamaguchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>※</sup> also a <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">prefectural capital</a>; <sup>†</sup> eligible for core city status but not yet nominated; <sup>☆</sup> to become core cities</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=Japan&#124;link=Japan_Cities_in_Japan_with_a_population_of_200,000+" style="padding:3px"><table 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (capital)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000,000–1,999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500,000–999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setagaya" title="Setagaya">Setagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai" title="Sakai">Sakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niigata_(city)" title="Niigata (city)">Niigata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerima" title="Nerima">Nerima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Tokyo" title="Ōta, Tokyo">Ōta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumamoto" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edogawa,_Tokyo" title="Edogawa, Tokyo">Edogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adachi,_Tokyo" title="Adachi, Tokyo">Adachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima" title="Kagoshima">Kagoshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suginami" title="Suginami">Suginami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabashi" title="Itabashi">Itabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000–499,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsudo" title="Matsudo">Matsudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa, Chiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_(city)" title="Ōita (city)">Oita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuyama,_Hiroshima" title="Fukuyama, Hiroshima">Fukuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanazawa" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Kōtō">Kōtō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsushika" title="Katsushika">Katsushika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyama_(city)" title="Toyama (city)">Toyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyota,_Aichi" title="Toyota, Aichi">Toyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takamatsu,_Kagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Takamatsu, Kagawa">Takamatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machida,_Tokyo" title="Machida, Tokyo">Machida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifu" title="Gifu">Gifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirakata" title="Hirakata">Hirakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujisawa,_Kanagawa" title="Fujisawa, Kanagawa">Fujisawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyonaka" title="Toyonaka">Toyonaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyohashi" title="Toyohashi">Toyohashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichinomiya,_Aichi" title="Ichinomiya, Aichi">Ichinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_(city)" title="Wakayama (city)">Wakayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okazaki,_Aichi" title="Okazaki, Aichi">Okazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_(city)" title="Miyazaki (city)">Miyazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suita" title="Suita">Suita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takatsuki" title="Takatsuki">Takatsuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinagawa" title="Shinagawa">Shinagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahikawa" title="Asahikawa">Asahikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwaki,_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima">Iwaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dchi_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōchi (city)">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takasaki" title="Takasaki">Takasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Driyama" title="Kōriyama">Kōriyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawagoe,_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kita,_Tokyo" title="Kita, Tokyo">Kita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akita_(city)" title="Akita (city)">Akita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naha" title="Naha">Naha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakano,_Tokyo" title="Nakano, Tokyo">Nakano, Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aomori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurume" title="Kurume">Kurume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasugai,_Aichi" title="Kasugai, Aichi">Kasugai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_(city)" title="Fukushima (city)">Fukushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsu,_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimonoseki" title="Shimonoseki">Shimonoseki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaoka,_Niigata" title="Nagaoka, Niigata">Nagaoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichihara,_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao,_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki, Osaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukui_(city)" title="Fukui (city)">Fukui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meguro" title="Meguro">Meguro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakogawa,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokushima_(city)" title="Tokushima (city)">Tokushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mito,_Ibaraki" title="Mito, Ibaraki">Mito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshima" title="Toshima">Toshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_(city)" title="Yamagata (city)">Yamagata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo">Sasebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuch%C5%AB,_Tokyo" title="Fuchū, Tokyo">Fuchū, Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure, Hiroshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga_(city)" title="Saga (city)">Saga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyagawa,_Osaka" title="Neyagawa, Osaka">Neyagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuji,_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasukabe,_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoto,_Nagano" title="Matsumoto, Nagano">Matsumoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamato,_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li> 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