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# Aomori

Aomori , officially Aomori City , is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

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## Every way there

- Hakodate → Aomori 107 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 10m · ¥5,560–12,010 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hakodate-to-aomori) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hakodate&to=Aomori)
- Sapporo → Aomori 255 km · quickest by road, 7h 49m · ¥22,325–36,400 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sapporo-to-aomori) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sapporo&to=Aomori)
- Natori → Aomori 295 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ¥4,080–5,550 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/natori-to-aomori) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Natori&to=Aomori)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Aomori, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Aomori has

- Y Scheduled flights Aomori (AOJ), 11 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 515 timetable feeds for this country, 99 with real-time
- Y Ferries 青函フェリー, 3 km, 有限会社青函フェリー; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

40.823°, 140.747°

As of 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, and a population density of 321 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824.61 km2 (318.38 sq mi). Aomori is one of Japan's 62 core cities and the core of the Aomori metropolitan area.

Get in

## Getting to Aomori

1. Aomori Airport It is served by Japan Airlines (JAL), ANA, FDA (Fuji Dream Airlines), and Korean Air.

See

## Worth seeing

1. Nebuta House Wa Rasse
2. Aomori Bay Bridge This bridge spans a short harbor inlet near Aomori Station and the former ferry port.
3. Hakkōda-maru Memorial Ship
4. ASPAM
5. Aomori Prefectural Museum Exhibits about the natural and cultural history of Aomori prefecture.
6. Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art

Do

## Things to do

Aomori Nebuta Festival (青森ねぶた祭り aomori nebuta matsuri). August 2–7. This is not only Aomori's but one of Japan's most famous festivals. The town suddenly becomes very lively, with many street stalls.

1. Machinaka Onsen
2. Hakkoda Ropeway
3. Moya Hills

Eat

## Where to eat

Aomori's list of food specialties is extensive, but the headliners include apples, scallops, and garlic.

1. Aomori Gyosai Center
2. Osanai
3. Gusto Aomori Shinmachi
4. Aji no Sapporo Asari
5. Saigon

How locals move

## Getting around Aomori the local way

- Get in Seikan Ferry and Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry operate ferry services from Aomori to the port of Hakodate with multiple departures daily.
- Get in One way fares are cheapest on the Seikan Ferry, ¥1600 for a carpet space.
- Get in The Tsugaru Kaikyo's Blue Dolphin ferry offers several classes of service, from standard carpet space (¥2220 one-way) up to a suite with two beds and an in-room shower and toilet (¥4940 one-way) and a luxurious suite that adds a living room (¥12,340 one-way).
- Get in Tsugaru Kaikyo offers online booking of all of their ferry services in English through a third party.
- Get in Cars and motorcycles can also be carried on some of these ferries.
- Go next Towada-Hachimantai National Park for day trips or overnight stays at onsen ryokan.
- Go next Hike in the Hakkoda Mountains from trails accessible from Sukayu Onsen or the local cable car, both of which have stops about an hour away from Aomori on a stunning Japan Rail bus ride (covered by JR Pass).

From [Wikivoyage: Aomori](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Aomori), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-04.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Aomori), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Benlisquare (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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