[ AOMORI vol.1 -Japanese prefecture introduction- No.2 ]

On Tuesday, I introduce summary and characteristic about the prefecture.

Today I introduce “AOMORI”.
AOMORI is located the most north in mainland of Japan.
AOMORI is famous to agriculture ; such as apples, garlics and Japanese yams are top sharing in Japan.
Also, there are lots of nature including “Shirakami Sanchi” ; it was enrolled in UNESCO World Nature Heritage in 1993.
And the festival of “Nebuta matsuri” is held in early August every year. I recommend seeing it.

You can go to Aomori by “Tohoku-Shinkansen”. It takes about 3hours and 30minutes.

[ Information ] 1) Region : Tohoku
2) Acreage : 9, 645.56km²
3) Population : about 1, 282, 000 people
4) Prefectural government : Aomori city
5) Major cities (without prefectural government) : Hirosaki, Hachinohe
6) Prefecture’s flower : apple’s flower
7) Prefecture’s bird : Japanese swan

Tomorrow, I introduce specially products and famous place and more that is useful for your sightseeing in Japan.
Don’t miss it!