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There wasn’t much to see and I’d skip next time and head straight to Hakodate or Sapporo. We stayed after riding the Resort Shirakami train to Hirosake to see the castle. Most of the restaurants were closed and we could not find a place for dinner. We grabbed snacks at the convenience store. We had to take a local train to the Shinkansen the next day which added to our trip.

The San'nai-Murayama Stone Age village museum site on the outskirts of Aomori was amazing, with many fully reconstructed thatched dwellings; very atmospheric! Slightly further south west of the town is the spectacular Hirosaki Castle, with arguably the best cherry blossom display in Japan, (mid April). Framing almost every photo there will be the astonishing Mount Iwaki, which looms sheer out of the landscape behind the castle. Easily as stunning as Fuji. The coast road to the west of Aomori is beautiful and rugged, with a shoreline onsen pool at Fukaora. Aomori has the best seafood anywhere south of Hokkaido. Try the uni!

I came to Aomori for the Nebuta Festival. It is a great, spectacular event. Perfect for families. The Nebuta Museum has some great exhibits that gives a flavour of what the festival is like - but without the drums, fireworks and atmosphere. Unfortunately I booked too late, and only could get a room for one night. If you want to see this, make sure you book early - as the accommodation sells out quick during the festival.

If you staying in the city and planning to visit nearby hirosaki city you probably need no more than four days to do everything first few important things to say public transportation it's very different from Tokyo trains are not rapidly moving from one city to another in transport in the city it's not very common it's bases but walking will be the better choice anyway because it's a small city I will highly recommend the number one restaurant in aomori that have the nebuta show name : Takakyu Nebutanokuni - literally people coming from all over Japan the staff will try their best to communicate with foreigners but remember at least the minimum required Japanese will help you there (in general outside Tokyo and Kyoto English is not common at all) important to say that aomori like sappro have the freshest seafood in all around JAPAN and few of the main attractions in the city Aomori ( the famous build your own bowl market - A factory - nebuta museum and the Main St ) - two days hirasaki main attractions - two days ( just google tripvisor hirosako XD) visiting around winter ? I highly recommend renting a car and driving to the nearby ski resorts not only you'll be welcome bye unforgettable views of snow in the horizon but an amazing ski resorts that I will highly recommend BTW I visited around mid Mars and skiing is still available around those times of year ! I took effort in writing this down and I wish I could get I review like that when i was planning to visit hope it will help you ! (I couldn't provide photos but I wish I could do beautiful city with beautiful scenes and things to do )

Took a 2-day trip to Aomori. On the first day, took the JR Gono line on the prefecture's west coast and enjoyed the beautiful rugged shores' landscape in winter. For the night, stayed at the unique Aomori city, which is famous for the snow-soaked streets. The next day, took a bullet train to Hachinohe, where I rented a car for the Towada lake via the Oirase gorge. The gorge is beautiful in winter, when you can see the frozen waterfalls. And the lake is especially a good place to visit in winter, due to the reduced number of tourists who venture to reach there.

The food is very good, different types of ramen. And it is convenient to go to very beautiful places like Hirosaki apple park and lake Towada. Lake Towada is a must if you visit Aomori and want some relaxing time.