Aomori prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshu and faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, the Pacific ocean in the east and the Sea of Japan in the west. Surrounded by three seas therefore, it is blessed with plentiful seafood.  Mountain products are also enjoyed due to the many mountains in the prefecture. The ‘Shirakami-Sanchi’ Shirakimi mountain range, which runs along the Akita-Aomori prefectural border, was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1993.

Beijing (China), New York (USA), Madrid (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey) are located almost in the same latitude.

 

 

Area	9644.21km 2
	Number of Cities:10 Number of Towns:22 Number of Villages:8
Prefectural: Flower	Apple Blossom
Prefectural:Tree	Hiba (Thujopsis dolabrata)
Prefectural:Fish	Flatfish
Prefectural:Bird	Bewick’s Swan

 

 

Had the highest production in Japan of:
Apples	493,200 tons （2008年）
Garlic	13,900 tons （2007年）
Burdock	42,000tons （2007年）
Japanese yam	72,400tons （2007年）
Red squid	13,400 tons （2008年）

 

 

 

 

Natural Beech Forest	12,627 ha (Shirakami-Sanchi)	Oldest cherry tree in Japan	Planted in 1882 in Hirosaki park
world’s longest underwater tunnel	Seikan Tunnel (Length 53.85 km)	Oldest apple tree in Japan	Planted in 1878 in Tsugaru city