Aomori Prefecture (青森県 Aomori-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region.[2] The capital is the city of Aomori.[3]
Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province.[4]
Aomori prefecture’s climate is cool for the most part.
Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshū and faces Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait.
Like much of Tōhoku, the Aomori region remains dominated by traditional industries such as farming, forestry, and fishing.
Aomori Prefecture is Japan's largest producer of apples and prides itself on its production quality.
Aomori is well known for its tradition of Tsugaru-jamisen, a virtuosic style of shamisen playing.
The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (青森ねぶた祭り, "Aomori Nebuta Festival" or simply "Aomori Nebuta") is a Japanese summer festival that takes place in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
The festival attracts the most tourists of any of the country's nebuta
festivals, and is counted among the three largest festivals in the Tōhoku region. It was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1980.
The shamisen or samisen (三味線, literally "three strings"), also called sangen (三絃, literally "three strings"), is a three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi.
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