How to Spend a Perfect Day in Aomori with Travel Map

Itinerary Map

Click the square mark on the top left of the map to see a list of tourist spots. If you open the enlarge button on the top right corner on your smartphone, this model course will be displayed on Google Maps along with its location information. You can also quickly return to this map from the table of contents in the sidebar (if using a smartphone, select “Go to table of contents” from the menu at the bottom of the screen).

【Start】 

①Aomori Station

If you are coming by Shinkansen, please note that you will need to get off at Shin-Aomori Station.

★Route time required：5 min

When you leave the station and go left, you will see a modern brown building.

②Nebuta Museum WA RASSE

Time required : 40 min

Admission fee：620 yen
（Combined ticket with ③ : 1,070 yen） 

Opening hour：9 am – 6 pm
（until 7 pm from May to August） 

Close：8/8, 9, 12/31, 1/1 

Completed in 2011, this facility allows you to learn about the history and production of Nebuta. Several large Nebuta floats that were actually used in the Nebuta Festival are on display, and you can look inside from underneath and even actually touch some of them.

In addition to seeing the music and jumping performances, there are times when you can also try them out. So if you’re interested, it’s best to check the website in advance.

Site for the event
https://www.nebuta.jp/warasse/foreign/english.html

★Route time required：5 min

Leave the building and go left. Turn left at the third intersection and you will see a triangular building. Enter that building. 

③Aomori Prefecture Tourism Information Center ASPAM

Time required : 40 min

Admission fee：850 yen
（Combined ticket with ② : 1,070 yen） 

Opening hour：9 am – 7 pm

Close：No

This is a product center where you can buy souvenirs from Aomori. On the first floor there is a souvenir shop and a food and drink corner, as well as a specialty store selling various types of apple pies. On the second floor there is a theater where you can see the charm of Aomori through a 360° screen that surrounds you throughout the four seasons, and on the 13th floor there is an observation deck that offers a panoramic view of Aomori’s sea and town. 

★Route time required：a few minutes

There is a park at the back of the building.

④Aoiumi Park

Time required : 30 min

Admission fee：0 yen

This is a park facing the sea in Aomori. If you visit between May and August, you will find the Nebuta Hut Lasseland, a factory where Nebuta floats are made, and you can see how they are made.

★Route time required：15 min

After leaving the park, turn left and continue on until you come to a large intersection, from which you turn right. Turn right at the third traffic light and you will find the shrine at the end of the road. 

⑤Utou Shrine

Time required : 30 min

Admission fee：0 yen

Opening hour：8h30 am – 5 pm

Close：No

This shrine is located where Utou village once stood, the birthplace of Aomori City. It is said that it originally began as a shrine to the Three Munakata Goddesses as goddesses of the sea, in the hope of safe voyages, and was rebuilt by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in 807. The shrine is said to grant blessings such as safety in the home, safety on the roads, and prosperity in business. Behind the shrine is a swamp that is a remnant of the past, and the Ryujin Water nearby is said to be a power spot for jobs related to water.

★Route time required：15 min

Once you leave the shrine, go right, turn right at the first intersection and go straight to return to the station.

【Goal】 

Aomori Station