Aomori: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Aomori
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 298,394
• Coordinates: 40.8167° N, 140.7333° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 577 km (359 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Aomori Airport (AOJ): 9.9 km (6.2 mi), straight line
• Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base (MSJ): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ): 76 km (47 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Namioka: 17 km (10 mi)
• Kuroishi: 23 km (14 mi)
• Goshogawara: 25 km (15 mi)
• Tsugaru: 28 km (17 mi)
• Hirakawa: 29 km (18 mi)

Things to see

• Aomori City Forestry Museum (museum)
• カラオケ スペース スキャット (attraction)
• ロータリー創立100周年記念 (memorial)
• 青森県女子師範学校 附属小学校之跡 (memorial)
• 青森県立郷土館 (Aomori Prefectural Museum) (museum)