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Ajigasawa-cho Tourist Information Center

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An information desk inside Ajigasawa Station, with advice on what to see and how to get around town.

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Roadside Station Yokohama "Nanohana Plaza"

南部

A roadside station in Yokohama town. Japan's largest rapeseed fields are close by, turning everything yellow in May.

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Karankoron Onsen

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A day-use hot spring looking over Mount Iwaki and the Tsugaru Plain, with private open-air baths.

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JR Manganji Station

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An unstaffed station facing the Sea of Japan. There is nothing but a small wooden building and the sea.

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Shopping Center ELM

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A shopping centre in Goshogawara. Some 110 shops make it the retail centre of Tsugaru.

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Itayanagi-cho Furusato Center

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A centre in Itayanagi built around the town's apples, with picking and processed goods for sale.

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Oirase Gorge Walking Tour

南部

A guided walk along the Oirase Gorge, with an explanation of how the stream was formed.

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平川ねぷたまつり

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An August festival in Hirakawa. Among Tsugaru's Neputa, this one fields the large fan-shaped floats.

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Nuruyu Onsen

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The oldest spring in the Kuroishi hot-spring district, with guest houses still ringing the communal bathhouse.

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Temmabayashi Onsen

南部

A hot spring in Shichinohe, opened in 1980 and used as an everyday bath by local people.

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Ryuhaku Line

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About 20 kilometres of coast road from Kodomari to Cape Tappi, looking down from the pass on the Sea of Japan and the Tsugaru shore.

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Ashigezaki Observation Deck

南部

A lookout on a cape of the Tanesashi Coast, where the Japanese military had installations late in the Pacific War.

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Ishikedo to Kumoino-taki Falls Easy Mountain Stream Course

The 2.8 kilometres of the Oirase Gorge from Ishigedo to Kumoi Falls. The streamside path is flat and easy to walk.

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Yokohama Town Rapeseed Flower Field

南部

Rapeseed fields across the hills of Yokohama town. The planted area is among the largest in Japan; May is the time to see it.

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Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Aomori Ferry Terminal

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The ferry terminal at Aomori Port, with sailings to Hakodate, a shop and an information desk.

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Magino-daira Green Park

南部

A park on the uplands of Shingo. Its 65 hectares allow farm experiences and play in the river.

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Yunokawa Onsenkyo

下北

A cure resort along a mountain stream in Mutsu, a few quiet inns set in the valley.

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Horo-yoi Stroll with Dr. Shimokita

下北

A walk through Tanabu in Mutsu with a local guide, hearing how the town came together, including the alleys ringing the shrine.

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Oirase Gorge Koke Sanpo

南部

A walking tour of the mosses of the Oirase Gorge, where some 300 species grow.

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Gonohe Makiba Onsen

南部

A hot spring that rose on a Gonohe farm. It takes guests, with pasture all around.

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Hakkoda Gold Line Walking Course (about 60 min)

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A 1.8-kilometre path from the summit station of the Hakkoda Ropeway, a circuit of about an hour.

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Gururin Shimokita Kanko Route Bus

下北

A sightseeing bus linking the sights of the Shimokita Peninsula, reaching Osorezan and Hotokegaura without a car.

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Hakkoda Kenashi Paradise Line

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A boardwalk across Hakkoda's Kenashitai marsh, with steps joining the upper and lower levels.

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Former Fifth-Ninth Bank Main Branch (Aomori Bank Memorial Hall)

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A bank building founded in 1879. Moved and preserved, its interior decoration remains as it was.