Akamon Temple A local monk made the temple marking in my Temple book. Erinji Temple Eisenji Temple

This is one of many temples in Hirosaki. In this particular area, there are numerous temples back to back, each offering similar styles of decor yet all unique and beautiful.

Book signed by a local temple monk. This Ramen was amazing! There was a great, small restaurant in front of the temple.

Beautiful place I randomly came across.

A nice shrine with a beautiful zen garden, located right in the middle of downtown Aomori. I had to get this visit certified by one of the monk caretakers, of course. It’s quite common for visitors of shrines to have a book they take to each shrine and have a monk make the shrine’s mark […]

A nice aquarium in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture. Octopus (looks like an alien) More Octopus pics (above) Seal! (Cute little guy) Penguins (loveable little creatures) I wanted to take one home! Jellyfish Squid (I think) Dolphins! (Super cool)! This is a nice aquarium up north in Aomori, Japan. If anyone is in this particular area […]

The Sannai-Maruyama is a famous site which had been known since the Edo Period. Excavation survey, which was started in 1992, revealed a large a large settlement of the Early and Middle Jomon Period (about 5,500 to 4,000 years ago). Many pit-dwellings, pillar-supported buildings, mounds, burial pits and jars, as well as numerous number of […]

The Aomori Museum of Art was designed by architect AOKI Jun, who took inspiration for the design from archaeological excavations on the neighboring Sannai-Maruyama site. Over narrow channels dug deep in the ground, like excavation trenches, a mass encompased by white brick is placed and it’s volume randomly shifted. (Ref: Museum pamplet) U Unortunately, no […]

Seikan Ferry and Aomori City Hirafu-maru, which began it’s operation as a railroad ferry in 1908, is the start of the history of Seikan Ferry. Since then, Seikan Ferry connected Aomori Port (Honshu side) and Hakodate (Hokkaido side) for 80 years, transporting 160 million passengers and 250 million tons of cargo. It’s total navigatiom distance […]

Christ’s Grave When Jesus Christ was 21 years old, he came to Japan and pursued knowledge of divinity for 12 years. He went back to Judea at age 33, and engaged in his mission. However, at that time, people in Judea would not accept Christ’s preaching. Instead, they arrested him and tried to crucify him […]

It took me about an hour and a half to drive here from my hotel in Mutsu, which is a kind of happening place (I drank at a one of the many bars last night and had a pretty mean hangover). Once there, you park and hike down hill for about 15 minutes (hiking back […]

I came across this place on my way to Hotoke-ga-ura and it was awesome! It’s a dam and beautiful lake in the middle of the mountains. There was a nice shop and restaurant also there, in a little park, and I, of course, had some ramen 🍜. This was an unplanned blessing and thoroughly enjoyed! […]

This is a random small museum I came across while driving. It seemed interesting enough to document my visit here, being that so very few foreigners have probably never been here.