Aomori - Introduction

Probably "Hokkaido" is more familiar to foreigners, although, Aomori is located just below Hokkaido over Tsugaru Strait.
It's an upper side of "Honshu" island of Japan.

From Wiki:

Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshu and faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait. It borders Akita and Iwate in the south. Oma, at the northwestern tip of the axe-shaped Shimokita Peninsula, is the northernmost point of Honshu. The Shimokita and Tsugaru Peninsulas enclose Mutsu Bay. Between those peninsulas lies the Natsudomari Peninsula, the northern end of the Ōu Mountains. The three peninsulas are prominently visible in the prefecture's symbol, a stylized map.

Speaking of Aomori, it reminds me of... apples, cooling area, farms, heavy dialect (!), nature...
That's about it, actually.

Aomori to me is very far area which I'd never thought I would go from my hometown.

Here's a map of direction from Yokohama to Aomori.


Very far~!
It's a 9-hour drive by car!

But I'm talking about Aomori here because...
There is a very big and famous summer festival every year.
It's called "Nebuta Matsuri".

I visited Aomori to see this festival this year.
It was my first time to visit there and the festival was AWESOME!

You can straight away feel Japanese atmosphere by just being there!