In Aomori, there is a wide range of products such as Tsugaru lacquerware and Nambu Hishi Sashi (water chestnut sashimi), etc. Traditional Crafts and Neputa and Nebuta, which have been handed down through the ages. On the other hand, there are many places that have been the setting for world-famous contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara and anime Aomori is not only a great place to spend time. Aomori is not only a regional city where you can enjoy a rich natural environment, but it is also a great place to spend time. Aomori is also home to a fusion of tradition and pop culture, as well as a wide variety of entertainment for young people, including idols from Aomori. The city is attracting attention not only from Japan but also from abroad. It is also the hometown of famous Japanese writers such as Osamu Dazai, and the climate that influenced their writing style is still very much alive. It remains. Here's some valuable information that only an Aomori resident can tell you about.
Contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara was born and raised in Aomori, where many of his works are located.
A contemporary artist, Yoshitomo Nara draws a girl with sharp eyes, big eyes and cute animals with a cartoonish touch. He is one of Japan's leading contemporary artists and is highly regarded worldwide. In 2010, she became the second Asian to win the New York International Center Award, after Yo Yo Ma. Various works of art can be found in Aomori Prefecture, Nara's home prefecture. In addition to the 8.5-meter-high sculpture "Aomori Dog", the Aomori Museum of Art has a permanent exhibit There are over 170 points. You can also feel close to Nara's work by seeing his illustrations and signs painted directly on the walls of restaurants in Aomori Prefecture.
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Aomori, where the artist, Yoshitomo Nara, was born
Yoshino-cho Park “A to Z Memorial Dog”（aptinet）
Idol from Aomori, all born in Aomori, their names are apple varieties
"Ringo Musume" is an idol group representing Aomori Prefecture and has been active since 2000. The members are all girls living in Aomori Prefecture and perform under the name of an apple variety. They are replaced and auditions are held regularly. The four members who have been active since 2016 are the leader and seventh year student, Ourin, Toki, and the eighth year students, Jonagold and Saika. In recent years, they have been working with composers who have contributed songs to famous idol groups such as AKB48 and Arashi, and they have been actively working on promotional videos and performing live outside of Aomori Prefecture and in Taiwan.
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Pay attention to the idol group from Aomori! The members' names are apple varieties
Ringo Musume
Aomori's scenery also appears in the works of animation director Makoto Shinkai
His masterpiece "Your Name" became a huge hit in China and other countries. became a worldwide hit, especially in China. Makoto Shinkai is now one of Japan's leading animation directors. Some of Shinkai's works are set in Aomori, Japan. Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Ippo (Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Land) is a near-future science fiction film about a boy and a girl who are aiming to build a huge tower in Hokkaido. The facilities of the JR Tsugaru Line and along the line, especially at Yomota Station and Kanida station Some of the places in the vicinity are used as models for the stage in the film, and some of them appear as they are in the play I've been in Aomori for a long time. I traveled alone several times when I was a student and I thought Tohoku and Aomori were beautiful and quiet places.
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The scenery of Aomori appears on the stage of a movie in the work of a world-famous movie director!
Japan's largest field of rape blossoms, the model for a popular video game
The town of Yokohama is located in the middle of the Shimokita Peninsula, facing Mutsu Bay. The town is characterized by its Rape blossoms are grown in Japan, with an area of about 150 hectares (about 15,000 square meters). It covers an area of about 150 hectares (about 15,000 square meters) and is at its best in May every year, when the land, colored yellow, is a sight to behold. The area is also the setting for a key scene in the end of "CLANNAD," a popular adventure game that has also been made into an anime, and many fans visit Ominato Station and Mutsu-Yokohama Station, which were used in the movie, every year.
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A magnificent view surrounded by rape blossoms as far as you can see! The best rape field in Japan
He also appears in the works of Kyo-Ani. Famous in Japan for its popular enka plays.
At the tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula, on the west side of Aomori Prefecture, Cape Tappi. On a clear day, you can see Hokkaido and the Shimokita Peninsula across the Tsugaru Strait, and enka singer Sayuri Ishikawa's signature song "Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki" is an enka song about the area. Cape Tappi other characters in the novel and anime are He often appears in the Kyoto Animation's "Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai -Take On Me-" appears at the end. The "Stairway National Highway" at Cape Tappi is the only one in Japan where cars cannot drive. It is secretly popular on the impassable national highway and remains a tourist attraction.
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Is it a national road where cars cannot pass? ! Cape Tappi, where you can enjoy rare spots and superb views
Cape Tappi
A novelist nurtured by the climate of Aomori. A tour of his birthplace and the places he wrote about.
Dazai Osamu was a Japanese novelist active in the first half of the 1900s, and his best known works include "Ningen Shikkaku" and "Run for Melos". Dazai was born in Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture (formerly Kanagi Town), and spent his school years in Hirosaki. Tsugaru, as the title suggests, is a novel set in Aomori, and Dazai's birthplace is now a memorial hall as Shayokan". Shayokan has an exhibit of manuscripts and the adjacent "House of Evacuation The places where Dazai is said to have written have been preserved as they were. Hirosaki has many places in Aomori that are reminiscent of those in Dazai's works, such as his lodgings and the coffee shop where he is said to have gone to drink coffee.
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Shayokan, the birthplace of Osamu Dazai, a novelist who grew up in the climate of Aomori
Shayokan – Osamu Dazai Memorial Hall
