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45April

6MayJuneJulySpring(events etc.)

AugustEnjoy festival food to your heartʼs content!
* For detailed information on the festival
check the “Oﬃcial Aomori city webpage”
or local newspapers

September

Azalea FestivalApple blossom

g Festival
Aomori Sprin(Gappo park)( mid-June)● Aomori Spring Festival

LifestyleOctober132(2nd-7th August)♫♪♩In 2015 the hottest
temperature inAomori City wason the 5th of AugustDonʼt put your coat away just yet!

Can you hear the Nebuta music?
Anyone can participate!

（(The snow melts around mid-April)

9.9℃

Have you taken
your winter clothes
out of storage yet?

● Hakkoda Maru
Countdown Event(Dec. 31st ‒ Jan 1st)

15.1℃

18.1℃

22.8℃

23.6℃

In season

Start thinking aboutchanging your tires andwindscreen wipers soon .

Start preparing your snow
removal equipment

Food

Aomori scallops from Mutsu
Bay are meaty and full ofnutrients!

In season

Specialty

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In season

In season

Black Currant

Wild Vegetable Picking
Bamboo shoots, bracken shoots,
Japanese butterbur, Japanese
spikenard, Japanese royal fern,
Pilea hamaoi Makino etc.

《Harvesting experience》
Aomori City pick-your-own
farm etc.
Specialty

Main varieties
Tsugaru (early September)
Jonagold (mid-October)Fuji, Orin (early November)er!
ggest produc

Japanʼs bi

In season

In Aomori chuka zaru
is just as popular as thenation-wide loved somen!

Chuka zaru (cold dipping noodles)

In season

When people mention
Aomoriʼs winter sports,curling is what comes to mind!

Snow shoveling morning,noon and night is only tobe expected~

One starts to be acutely aware of the price ofparaﬃn for the heaters…

67cm

of snowfall
on 11th Dec 2002

Snow removal vehicles are mobilised!

(Donʼt panic if you feel vibrations late at night or early in the morning!)）

8.4℃

3.1℃

- 0.2℃

1.2℃

4.6℃

5cm

37cm

133cm

152cm

128cm

t producer!

Japanʼs bigges

Ap p le(Early February)● Aomori Snow Lantern
Festival (Late January)

Heaviest snowfall recordedin Aomori City.

(we will introduce various typesof snow removal tools on the other side)

12.2℃

In season● Aomori Winter Festival

Primary school ski lessons!

will start making its appearance on the weather reportaround this time!
(The ﬁrst snowfall occurs early November. Full-scale snowfall
starts in mid-December)

19.4℃

Scallops

You canenjoy Hakkoda
until May

● Curling experience (Aomori City Sports Hall Sept ‒ May the following year)Itʼs time to start using your heaters!

The lingering summer heat
during the day is harsh andat night it suddenly coolsdown so look after your health !

MarchThe large snow
slide takes
centre stage!

《Aomori City ski resorts》
Moya Hills: Beginner ‒ intermediate
Hakkoda Kokusai Ski Area: Beginner to62cm

Heaviest snowfall

2● Ski resorts open (Dec)● Firework Display

There are unexpectedly hot days too!

3February

Aomori Lantern Pageant

One of Tohokuʼs 3 biggest festivals!
On the 7th ‒ the last day of thefestival‒there is a procession on thesea!

● Aomori Nebuta Festival

2January

Winter

(1st August/ Asamushi Onsen Firework Display 7th August/Aomori Firework Display)

Sports day season!

1

DecemberItʼs the season for viewing
Hakkodaʼs autumn leaves!

36.5℃

Average temperature(2015)

November《Aomoriʼs bathing beaches》(mid-July to late August)
Gappo Park and Sunset Beach, Asamushi● Aomori Marathon(early May)

12

Au tu mn lea ves

Opening ofthe Beaches!

( late July)(Early July)

11Autumn● Hakkoda Farm Festival● East Hakkoda

http://www.city.aomori.aomori.jp/index.html

10Yomiya Festival

After welcoming the cherry blossom
ﬂower viewing season at Gappo Park or
Nogiwa Park, White apple blossom begin
bloom at apple tree ﬁelds, so you canenjoy ﬂower viewing twice!

The “Wa no machi Aomori” section of Aomori Cityʼsoﬃcial webpage is packed full of information on
leisure, sightseeing, food and events!

9Summer

F lo wer viewing

Entertainment87

Oﬃcial Aomori
City webpage

In season

S ea cu cu mberSpecialty

Warming winter food

《Harvesting experience》 In Aomori we feel so much aﬀection(Mid-September ‒ early November) towards them to the extent that weRest stop “Namioka” inhave sea cucumber character goods! Ke-no-shiru (vegetables, wild plants and miso soup)Apple Hillʼs pick-your-own
Jappa jiru (cod and miso soup)
apple farm etc.
Sujiko rice balll

Ginger miso oden

Suj ik oMushroom picking

A staple main ingredientin Aomoriansʼ rice balls! Without
this, we cannot survive!

Gingerden

miso oKe-no-shiru

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