# Talk:Aomori Prefecture

This review is transcluded from Talk:Aomori Prefecture/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: SurenGrig07 (talk · contribs) 16:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Concerning the previous article, pending a complete investigation concerning the internal minutiae of the article and the correction. of all minor error, which, upon an immediately cursory glance, do not appear to remain particularly prominent, I believe that the article qualifies for selection as a Good Article; this primarily results from its satisfactory fulfilment of the entirety of the associated criteria necessary for good article status. With regards to the first criterion, the article possesses particularly correct prose, with an absence of grammatical errors or sentences which must remain subject to basic or intermediate copy editing from the large majority of the article; the article possesses a structure which satisfies the guidelines established within the Manual of Style concerning layout. When viewing the adequacy of the article from the perspective of the second criterion, the article contains, when viewed cursorily, an apparent absence of original research or plagiarism; all citations within the article correspond to the guidelines of the Manual of Style and the citation format remains organised within a clear and elucidatory manner. The article remains broad within its coverage, addressing numerous aspects of the culture, history, geography, economy and culture of the Prefecture; for a potential future promotion within status, I would primarily recommend expansion of the Climate, Dialects and Symbols and Names sections. The article remains neutral, perhaps assisted via an apparent lack of controversy concerning the nature of the article; regardless, the criterion remains satisfied. A viewing of the edit history of the article dispels potential fears of an edit war; contributions remain entirely stable and constructive. Lastly, the images within the article provide exceptional support to the content; no apparent copyright violations exist within the article. Thus, I would like to announce my support for the selection of this article as a Good Article; thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SurenGrig07 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your review of the article! I'll continue to make further improvements to it.   ⑉⑉Mccunicano☕️ 01:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)


### Further review
Hi, per this discussion I will be completing a more thorough review with the GA criteria. I'll also bullet my comments. Thanks, Kingsif (talk) 12:52, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

The infobox looks good, there doesn't need to be a comma after the "Districts: 8", but otherwise I see no issues - map and flags all commons
Some potential copyvio from one source, if you can provide dates relating to the article and [bedril.heartcry.pw/yoshie-shiratori-cause-of-death.html] that would be useful in determining this, because there are some chunks of non-quoted text that are the same.
Variety of good sources - there is a ref error in the current [6] (Explore Towada-Hachimantai National Park), though, and it would be better to use a consistent ref style. There's currently inline citations and a separate list of references.
The two refs in the lead don't need to be there, the information is not controversial and should be present (and cited) in the article body
The lead is a good length for the article, however it goes into too much detail of geography and doesn't cover any/much history or culture, so it needs to be more balanced
The geography section is well-written. Though the Mergers sub-section is empty besides a main article link, given the list nature and the standard per similar articles, this is suitable.
History also well-written. The Hirosaki Castle image caption should have a period (it's a full sentence) - and I can see why the population table is aligned with the modern history and not the demographics section (room in the right align area, and that the population counts align with this period).
I'm surprised there's not an individual sub-section for WWII? But it reads well enough.
In Japanese location articles, does geography usually come before history? In Western city articles I see history come first, I don't know if the MOS is different?
The economy section seems suitable, though I would have expected more on tourism - something about it, rather than just statistics.
The list of festivals seems like it deserves its own article - it also makes the weight of the culture section seem uneven, more reason to reduce the festival coverage
Aomori Prefecture hosted the 2003 Asian Winter Games. is not suitable coverage of this
There's no references for the sports teams
Is there anything about art that could be included in culture, for example?
There's no references for the rail or road transport sub-sections. Worse, these are context-less lists. Not suitable coverage.
Being a very sea-facing prefecture, I'm surprised there's no mention of maritime transportation.
The  E5 Series Shinkansen image caption needs a period.
There's a massive image of the Aomori Bay Bridge - and zero mention of it? This transport section definitely fails coverage.
Similarly, the Education section is an unreferenced, context-less, list of universities. What about other levels of school? Are there school districts? What's the state of adult literacy? Are any of these universities historic or notable? Have any of them produced prefecture leaders? And those are the questions off the top of my head.
Apple blossom image caption needs a period
Ironically, I did a GAR of Flagstaff, Arizona (for some coverage examples [though it is a city], go there - and it failed) - and that means I know that the Lowell Observatory is there. Perhaps you could mention that, because the way it's included suggests the Lowell Observatory is in Aomori rather than the U.S.
The Dialects section could be longer, both so that the present information can be given more coverage and so be understood by more people (linguistics is technical), and so that more can be included on regional differences. It seems to be rushing through the information at present.
Media needs more coverage.
Notable people needs refs, perhaps an image or two could be used?
 On hold I'll place this on a two-week hold; it would be a shame to revoke the GA status awarded, but I think it needs more than a week's work. I'm amenable to keeping it open for longer. Kingsif (talk) 13:55, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kingsif: Thanks for your helpful comments. I've fixed the infobox issue and I've started working my way down the list of concerns you made about the subject. I looked at what got flagged by the earwig tool, I'm really not sure what I'm looking at when I tried to access the page that the information is supposedly copied from: [1] It just appears as a blank page for me, but from the highlighted info in the earwig tool, it looks like the text of the site is just ripped from several different already-published sources, including this article.   ⑉⑉Mccunicano☕️ 01:39, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
The bedrii.heartcry.pw site is also giving me a blank page, and earwig no longer flags it. I'm a bit concerned with what's now the top earwig site, which involves the text of the final paragraph in the Military section. The article phrasing could be further from the source, and the article could give a bit more context (or drop this entirely; is it truly notable?). The first paragraph in the section has what appears to be two near-identical sentences in a row, and this should be fixed. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:06, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: thanks for pointing that out, I just dropped it because after doing some research it seems the event had no lasting repercussions on relations between the local people and the US military. I think I've addressed a lot of the issues mentioned above (I'm currently working on an overhaul of the "dialects" section and I'm trying to figure out how to include some artists under the culture section) Other than that, I'd appreciate further input on the changes that have been made.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 09:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
In that case, pinging Kingsif to consider the recent changes and provide input. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @Mccunicano:. The updates look good so far, with a good use of references. I'm interested in why On 20 February 2018 a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet caught fire in flight. The pilot dumped two fuel tanks into Lake Ogawara in eastern Aomori Prefecture. has been removed entirely; you're right that it's not very relevant in the military section, but has it had an effect on the area's ecology? Kingsif (talk) 14:51, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kingsif: Thanks for looking over the article. According to this source no fuel was found in the lake a few weeks after the incident. The most recent update on the situation I could find didn't mention any ecological impacts. It did mention that fishermen were compensated by the US military and the Japanese government for loses incurred while the lake was being cleaned for a few weeks. I'm not sure if this all belongs in this article, but I'll definitely add it to Lake Ogawara.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 23:00, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kingsif: Hey again, I think I've addressed the concerns you laid out above. I'd appreciate feedback on anything else that can be done to help solidify the article's GA status or if it can be retained based on its current state.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 03:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Mccunicano: Is there really nothing more to be said about, specifically, economy and culture? These sections seem brief and surface-level, especially talking about a whole prefecture. Kingsif (talk) 04:42, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kingsif: sorry for the delay in my response, had a bit of a busy weekend. I've added some more detail about foreign tourism and the forestry sector of the economy. I'm kind of hung up on how to address the culture section beyond what's already there.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 02:07, 20 October 2020 (UTC)


### Status query
Mccunicano, Kingsif, where does this review stand? Nothing has been posted here for over three weeks, and it's been over two weeks since Mccunicano made any significant edits to the article, though they have been quite active elsewhere on Wikipedia since then. Can we get this wrapped up soon? Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

@Mccunicano: I'm going to procedural fail this based on coverage. Sometimes it can take a while to get a good level of coverage that is consistent to the topic throughout the article, and since you haven't been updating us (or the article), it would probably be easier to work on it then re-nominate rather than be under the expectations of reviewers. I'll happily review again at that point. Besides that, it's good - the culture and tourism sections just need detail. Kingsif (talk) 07:08, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mccunicano. Would you be interested in getting this article to GA and possibly FA? I'm not good at prose but I can do other things, like make the dates have a consistent format. BTW, that photo I added is up for featured picture on Commons. MisawaSakura (talk) 00:01, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

All images have a free license, public domain or creative commons. MisawaSakura (talk) 03:31, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Starting to make date formatting consistent. This and the FA Japan are tagged for American English and the Japan article uses the format September 1, 2025, so will do the same here. MisawaSakura (talk) 12:43, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
I've gone through and fixed many date formats, and all the broken/dead reference weblinks (replaced or updated them). I will keep working on date formats. MisawaSakura (talk) 19:48, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
I think I've caught all date format problems. Now I'm working on a few other reference items. Then I'll start working in the suggested refs above on the talk page. MisawaSakura (talk) 21:22, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Book refs fixed. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:55, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Done incorporating those refs. MisawaSakura (talk) 14:18, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Added government section. MisawaSakura (talk) 16:27, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Made intro more of a summary. MisawaSakura (talk) 20:43, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Earwig Copyvio Tool returned "Violation unlikely 5.7% similarity" MisawaSakura (talk) 01:57, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
@MisawaSakura: I'd be happy to help, at the time of the first GA review I had much more access to relevant resources, but I have since moved away and I'm  more limited to what I can do to help. Though I'd be happy to help with another go at GA or FA.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 22:35, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
@Mccunicano:Glad to have the help! I called up how the article looked back then, 5 years ago, and it's much better now. What do we need to do to actually be ready to submit it for GA? MisawaSakura (talk) 22:38, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
Nice work, there's still probably more that can be said about the prefecture's culture (how it is distinctive, the reasons why it is distinctive). The economy section has definitely been improved since the last review, so I'd say it's ready on that front.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 22:58, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
Oh tyvm, you did lots of nice work too. So it seems you think the only thing to work on is the culture distinctiveness, so let's both look for more refs to use for that. Also File:Rail tracks and cherry trees in Ashino Park.jpg is now a Featured Picture on Commons. The vote was 15-1. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:01, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
Just discovered Itako. I'll make it a subsection and post back here when I'm done with it. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:14, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
@Mccunicano: I'm done with itako for now. Maybe it should be added to the intro. You may want to read the new ref by "Tadashi, Shinohara". I can get back to helping late tomorrow. Itako would make a great DYK too.MisawaSakura (talk) 00:24, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
I've been invited to leave some comments here. If you're aiming for FA status - the biggest jump between GA and FA and what a lot of newcomers to FA struggle with the most is the differences between WP:GACR #2b and #3a vs WP:FACR #1b and #1c. GA requires only broadness - covering every major topic to some extent. FA requires comprehensivness - a much more thorough level of coverage and also a requirement to place "the subject in context". The GA criteria refer to only "reliable source" but the FA criteria require the stricter standard of "high-quality reliable sources". As an example of what the difference can look like - Battle of Big Black River Bridge passed GA looking like this in 2020 and passed FA in 2024 looking like this. Some thoughts are below:

" Free, Early Japanese Railways 1853–1914: Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-era Japan, Tuttle Publishing, 2008" - for any book or article of greater than say 15-20 pages in length, you will be expected to provide accurate page numbers for where the information can be found. In certain situations with ebooks or similar, exact page numbers may not be available but some degree of placement within the book (some sort of internal numbering in the ebook or at least chapters) is going to be expected
Fixed, actually found the whole book in an online archive. MisawaSakura (talk) 20:16, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
" "Aomori Ferries". Ferry To New Zealand. Retrieved December 20, 2024." - citing a commercial ferry's website for historical linguistic information is not going to be accepted at a FAC
Good catch. I removed that ref and the Ainu parrelit. We still have the Korea Times ref but agree we should try to find a better one.MisawaSakura (talk) 01:48, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
Added 3 more refs, total of 4 much better ones now. MisawaSakura (talk) 20:54, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
I would expect that at FAC it would be requested some information regarding religious demographics be included if available
Done.MisawaSakura (talk) 15:33, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
Really, you're going to want somebody who has prior FA experience and who is familiar with the Japanese language and Japanese sources to look over this before any potential FA run. You will probably be challenged on the usage of various tourism websites and websites not written by obvious subject-matter experts which are currently being used in the article.
Sadly, I don't have any real familiarity with Japan, the Japanese language, or Japanese sourcing to help in much more detail but I hope the above is helpful. Hog Farm  Talk 01:29, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the input!MisawaSakura (talk) 01:36, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
@Mccunicano: I've worked the specific refs Hog Farm mentioned and also replaced some additional weaker refs with better ones. I also wrote a three part Religion section; and could you look it over and please incorporate it into the intro somehow? Thanks! and Hog Farm Thanks again for the help! Feel free to look over recent changes if you like. I probably won't be online tomorrow. MisawaSakura (talk) 15:16, 5 September 2025 (UTC)


### SC review comments
I'm hugely busy offline at the moment, so I'll have to do this in pieces. The first batch follows.Firstly it should be noted that I know next to nothing about Japan, so I cannot judge whether this is a complete or thorough examination of the region nor whether the article reflects the sources. I'm reviewing this solely from a prose and coherence point of view and can only advise on this aspect.
General
This seems to be written in AmEng, but there are some BrEng spellings dotted around (totalling, travellers, sulphuric, metres)
There are also some spelling errors "serveware" isn't a word (I don't think, but I'd be happy to be provide wrong), typhooon, scuplture, polilticians.
fixed both MisawaSakura (talk) 13:45, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
Lead
You mention in each of the three lead's paragraphs that Aomori is at 'northern edge of Honshu'
"a virtuosic style of playing shamisen": I think you need a couple of words explaining what shamisen is, otherwise it reads like someone is playing sports! "... a virtuosic style of playing the shamisen musical instrument" or similar will suffice.
Fixed both. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:48, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
History
'blue forest, although it could possibly be translated as "green forest"': best to put 'blue forest' in invested commas to match how you refer to green forest
I think you need to explain (very briefly) what the Jōmon/Yayoi/Heian/etc periods are at the start of each section. FAs need to be largely standalone articles where readers don't click away to find out something. I see the FA-rated article on Japan avoids the problem entirely by using generic terms, which is an alternative, but if you want to keep the current terms, some explanation is needed
Done to the end of Jōmon period: more to follow. - SchroCat (talk) 06:35, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Done with these, did all history period intros too. I really, truly appreciate you taking the time to do this. MisawaSakura (talk) 15:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
"peaked on August 17th" -> "peaked on 17 August" -> "peaked on August 17"!
See SchroCat's talk page for this one. MisawaSakura (talk) 11:32, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
Done.MisawaSakura (talk) 14:17, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"incorporated into Mutsu Province": I think you need to clarify what or where Mutsu Province is – I had to click away to get clarity on the point
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:43, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"Northern Fujiwara": ditto
Done.MisawaSakura (talk) 14:17, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"Kamakura shogunate": ditto(ish): move the details up from the subsequent paragraph, so it runs "the Kamakura shogunate, the military government which is known for the emergence of the samurai, the warrior caste, and for the establishment of feudalism in Japan." Start the next section with "The Kamakura period is a phase that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate between c. 1185 and 1333."
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:43, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"Nanbu Mitsuyuki": who? Needs a very brief introduction
Done.MisawaSakura (talk) 14:59, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
The prose is a little choppy in places (eg "The port was expanded under the rule of the Andō clan. They traded heavily with the Ainu in Ezo." Smoothing slightly makes the reading experience much easier and more rewarding and can be done by writing as "The port was expanded under the rule of the Andō clan and they traded heavily with the Ainu in Ezo."
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 18:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"practitioners astronomy and": practitioners of astronomy ...
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 18:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"one after another": delete – not needed
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 18:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
Done to the start of the Edo period. Sorry it's a bit slow – RL is somewhat hectic at the moment. - SchroCat (talk)
Done with the second pass. MisawaSakura (talk) 18:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
"However, the Tsugaru clan": Delete 'However' – it's rarely needed at the start of a sentence
"However, the Tsugaru soon switched course, and briefly became a member of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.[34] However, for reasons": Both these 'however's can go too
"the Cheseborough wrecked off the": 1. Shouldn't have 'the' in front of the ship's name (there's something in the MOS, I seem to remember); 2. This should either be "was wrecked" or "sank off" (depending on circumstances)
"Shariki, many" -> "Shariki; many"
"During the Occupation of Japan": lower case 'o'
"Aomori Airport began offering regular": a regular
Some of these later paragraphs lose coherence and are just lists of unconnected events – you'll need to try and smooth the prose on these a bit to get it through FAC
Done to the end of the History section. - SchroCat (talk) 06:41, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Done with this 3rd pass. As for the unconnected events, I see what you're talking about, but prose is my Achille's Heel. I've worked it a little and feel it's better. Mccunicano is much better at prose (and Japanese language) than I am, so I'm asking him to look at:
the last three paragraphs of the "Meiji Restoration to World War II" section
last two paragraphs of the "1945 to present" section
some of these bits of info can probably be cut. Thanks again SC! MisawaSakura (talk) 10:54, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
I'll be pretty busy with some other commitments the next couple of days, but as we get into next week I should be able to put in some work smoothing things out.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 18:20, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
"Lake Ogawara, a brackish lake at the base of the Shimokita Peninsula, is the eleventh largest lake in Japan, the largest brackish lake in the Tōhoku area, and the prefecture's largest lake.": that's five uses of the word "lake" in one sentence and twice you tell us it's brackish
I've cut this to one brackish and 7 lakes and made shorter sentencesMisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
And eleven uses of "lake" in this short paragraph
Down to 7 MisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Link World Heritage Site?
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
"East Asia which": needs a comma before which (otherwise it affects the 'largest surviving' tag)
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
"birth rate was 1.24, the lowest in recorded history": presumably its recorded history?
"January 2009 to become UNESCO World Heritage Sites": delink this, as it's the second reference to the term
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Done to the start of Culture. More to follow – SchroCat (talk) 07:12, 22 September 2025 (UTC)


#### Culture onwards
Back to Geography for a second...

"The climate of Aomori Prefecture is relatively cool for the most part.": this is fairly meaningless as it stands. “Relative” needs something to be relative to, and that's missing. "Cool" is a bit subjective: some may find it hot, others too cold and others perfect, as "cool" is purely a personal gauge of temperature.
I removed this. It seems fine without it.MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"distinct seasons with"...: needs a commas after 'seasons', or it means there are four seasons that each have an average temperature of 10C. Alternatively, swap ‘with’ with ‘and’ - SchroCat (talk) 06:32, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
Images need alt text and shouldn't have their size forced by using px: it should use "upright=" instead (see MOS:UPRIGHT for details of how to use it if you don't already know)
I think I now have all these fixed. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"style of playing shamisen that": --> "the shamisen musical instrument"
SchroCat This makes it sound like the shamisen was invented in Aomori, but it was invented in Okinawa. I changed this in the intro to "a local version the shamisen musical instrument" and "a local style of shamisen and  how it is played" in the traditional crafts section. Please advise. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
However you phrase the actual wording, you still need to introduce what a shamisen is, both in the lead and the body. - SchroCat (talk) 07:20, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
"offering a unique look into northern": delete "unique" – it's over-used on WP, including here
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"Japan, and hosts the": this is a run-on sentence. Split with either a semi colon or full stop
Went with the semi-colon. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"most prominent of the festivals being located": delete "of the festivals" – it's superfluous
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"Summer and autumn hold many distinct festivals": no they don't. Festivals are held during summer and autumn, which is what you mean
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"including the aforementioned Aomori": delete "the aforementioned"
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"inside an ice hut": as there as multiple festivals, one presumes multiple ice huts, rather than the singular hut stated here.
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
", together about 95% of the population,": I had to read this a couple of times for it to make sense – it needs rewording a bit and it should be percent, not % in the three places it appears
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"didn't" -- > did not
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"comprises only about": "only" is editorialising
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"The shire is noted for prayers": Shire? And "is noted for" is clumsy English and needs rephrasing
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"animism -- including": no double hyphens – it should be an en dash
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"Training involves severe": As this is a new paragraph, I think it needs a bit of clarity along the lines of "Training for itako involves severe"
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"In the 1950s-1970s": "the 1950s to 1970s"
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"Hirosaki Castle was the seat of the Tsugaru clan that was constructed in 1611" -- > "Hirosaki Castle was the seat of the Tsugaru clan; it was constructed in 1611" other wise it suggests multiple seats of the clan with this one identifiable because of the year it was constructed
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"early-late middle": a slightly garbled timeframe: is there any other way of phrasing this?
Removed late. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"have been found here.": delete 'here'
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
(ASPAM - “Aomori” “Sightseeing” “Products” “Mansion.”)should be a colon, not a hyphen, straight quotes, not curly and the full stop after the final quote mark, not before. There should probably be commas in between the terms too.
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"from February 1-8, 2003": just "in February 2003" works better
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
"is slated": slang. Both the uses should be reworded
Done MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
The Aomori Curling Club": this short paragraph has four uses of the word "curling": at least one of them can be dropped
Done. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
Done to the start of Government. - SchroCat (talk) 07:33, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

is a governor with the seat of -> comma after governor
"4-year" -> "four-year"
"are elected in staggered every 3-year elections for six year terms": the grammar goes a bit awry here and needs sorting (in addition: "3" needs to be "three" and "six year" needs to be "six-year")
"Due to this negativity speakers": comma after "negativity"
"a person is regardless": comma after "is"
"On the other hand": too idiomatic
"to dialects fo Aomori": spelling
"newspaper market in the prefecture": -> "in the region" would avoid another use of 'prefecture'.
That's my lot. As I said on my talk page, I would advise going through PR or GAN before taking this to FAC. The above is my opinion on the prose, and others may have different or better suggestions to make. Others will also focus on all the areas I have not looked at, or they may have a better idea on what to include in an article on a region of Japan (highly likely: as I said at the start, I know very little about Japan as a whole, let alone one of its regions). It's always best to get as many pairs of eyes as possible on an article before it gets to FAC rather than have people opposing because of something that should have been managed earlier in the process. I hope this all helps – and please ping me when you eventually take this to FAC. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 08:03, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

All fixed. THANKS SO MUCH!MisawaSakura (talk) 11:59, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
In line with SchroCat's comments, I think it would be best to renominate this for GAN once more before moving on. Given the similarity of the articles that are in that category, I have a feeling that it would not take anywhere near a year for this article to be reviewed. I know that quid pro quo (QPQ) isn't a requirement to having an article reviewed, but reviewers are likely more willing to help editors out who have shown they are willing to help with the GA review backlog.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 04:12, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
Also, sorry if I'm a bit slow to reply or act on requests. I'm always happy to help when time permits, but at least for the next couple of weeks I'll be very tied up with academic work as the current term ends and the next one starts.  ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 04:26, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
Mccunicano No worries on the reaction time. We all have real life to deal with. I've reviewed 5 articles as QPQ for Hackiko and Aomori Prefecture, so I'm at a 2.5 to 1 ratio.  I will nom Aomori at GAN momentarily. MisawaSakura (talk) 11:10, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

... that the Tomb of Christ (pictured) is in Aomori Prefecture, Japan?

Reviewed:

MisawaSakura (talk) 23:51, 14 October 2025 (UTC).

The first nom: Template:Did you know nominations/Aomori Prefecture failed back in 2020 because the article didn't achieve GA then. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:59, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Not a review, but the current hook is unsuitable as it does not meet WP:DYKMAJOR: it is more about Kirisuto no Haka rather than Aomori Prefecture itself. In addition, that specific angle was already rejected back when Kirisuto no Haka was itself nominated for DYK earlier this year. A new hook is needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:09, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 I have proposed two more alts. MisawaSakura (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Aomori Prefecture produces 60% of all apples grown in Japan? 
ALT1a: ... that Aomori Prefecture has grown most of Japan's apples for more than 100 years? 
ALT2: ... that the northeast part of Aomori Prefecture (pictured) is shaped like an axe? 
ALT1 sounds good, but it would need a precise timeframe, as it is a fact that is not definite and could change in the future. For example, "In, X, Aomori Prefecture..." Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
ALT1's ref doesn't mention a specific year, but see top of ref for ALT1a. MisawaSakura (talk) 16:10, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
How about: Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:00, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

ALT3: ... the Japanese macaques on Aomori Prefecture's axe-shaped Shimokita Peninsula (pictured) are the world's northernmost wild primates? [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk • contribs) 
I like this one best of all MisawaSakura (talk) 13:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 What do you think of ALT3? MisawaSakura (talk) 12:58, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it meets DYKMAJOR as it seems to be more about Shimokita Peninsula than the prefecture itself, but I will leave this for the reviewer. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:03, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
 WITHDRAWN MisawaSakura (talk) 01:10, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
This is silly: the point of DYK is to motivate/reward editors and offer readers interesting/significant hooks/articles; am striking the withdrawal and reviewing (though I did suggest the hook; not sure recourse to IAR is necessary); the hook is obviously about Aomori Prefecture, drawing attention both to its shape — in the way a museum label helps viewers look more closely at the item in question — thereby anchoring it in the mind for future recognition, and its septentrionality, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 05:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Overall:  nearly good to go, just one clarification needed: in paragraph 2 of the demographics section we seem to have birth rates of 1.21 and 1.24, the latter being higher than the former, or are the measures different? Thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 05:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:16, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

As here & [3], I think we can proceed regardless of the withdrawal, though perhaps without a credit; thanks, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:16, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
 Close as withdrawn and in compliance with backlog needs.--Kevmin § 19:48, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
 The article is far from timing out, and there appears to be interest in allowing the nomination to run regardless since it has no issues otherwise. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:47, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
 This is a significant article about a significant topic. We could do worse than showcase it, thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 00:35, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
 I disagree; as far as I know, we've never disrespected a nominator's request to withdraw a nomination. Consensus should be established to run before this hook is promoted, and I currently count two in favor and three against. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:48, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
Normally, I would be fine with the nomination being closed as a withdrawal, but given that the withdrawals took place as a result of miscommunication that could have easily been resolved, perhaps there is still  a way forward for the nominations, or at least for the withdrawals to be lifted. As for your concern, I'm not sure if this counts, but in the past we have run nominations by editors who said they would not participate further in a nomination, but stopped short of withdrawing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:39, 22 November 2025 (UTC)