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Mutsu Kagaku Gijutsukan
A science museum preserving the actual reactor room of the nuclear ship Mutsu, on a site overlooking the Tsugaru Strait.
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.INSTAGRAM / 6
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Jogakura Bridge
A 360-metre bridge over a Hakkoda ravine. The drop is long, and crowds come in the autumn colours.
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Miyakoshi-ke Hanare / Teien
The estate of an old family in Nakadomari, with main house, storehouses and an Oishi-Bugaku-style garden preserved together.
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2026 Tatehana Wharf Morning Market
A morning market on the Hachinohe quay. Only at dawn on Sundays, several hundred stalls stretch for about 800 metres.
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Nakamachi Komise-dori
Wooden arcades that Kuroishi's merchant houses extend over the street, a snow-country passage kept since the Edo period.
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Hirota Shrine
A shrine said to date from 996, its grounds planted with the flowers of Tsugaru.
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Horo-yoi Stroll with Dr. Shimokita
A walk through Tanabu in Mutsu with a local guide, hearing how the town came together, including the alleys ringing the shrine.
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Former 59th Bank Head Office (Aomori Bank Memorial Hall)
A bank building founded in 1879. Moved and preserved, its interior decoration remains as it was.
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Tsugaru Kaikyo Bunkakan Arsas
A cultural centre in Sai village, next to the pier for boats around Hotokegaura.
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Tsugaru Shamisen Kaikan
A hall in Kanagi, held to be the birthplace of the Tsugaru shamisen, where you hear it played and learn its history.