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Sannai-Maruyama Site Center
The remains of a large settlement of the Jomon period. The post holes of a large pillar-supported building remain, and it is a World Cultural Heritage site.
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Aomori Prefectural Misawa Aviation and Science Museum
An aviation science museum in Misawa. It displays real aircraft and explains the principles of flight.
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Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel PR Center
The public information center for the nuclear fuel cycle facilities. It is located in Rokkasho Village.
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Mutsu Science Museum
It preserves the reactor room of the nuclear-powered ship Mutsu just as it was and opens it to the public.
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Aomori Prefectural Quantum Science Center
A prefectural facility for research on quantum science and radiation. Located in Rokkasho Village, it is responsible for nuclear-related research and human resource development.
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Tsugaru Dam and Lake Tsugaru Shirakami
A dam on the upper reaches of the Iwaki River. Completed in 2016, it took over from the former Meya Dam.
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Aseishigawa Dam Museum
The dam on the Aseishi River and its museum. The dam serves flood control and power generation.
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Hachinohe Cement
A cement plant in Hachinohe. It incorporates resource recycling, using waste as raw material and fuel.
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Tsugaru Lacquerware, Hirosaki Tsugaru Lacquerware Commerce and Industry Cooperative
Many layers of lacquer are applied and then polished down to bring out the pattern. There are four techniques, including kara-nuri and nanako-nuri, and it is an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
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Tsugaru Ware, Takano Pottery Studio
A pottery studio in Hirosaki that fires Tsugaru ware. The ware began in the Edo period as the official kiln of the domain, died out once and was later revived.
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Hachinohe Ware, Watanabe Pottery Studio
A pottery studio in Hachinohe that fires Hachinohe ware. The ware was revived in the Showa era after the kilns of the domain period had died out.
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Shitakawara Ware Clay Dolls, Takaya Pottery
Clay dolls made in Shitakawara, Hirosaki. The pigeon whistle is well known.
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Akebi Vine Craft, Miyamoto Kogei
Akebi vines are woven into baskets. A workshop in Hirosaki.
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Tsugaru Bamboo Baskets
Bamboo baskets of Tsugaru. Nemagari bamboo and other materials are woven into baskets for daily use.
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Hiba Bentwood Ware
Thin boards of Aomori hiba are bent into containers. Hiba resists rot and has a strong fragrance.
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Hachinohe Nanbu Sakiori Workshop Sumi
Old cloth is torn into strips for the weft and woven again. A Nanbu sakiori workshop in Hachinohe.
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Nuruyu Kokeshi
Kokeshi dolls handed down at Nuruyu Onsen in Kuroishi. The body is slender and the head is large.
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Owani Kokeshi and Zuguri
The kokeshi dolls of Owani and the spinning top called zuguri. The top is spun on snow.
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Yawata-uma Horses
A folk toy of a Nanbu horse painted in colors. It spread as a souvenir of the Sansha Taisai festival in Hachinohe.
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Tsugaru Kites
A kite made by pasting washi onto a hiba wood frame. It is painted with warrior pictures and has a distinctive shape that is wide at the top.
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Tsugaru Forged Blades, Mikuni Hamono Seisakusho
Tsugaru forged blades. Base iron and steel are forge-welded, forged, and sharpened. It makes kitchen knives, nata hatchets, and sickles.
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Tsugaru Paulownia Geta
Geta hollowed out of paulownia. Tsugaru paulownia has a tight grain and is light and resistant to moisture.
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Nanbu All-Paulownia Chests
Chests assembled from paulownia boards using joinery techniques. Furniture of the Nanbu region.
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Tsugaru Kumihimo
Tsugaru braided cords made by braiding silk threads. They are used for obi cords and haori cords.
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