24 Hours in AOMORI, Japan: Seafood, Apples and a Castle in the Falling Snow

We have a full day in Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost in Japan's main Honshu island, and we start it sampling fresh seafood with the eccentric "Nokkedon" dish. We then strolled along the cold port area before visiting a ferry ship-turned-museum, the Hakkodamaru. In the afternoon we move on to the castle town of Hirosaki, where we had delicious Apple Curry and Apple Pie at a Taisho-era themed tea room, before exploring the old 17th century castle grounds as the snow descended around us.
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[@firstnameDerrick]

I love this. It’s calming and entertaining as well. Thanks for taking us along!

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nowgaku]

What a footage of winter Aomori!!

[@Jasonmoofang]

I wished we could have stayed longer!

[@murraymakesstuff]

Loving this tour you are giving us. So many different places and so relaxing to watch.

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thanks for watching and commenting again! Much appreciated :)

[@shironron]

The snow scenery is very beautiful.and the food looks delicious

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thank you, it was!

[@wallochdm1]

Great video. Thank you.

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thank you for watching!

[@prettyblue3879]

In Hakkodamaru, if you go to basement, you could see an engine room and trains. I hoped you visited Nebuta Nuesum Warasse, which is amazing! Sakura festival in Hirosaki park is the best of all in Japan. Also would recommend to go Oirase gorge and Towada lake. I love Aomori!

[@Jasonmoofang]

Yeah someday I may have to go back! The basement on the ship was under some sort of renovation when we were there so we didn't get to go down :( But we did visit the Nebuta museum the evening before! Transportation down to Oirase and Towada were also tricky in midwinter. Maybe a spring revisit some day would be awesome.

[@prettyblue3879]

@@Jasonmoofang I think you went to so many places very efficiently in the short period. Well planned! Autumn foliage in Aomori is amazing every where. Last Autumn, we stayed at Hotel Jogakura for Hakkoda and Oirase Keikyu Hotel for Oirase gorge. We harvested some apples at Apple Park. We went back this Spring for Sakura in Hirosaki . We went to several places in Japan, but Aomori is just so beautiful to explore more, so we will back again the next spring. My husband’s favorite onsen is Sukayu Hot spring in Hakkoda. I saw somewhere today that the tour to Sukayu onsen has chosen as the No.1 luxury tour in the world. Mahalo!

[@Jasonmoofang]

@@prettyblue3879 Thanks for the info! I've also been to Akita just south of Aomori before and my own favorite onsen is Tsuru no yu Onsen there. Unfortunately I think it has become much more well known since and it can be difficult to get a room now.

[@shyjamaicagurl3817]

New subscribers from Atlanta GA, enjoy your video very much

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thanks for subscribing! :)

[@AK-rv2sk]

wonderful content... hello from Malaysia here.

[@Jasonmoofang]

Hello! Thanks for watching. I grew up in Malaysia! :)

[@amelitayamamoto7373]

EXCELLENT VIDEO😊VERY WELL INFORMED.

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thank you!

[@arturo248]

When was this recorded? In which month? Thanks ! Amazing video

[@Jasonmoofang]

Thanks! This was middle of December 2023. It was a relatively mild winter, but around this time things can change rather quickly between thick snow cover to little accumulation like in this video.

[@AM-nm1oe]

what month is this?

[@Jasonmoofang]

This was mid December! It was a relatively mild winter though.