Tanabu Festival Of Mutsu City
Centuries before the city of Mutsu ever exited, during the Edo Period, Tanabu Shrine was a critical religious and administrative…
Ominato Nebuta Festival of Mutsu City
The Ominato Nebuta Festival carries with it a history of more than one hundred years. The illuminated nebuta floats depicting…
Ohata Village On The Shimokita Peninsula
Ohata Village (Ohata-machi) is located in northern Shimokita Peninsula facing Tsugaru Strait, the town of Ohata had an economy based…
Wakinosawa Village On The Shimokita Peninsula
Located at the southwestern tip of Shimokita Peninsula facing Mutsu Bay, the village of Wakinosawa had an economy based primarily…
Yokohama town On The Shimokita Peninsula
The city of Mutsu is located in the heart of Shimokita Peninsula, the northern region of Aomori Prefecture. Bordered on…
Kazamaura village Shimokita Peninsula
Kazamaura village (Kazamaura-mura) is located in Shimokita District on the northern shore of Shimokita Peninsula. Most of the village is…
Oma Town Shimokita Peninsula
Oma is a coastal town in the northernmost part of Aomori Prefecture. Along to the north the mountains of Hokkaido,…
Sai village in Shimokita Peninsula
Sai occupies the western coastline of Shimokita Peninsula, facing the inlet to Mutsu Bay from the Tsugaru Strait. The village…
Mutsu City in the heart of The Shimokita Peninsula
Mutsu has the unique distinction of being the first city in Japan to write its name in the phonetic script…
Points of Interest around Shimokita Peninsula of Mutsu City – Osore-zan (Mt. Fear), Mutsu City (Mutsu-shi)
One of Japan’s Three Great Holy Place, Mt.Osore/“Osore-zan” (Mt. Fear) was founded as a holy site in 862 by the…
Mutsu-Shimokita Sea Festival of Mutsu City
JapanGuides.net Living in a region surrounded on all sides by water, the sea plays an important role in the lives…
AOMORI Prefecture
Aomori is surrounded by the great outdoors, sandwiched between the Hakkoda Mountain Range and Mutsu Bay. It is also home…
A Brief History of Mutsu City
JapanGuides.net The city of Mutsu was formed on September 1,1959, with the amalgamation of the two towns of Tanabu and…
City of Mutsu Emblem & City Tree, Bird and Flower
JapanGuides.net The city emblem was established in November 1960.Based on the two phonetic script characters that form “Mutsu,”the design stands…
Higashidoori village on The Shimokita Peninsula
Higashidoori village (Higashidori-mura) occupies the northeastern coastline of Shimokita Peninsula in eastern Aomori Prefecture, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and…
Mt. Kamafuse (Kamafuseyama) Observatory of Mutsu City
JapanGuides.net The lookout point trom 785 meters(2,575 feet) on Mt.Kamafuse provides the visitor with a stunning, panoramic view: spread out…
Tappizaki Diving of the Tsugaru Peninsula
Tappizaki (Tappi Zaki) is located on the northwestern tip of the Aomori Prefecture’s Tsugaru Peninsula where the Japan Sea enters…
Hachinohe City of Aomori
Hachinohe City, with about 245,000 inhabitants, is located in southeast Aomori Prefecture, and serves as the core city for the…
Location of Mutsu City
JapanGuides.net The city of Mutsu is located in the heart of Shimokita Peninsula, the northern region of Aomori Prefecture. Bordered…
How To Travel To Mitsu City In Aomori
JapanGuides.net From Tokyo: Tokyo Station Yamanote Line to Hmamatsu-cho ¨Tokyo Monorail to Haneda Airport ¨Airplane(01:10) to Misawa Airport ¨Express train(00:30)…
Kawauchi Town (Kawauchi-machi) of Mutsu City (Mutsu-shi)
JapanGuides.net Kawauchi River runs right through the interior of the Shimokita Peninsula. Kawauchi River Valley is located in Kawauchi, Mutsu-City….