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  • 1. Hirosaki Castle Hirosaki
    Hirosaki is a city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2017, the city had an estimated population of 174,171 in 71,823 households, and a population density of 330 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 524.20 square kilometres . Hirosaki developed as a castle town for the 100,000 koku Hirosaki Domain ruled by the Tsugaru clan. The city is currently a regional commercial center, and the largest producer of apples in Japan. The city government has been promoting the catchphrase Apple Colored Town Hirosaki, and Castle and Cherry Blossom and Apple Town to promote the city image. The town is also noted for a large number of western-style buildings dating from the Meiji period.
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  • 3. Kaminoyama Castle Kaminoyama
    Kaminoyama is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2015, the city had an estimated population of 31,476, and a population density of 131 persons per km2. The total area is 240.93 square kilometres .
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  • 4. Sannai-Maruyama Ruins Aomori
    Sannai-Maruyama site is a Jōmon period archaeological site in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The site was discovered in 1992, when Aomori Prefecture started surveying a site for a planned baseball stadium. Archaeologists have used this site to further their understanding of the transition to sedentism and the life of the Jomon people. Excavation has led to the discovery of storage pits, above ground storage and long houses. These findings demonstrate a change in the structure of the community, architecture, and organizational behaviors of these people. Because of the extensive information and importance, this site was designated as a Special National Historical Site of Japan in 2000. Today the public can visit this site and its many reconstructions.
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  • 5. Kabushima Shrine Hachinohe
    Kabushima is a small island located in Hachinohe, Aomori, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The island is noted as a nesting ground for Black-tailed gulls and has been protected as a National Natural Monument of Japan since 1922. Part of the Tanesashi Coast, it was incorporated into the Sanriku Fukkō National Park from May 2013,
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  • 6. Rock-breaking Cherry Tree Morioka
    The Rock-Breaking Cherry Tree is an approximately 400-year-old cherry tree growing out of a crack in a granite boulder in front of the district courthouse in Morioka, the capital of Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is a ten-minute walk from Morioka Station. The tree measures 4.3 meters around the base, and is approximately 10 meters in height. It was proclaimed a Natural Treasure of Japan in 1923.
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  • 9. Kesennuma Fish Market Kesennuma
    Minami-Kesennuma Station was a JR East railway station located in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and services have now been replaced by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.
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  • 13. Hagurosan Five-Story Pagoda Tsuruoka
    Mount Haguro is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa in the city of Tsuruoka, the ancient province of Dewa , Japan. As the lowest of the three mountains, standing at 414 m , it is the only one that is accessible throughout the year. A path of 2,446 stone steps leads to its summit amidst 600-year-old sugi trees, past the famous Gojūnotō five story pagoda, Grandpa cedar , the 1000 years old cedar tree, and numerous shrines. The steps and the pagoda are listed as National Treasures. Sanjingōsaiden shrine at the summit venerates the spirits of all three mountains. The summit can also be reached by bus service. In addition to religious pilgrims, travellers often stay at the Saikan temple lodgings.
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