AOMORI -- Towering "snow monster" ice-covered trees in Aomori's Hakkoda mountains are now at their most spectacular, drawing ...

In 1945, Shoichi was 16-years-old and Japan was losing the war ... It was then that he began taking photos around Aomori, making use of the newspaper's camera and developing room while saving ...

INAKADATE, Aomori Prefecture--A late summer breeze ... da Vinci (1452-1519), and “Kohan” (Lakeside), by renowned Japanese artist Seiki Kuroda (1866-1924), were re-created on roughly 15,000 ...

Participants released balloons in celebration, and visitors from across Aomori Prefecture and beyond snapped photos and strolled the grounds while enjoying the scenery and food. (Japanese original ...

The Aomori Shrine Where "Umineko" Soar Each spring, about 30,000 black-tailed gulls flock to a nesting site around a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture. The gulls, which are called umineko or ...

Jeanette Hurt covers the culture of spirits, wine and beer. A might be for apples, but it’s also for Aomori, home to Japan’s finest cider production. In the middle of downtown Aomori ...

Hitomi Nakayama, who lives in Aomori, has now collected ... fishermen in the northernmost prefecture on Japan’s main Honshu island posed for pictures wearing nothing but their waders, showing ...

AOMORI -- Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area. The snow was brought by a cold air mass with ...