Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hirosaki City Apple Park is home to as many as 2300 apple trees of around 80 varieties. Photograph by Amazing Aomori This article ...

As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in worst-hit areas. The unusually heavy snowfall is largely due to a cold air mass from the Arctic that ...

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...

Traditional performing arts in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori are heralding the arrival of spring.

Located at the northern tip of Honshu island, Aomori has a climate that makes for four distinct seasons. While cherry blossoms certainly steal the show in spring, and rightfully so, there are plenty ...