Aomori

Aomori
青森市
Aomori City
From top to bottom, left to right: The Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Sannai-Maruyama Site, Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkōda Maru, the waterfront of Aomori as seen from Aomori Bay, the Aomori City Forestry Museum, and Asamushi Onsen
From top to bottom, left to right: The Hakkōda Mountains, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Sannai-Maruyama Site, Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkōda Maru, the waterfront of Aomori as seen from Aomori Bay, the Aomori City Forestry Museum, and Asamushi Onsen
Flag of Aomori
Official seal of Aomori
Map
Location of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture
Location of Aomori
Aomori is located in Japan
Aomori
Aomori
Coordinates: 40°49′22″N 140°44′49″E / 40.82278°N 140.74694°E / 40.82278; 140.74694
Country Japan
RegionTōhoku
Prefecture Aomori
Utō-mura?
Aomori-mura1626
Aomori-machi1 April 1889
Aomori-shi1 April 1898
Government
 • MayorHideki Nishi (since June 2023)
Area
 • Prefecture capital and core city824.61 km2 (318.38 sq mi)
Elevation
0 to 1,584 m (0 to 5,197 ft)
Population
 (1 August 2023)
 • Prefecture capital and core city264,945
 • Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
 • Metro
310,640
DemonymAomorian
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
Area code02201-2
Phone number017-734-1111
Address1-22-5 Chūō, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken
Expressways
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
BirdUral owl
FlowerRosa rugosa
InsectFirefly
TreeMaries' fir
Aomori City Hall
Hakkoda Ropeway

Aomori (Japanese: 青森, Hepburn: Aomori, IPA: [aoꜜmoɾi]; lit. "Blue Forest"), officially Aomori City (青森市, Aomori-shi), is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households,[1] and a population density of 321 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824.61 km2 (318.38 sq mi). Aomori is one of Japan's 62 core cities and the core of the Aomori metropolitan area.[2]

  1. ^ "人口・世帯数等(住民基本台帳)" [Population and number of households (Basic Resident Register)] (in Japanese). 1 April 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2010 Metropolitan Employment Map". University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

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