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Hachinohe Hakodate Aomori 英 The Seikan area, packed with local attractions Seikan Area For new multi-destination travel Multi-destination Travel Guide: With the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line, four cities along the Aomori, Hachinohe, Hakodate and Hirosaki line in the Seikan area—Aomori, Hachinohe, Hakodate and Hirosaki—have been working together to press forward in developing attractive tourist destinations by highlighting their respective local characteristics. Aomori Nebuta Festival Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival (with petals floating on the water) The Shinkansen line has brought the four cities lying across the Tsugaru Strait closer to each other than ever, creating the Seikan area—a new tourist area consisting of Aomori Prefecture and the southern Hokkaido area. With rich and distinctive histories and cultures, these four cities have a host of attractive tourist resources that can be found only there. HIROSAKIHIROSAAKI AOMORIAOOMOORI The Shinkansen line has also enabled multi-destination travel in the four cities, making trips to the Seikan area even more appealing. We have published this brochure featuring trips to the four cities, titled Seikan Area Multi-destination Travel Guide: Aomori, Hachinohe, Hakodate and Hirosaki, out of hope that we will make the most of the opportunity created by the Shinkansen line’s opening to have more people appreciate the appeal of the Seikan area. We hope many people will visit the Seikan area as we continue to engage communities here to enable visitors to enjoy our sightseeing resources to the fullest. We sincerely look forward to your visit. Inquiries Aomori Hirosaki Website: Website: http://www.atca.info/atca_language/index_en.html http://www.hirosaki-kanko.or.jp/en/ Contact: Contact: Aomori Tourism and Convention Association Hirosaki Municipal Tourist Center Aomori Passenger Ship Terminal Bldg. 2F, Yanakawa 1-4-1, Aomori Phone: +81-172-37-5501 Phone: +81-17-723-7211 (No English-speaking staff available) E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Hachinohe Hakodate Website: Website: https://hachinohe-kanko.com/english/ https://www.hakodate.travel/en/ Contact: Contact: Tourism Section, Department of Commerce, Contact Center for Foreign Tourists, Tatehana Ganpeki Asaichi Industry, Labor, and Tourism, City of Hachinohe City of Hakodate HACHINOHEHAH CHINOH (Tatehana Wharf Morning Market) View from Mt. Hakodate HAKODATEHAKOODAATE Phone: +81-178-46-4040 (No English-speaking staff available) Phone: +81-138-23-5440 E-mail: [email protected] Inquiry Form (No English-speaking staff available) https://www.hakodate.travel/en/contact.html Seikan Area Tourist City Conference 英 Access R Tohoku-South Hokkaido J Rail Pass Hokkaido Railway Company MMulti-destinationulti-destination H5 Series logo HHokkaidookkaido RRailwayailway CCompany’sompany’s HH55 SSerieseries This is an economical pass available only to travelers from abroad visiting Japan. PhotoPhoto courtesy:courtesy: HokkaidoHokkaido RailwayRailway CompanyCompany As a joint product offered by JR Hokkaido and JR East, this pass allows unlimited rides on the Shinkansen and limited express trains in the southern Hokkaido area traveltravel toto thethe ever-closerever-closer SeikanSeikan areaarea (including Sapporo, Hakodate and New Chitose Airport) and the Tohoku area. Website: www.jreasthokkaido.com/e/ Hayabusa and Hayate offer 13 round trips daily on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line. Validity Period and Prices Tokyo – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations: 10 round trips/day Hayabusa This pass is valid for any five days of your choice during the 14-day period Sendai – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations: 1 round trip/day Website: from the day the pass is issued (flexible five days). *The day the pass is issued is the day it is exchanged (when purchased outside of Japan) or the Validity Period and Prices Morioka – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations: 1 round trip/day day it is sold (when purchased in Japan). Hayate Shin-Aomori – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations: 1 round trip/day Sales outside Japan Adults 19,000 yen Children 9,500 yen Sales within Japan Adults 20,000 yen Children 10,000 yen Adults Children yen yen Validity Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Nanae Adults yen Children yen This pass can be used for unlimited travel on ordinary car reserved seats on limited express (including Shinkansen) trains, Hakodate Liner express trains, and local trains on JR Hokkaido lines, JR East lines (including including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems), Goryokaku all Aoimori Railway lines, all Iwate Galaxy Railway (IGR) lines and all Sendai Airport Transit lines, within the service area. Validity *This pass cannot be used to board the South Hokkaido Railway or Hakodate city tram. Shin-Otaru Hakodate (provisional name) South Hokkaido Railway Sales and Exchange Locations Kikonai Sapporo Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Kutchan ●New Chitose Airport JR Hokkaido Area [Hakodate – Oma, 1 hr. 30 min.] ● JR Information Desks: Sapporo Station and New Chitose Airport Oshamambe ● Stations: Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and Noboribetsu Station TTsugarusugaru KKaikyoaikyo FFerryerry Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto – Sapporo ● JR Travel Service Centers (Twinkle Plaza): Sapporo Station and Hakodate Station [Hakodate[Hakodate – Aomori,Aomori, Shin-Yakumo Scheduled for opening at the end of fiscal 2030 JR East Area 3 hr.hr. 4040 min.]min.] (provisional name) ● JR East Travel Service Centers: Narita Airport Station, Narita Airport Terminal 2 Station, SSeikaneikan FFerryerry Shin-Hakodate- Hakodate Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport International Terminal Station, Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, [[HakodateHakodate – AAomori,omori, Ikebukuro Station, Shibuya Station, and Sendai Station Hokuto ●Airport Sales and Exchange Locations aapprox.pprox. 4 hhr.]r.] KKikonaiikonai ● Stations: Narita Airport Station and Narita Airport Terminal 2 Station Hakodate ● Travel Service Centers (View Plaza): Yokohama Station, Mito Station, Fukushima Station, Seikan Tunnel JR Hokkaido Area Yamagata Station, Morioka Station, Hachinohe Station, Aomori Station, Akita Station, Shinagawa Hokkaido Shinkansen Line OOkutsugaru-Imabetsukutsugaru-Imabetsu Travel beneath Station*, Shinjuku Station* and Ueno Station* the Tsugaru Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto – Aomori *Stations marked with an asterisk handle sales only. Strait by Shin-Aomori Shichinohe- ● Information Centers (The following locations handle exchanges only): Shinagawa Station Shin-Aomori Shinkansen Opened on March 26, 2016 Towada JR East Area General Information Counter, Shinjuku Station (East Exit) Information Center and Ueno Station ● (Central Exit) General Information Center train OOkutsugaru-kutsugaru- Hirosaki AAomoriomori Hachinohe AAirportirport IImabetsumabetsu Ninohe Iwate-Numakunai apan Rail Pass Morioka J Tohoku SShin-Aomorihin-Aomori Shinkansen Line Aoimori Railway Shin-Hanamaki Kitakami The Japan Rail Pass, a joint offering of the six companies comprising the Japan Mizusawa-Esashi Shichinohe-Towada Railways Group (JR Group), is the most economical means of travelling throughout Ou Main Line Ichinoseki Japan by rail. Aomori Kurikoma-Kogen Website: www.japanrailpass.net Furukawa Hirosaki Hachinohe Sendai International Airport ● Sendai Shiroishizao Fukushima Koriyama Shin-Shirakawa Nasushiobara JAL and ANA offer visitors Min. 27 mins Utsunomiya Min. 151 mins coming from abroad Oyama discounts on connecting Omiya domestic flights. Ueno ●Narita International Airport Tokyo ●Haneda Airport Min. Min. Min. 23 mins 127 mins 26 mins ●Nagoya Komaki Airport Osaka International Airport (a.k.a. Itami Airport) ●Chubu Centrair International Airport ● 50 ●Kansai International Airport Domestic flights Domestic flights serving Aomori Airport serving Hakodate Airport Sapporo – Aomori (50 min.) 5 flights/day Sapporo – Hakodate (40 min.) 8 flights/day Tokyo – Aomori (80 min.) 6 flights/day Narita – Hakodate (95 min.) 1 flight/day Tokyo – Hakodate (80 min.) 8 flights/day Nagoya – Aomori (85 min.) 3 flights/day Nagoya – Hakodate (90 min.) 1 flight/day Osaka – Aomori (90 min.) 6 flights/day Osaka – Hakodate (100 min.) 2 flights/day 1 英 Hirosaki Castle and cherry Hakkoda Ropeway blossoms at Hirosaki Park Throughout the four seasons, the Hakkoda Mountains are Built in 1611, Hirosaki Castle was the seat of the feudal Tsugaru not only a beautiful sight to behold, they also offer an clan, which unified the Tsugaru region. The current castle keep, opportunity for outdoor activities, such as skiing and constructed in 1811, has been temporarily relocated since the snowshoe trekking in spring. Alpine plants start summer of 2015 for the repair of the castle’s stone walls. The Aomori blooming in June, turning the Hakkoda Gourd Line surrounding Hirosaki Park is one of Japan’s largest cherry blossom Hirosaki footpath, which extends from the ropeway’s Summit Park viewing spots and features approximately 2,600 cherry trees in 52 Station, into a popular hiking destination where hikers varieties, including Yoshino cherry, weeping cherry and double-petaled can enjoy walking in sneakers or other light shoes. In cherry. When petals whirl in the wind, it’s a spectacular experience to walk through a pink tunnel of cherry blossoms in the west moat summer, when alpine plants are in full bloom, it attracts area and enjoy the view of cherry blossoms reflected on the water many mountain climbers and hikers. In mid-August, the of the moat surrounding the castle. The view of cherry blossoms ropeway operation is extended by two hours to allow illuminated at night is also a must-see. visitors to enjoy spectacular sunsets atop the mountain.
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