Mutsu Bay Cruise Model Course 4 Short but fun one-day tour of Depart from Aomori Prefecture Aomori By rental car and ferry City Mutsuwan Ferry “Kamoshika” Returning the same day Cape Omazaki Take the Mutsuwan Ferry to Shimokita, drive overland to Cape Omazaki and Osorezan, and return to Osorezan Aomori City by car. Cliffs of Hotokegaura Mutsu City Kawauchi River Gorge promenade Aomori City Rent a car Wakinosawa Port (50 min.) in Aomori City JR Okutsugaru- Imabetsu Sta. A Timetable for Shinkansen Ferry is Hokkaido A Kanita Port on Page 3. A Mutsuwan Ferry “Kamoshika” Starting point： Aomori Kanita Port 60 min. Wakinosawa Port 9：2 0 1 0：2 0 Tohoku JR Shin-Aomori Sta. Aomori City Shinkansen The world’s northernmost (50 min.) monkeys (Japanese Macaques) Mutsu Bay Cruise Mutsu City Sai Village Fukuura, Sai Village lunch Guide to Touring Aomori Sai Village’s special dish made of rice (45 min.) (20 min.) in a bowl topped with fresh sea urchin Cliffs of Hotokegaura Kawauchi River Gorge promenade (from the viewing platform) A 4.4 km-long trail along This spectacular landscape is Prefecture by Boat the Kawauchi River made up of volcanic pale green tuff that extends for 2 km along the coastline facing the Tsugaru (60 min.) Strait. - Yakko’s tour notebook - Oma Town Mutsu City Sii Line “Polar Star” Mutsu City (90 min.) (30 min.) (120 min.) Cape Omazaki Osorezan From this world to the spirit world A bridge across the Sanzu-no-kawa A stone monument inscribed with the words One of Japan’s three most (the River Styx) Aomori City “This is the northernmost point of Honshu” sacred mountains along makes visitors feel a sense of solitude. This with Koyasan and Hieizan. Return your rental car area is famous for catching tuna using in Aomori City handlines with a single hook attached. You may Transportation Policy Division, see Published by Department of Policy and Planning, Aomori Prefecture dolphins! (from late 1-1-1, Nagashima, Aomori 030-8570 April to 017-734-9152 [email protected] mid-June) Please visit the website for tourism information on Aomori Prefecture. http://www.en-aomori.com/ （APTINET） *The contents of this guidebook are as of January 2017. Aomori Prefecture is connected to the world Aomori Prefecture is easily accessible Sapporo by the Shinkansen bullet train and by (Shin-Chitose) ship in addition to direct flights Hokkaido Sapporo connecting Aomori to Tokyo, Osaka, Shinkansen 50 min. (Okadama) Nagoya, Hokkaido and Seoul, South Shin-Hakodate- 1 hr. Hokuto Shin-Aomori Korea. Shortest travel time: Misawa 1 hr. 1 min. Aomori Airport Airport Aomori 2 hr. 20 min. 1 hr. 30 min. Tokaido 1 hr. 30 min. Shinkansen Tohoku 1 hr. 20 min. 1 hr. 20 min. Seoul Shin-Osaka Tokyo Shinkansen (Incheon) 2 hr. 30 min. 1 hr. 15 min. Tokyo Shin-Aomori Shortest travel time: 2 hr. 59 min. Tokyo Osaka Nagoya (Haneda) (Itami) (Komaki) To Hakodate Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry “Daikan Maru” Oma 279 Sai Fukuura Sii Line Ushitaki Shimokita Mutsu Bay “Polar Star” Ominato Hokkaido Shinkansen Osorezan Sannai-Maruyama Special Historical Site 338 Ominato Line Mimmaya Imabetsu 339 Wakinosawa Okutsugaru- 280 Imabetsu Kanita Tsugaru Line 338 Lake Jusan 339 Mutsuwan Ferry “Kamoshika” Tsugaru- Nakasato Asamushi- 279 Tsugaru Railway Onsen 4 Kanagi Aoimori Railway Tachineputa 4 Noheji Shin-Aomori Aomori Goshogawara Michinoku Toll Road 7 394 Gono Line Ajigasawa 101 Lake Ogawara 4 101 Tohoku Shinkansen Tsugaru Expressway Shichinohe- Aomori 103 Towada Misawa Airport Airport Kuroishi 394 Fukaura Mt. Iwaki Misawa Kawabe Konan Railway Konan Line Hirosaki Konan Railway Owani Line Sukayu 102 Tohoku Expressway 101 4 Hachinohe Line Ou Line Hachinohe Second Michinoku Toll Road Owani-Onsen 102 45 Lake Towada 454 340 Hachinohe Expressway Hi, I’m Yakko. 104 I’m a guide here in Aomori Prefecture. I love the beautiful sea of Aomori very much! Today, I will tell you about how to tour Aomori 1 Prefecture by boat. 2 Yagen A Mutsuwan Ferry “Kamoshika” Hakodate Port C Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry “Daikan Maru” Kanita 60 min. Wakinosawa Oma 90 min. Hakodate Reservation Enjoy relaxing Reservation sea tours! 90 min. Timetable and fare C Oma Port Mutsuwan Ferry Co., Ltd. Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Co., Ltd. [Kanita Head Office] 0174-22-3020 [Oma Ferry Terminal] 0175-37-3111 [Wakinosawa Office] Sai Port 0175-44-3371 25 min. [Hakodate Ferry Terminal] 0138-43-4545 Timetable Apr 21-Aug 7, Aug 18-Nov 5 (Regular schedule) Fukuura Port Regular schedule Kanita Wakinosawa Wakinosawa Kanita Timetable 1st 9：2 0 1 0：2 0 2nd 1 0：5 0 1 1：5 0 15 min. Oma Hakodate Hakodate Oma 3rd 1 4：0 0 1 5：0 0 4th 1 5：3 0 1 6：3 0 5th 7：0 0 8：3 0 6th 9：3 0 1 1：0 0 Ushitaki Port 9th 1 4：1 0 1 5：4 0 10th 1 6：3 0 1 8：0 0 Aug 8-Aug 17 (Summer schedule) *There may be up to 6 trips per day (3 round trips) during long holidays (esp. Kanita Wakinosawa Wakinosawa Kanita 45 min. during Golden Week in late April and early May). Please check with the 1st 7：5 0 8：5 0 2nd 9：2 0 1 0：2 0 website for Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry. 3rd 1 0：5 0 1 1：5 0 4th 1 3：3 0 1 4：3 0 Wakinosawa Port Fare Passenger fare （Unit: yen） 5th 1 5：3 0 1 6：3 0 6tha 1 7：0 0 1 8：0 0 60 min. Classification Class Period A Period B Period C First class 2,460 3,080 3,540 Adults Fare Passenger fare （ ） Fare for vehicles （ ） - Second class 2,220 2,770 3,190 Unit: yen Unit: yen Kanita Port A Smt Are 6 (12 years old or older) Classification Adults Children Classification (by vehicle length) Regular fare P5 Standard class 1,810 2,260 2,600 2nd class cabin single passenger fare 1,470 740 Less than 3 m 5,920 Trv iry Children 50% off the adult fare (for amounts less than 10 yen, the figure is rounded off). 2,800 1,400 7,880 2nd class cabin double passenger fare 3 m or longer but less than 4 m Additional charge for First class 650 820 940 Group discount fare 1,330 670 4 m or longer but less than 5 m 9,810 B the driver Second class 410 510 590 Deluxe suite cabin charge 500 250 5 m or longer but less than 6 m 11,820 Student discount Standard class 1,630 2,040 2,340 6 m or longer but less than 7 m 13,800 55 min. *Period of validity for round-trip passenger ticket is 5 days, including the date of issue. 7 m or longer but less than 8 m 15,760 *The fare for the vehicle includes the driver’s fare for the “Standard” class cabin. 17,740 The “additional charge for the driver” is for a seat other than for the “Standard” *Group discount fare is for a group of 15 persons or 8 m or longer but less than 9 m class cabin. more, excluding the driver. 19,700 9 m or longer but less than 10 m Tu Are Aomori Port Vehicle fare (Compact car) （Unit: yen） *There is an extra charge to the passenger fare for 21,680 the deluxe suite cabin. 10 m or longer but less than 11 m Classification Period A Period B Period C 23,070 - *“Adult fare” is for junior high school students or 11 m or longer but less than 12 m Trv iry 9,870 12,340 14,190 older and “Children’s fare” is for elementary school Add 1,850 yen P7 “Kei” (Subcompact) car 12 m or longer (additional fare for every 1 m increase) 8 students or younger. For vehicles less than 6 m in length 13,160 16,450 18,920 *The fare for vehicles includes 2nd class passenger fare for the driver. *A fare differs also from a passenger vehicles fare by a boarding day (Period A, *10% discount for the return trip of a round-trip Period B, Period C). Please refer to the website for Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry in Since the timetable ticket advance. for each route may be subject to change, please be sure to check the schedules in advance. Timetable Fare Sii Line high speed boat “Polar Star” Summer: May 1-Sep 30 Passenger fare Aomori (Unit: yen) B 55 min. 45 min. 15 min. 25 min. Sai Fukuura Ushitaki Wakinosawa Aomori Aomori Wakinosawa Ushitaki Fukuura Sai 1st 7：0 0 7：2 5 7：4 0 8：3 0 9：3 0 Regular 2,610 3rd 1 2：3 0 1 2：5 5 1 3：1 0 1 4：0 0 1 5：0 0 Round-trip discount fare (Adults) 4,960 Wakinosawa Reservation Round-trip discount fare (Children) 2,490 Sii line Co., Ltd. Aomori Wakinosawa Ushitaki Fukuura Sai [Aomori Head Office] 2nd 9：4 0 1 0：4 0 1 1：2 0 1 1：4 0 1 2：0 5 Regular 3,350 2,300 017-722-4545 4th 1 5：1 0 1 6：2 0 1 7：0 0 1 7：1 5 1 7：4 0 Round-trip discount fare (Adults) 6,370 4,370 Ushitaki Round-trip discount fare (Children) 3,200 2,190 [Wakinosawa Office] 0175-44-2233 Winter: Oct 1-Next year Apr 30 Regular 3,460 2,410 780 Sai Fukuura Ushitaki Wakinosawa Aomori Round-trip discount fare (Adults) 6,580 4,580 1,490 Fukuura [Ushitaki Office] 1st ー ー ー 8：3 0 9：3 0 Round-trip discount fare (Children) 3,290 2,300 750 0175-38-5018 3rd 1 2：3 0 1 2：5 5 1 3：1 0 1 4：0 0 1 5：0 0 Regular 3,560 2,720 1,780 1,460 [Fukuura Office] Round-trip discount fare (Adults) 6,770 5,170 3,390 2,780 Sai Aomori Wakinosawa Ushitaki Fukuura Sai 0175-38-5130 Round-trip discount fare (Children) 3,390 2,590 1,700 1,390 *The timetables and fares for each route are 2nd 9：4 0 1 0：4 0 1 1：2 0 1 1：4 0 1 2：0 5 as of January 2017.