Transportation in the Aomori Area
The primary transportation hubs when traveling within Aomori Prefecture are as follows:
Shimokita area: Mutsu city
Nanbu area: Hachinohe city, Towada city
Tsugaru area: Aomori city, Hirosaki city, Goshogawara city
Renting a car from a station or airport is a convenient way to get around the vastness of Aomori Prefecture, but note that some roads are closed during the winter.
If you want to visit the Shimokita Peninsula, then taking a ferry ride together with a car is recommended.
- *Information listed on the map is as of January 2022, but is subject to change, so confirm the information in advance before departing.
Getting to Aomori by train
Hachinohe Station - Goshogawara Station
- Hachinohe Station
- Tohoku Shinkansen Approx. 30 min
- Shin-Aomori Station
- Ou Main Line Approx. 25 min
- Kawabe
- Gono Line Approx. 30 min
- Goshogawara Station
Getting to Aomori by car
Hachinohe city - Goshogawara city
- Hachinohe city
- Daini Michinoku Toll Road / Momoishi Road / National Highway 45 Approx. 30 min
- Misawa
- Prefectural Road 10 Approx. 30 min
- Towada city
- National Highway 7 / Prefectural Road 40 / National Highway 102 Approx. 1 hr 30 min
- Aomori city
- Prefectural Road 156 / Tsugaru Road / National Highway 7 Approx. 50 min
- Goshogawara city