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Aomori

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[ah-aw-maw-ree] / ˈɑ ɔˈmɔ ri /

noun

  1. a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.


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Katsuhiko Kakuta, 50, who runs a village-owned restaurant in Aomori, one of the regions hardest hit by bear attacks, said he sold out of the meat earlier this month.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Mr Nagao added that he hoped people would eat the tuna - caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan - and "have a wonderful year".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

The bread had been sold in various areas, including Ibaraki, Niigata, Kanagawa, Fukushima, Aomori and Tokyo, according to Pasco.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

"Right now we have no shipments to China," said Tamotsu Fukuoka, director and general manager of sales at Aomori Chuosuisan Co, a seafood wholesaler based in northern Japan.

From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2023

It has some trade in a pretty but not valuable "seaweed," or variegated lacquer, called Aomori lacquer, but not actually made there, its own speciality being a sweetmeat made of beans and sugar.

From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)