Aomori

About Aomori

Aomori, 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, 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.

The Hirosaki Domain first established a port settlement with the name Aomori (青森) in 1624. The name Aomori (青森) is composed of the components ao (青) "blue", "green", and mori (森) "forest", "woods", and can be literally translated as "green forest". The name most likely originates from a small forest on a hill that existed nearby, which is said to have been used by fishermen as a landmark.

The area has been settled extensively since prehistoric times, and numerous Jōmon period sites have been found by archaeologists, the most famous being the Sannai-Maruyama Site located just southwest of the city center dating to 5500–4000 BC, and the Komakino Site slightly farther south dating to around...

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