Aomori

Aomori is the capital of Aomori prefecture, Japan, is located on Mutsu Bay, at the northern tip of Honshu. Aomori's airport is served by Japan Airlines. JAL flights arrive from Tokyo Haneda Airport, Nagoya Centrair Airport, Osaka Itami and Kansai Airports, Sapporo Chitose Airport, and Fukuoka Airport. Buses connect the airport to the main train station for ¥560. The bus ride lasts 35 minutes.

Shin-Aomori station is a four minute ride from Aomori station on the Ou line, and services are pretty infrequent at the moment. However, Shin-Aomori station will take on a major role in December of 2010, when the Tohoku Shinkansen is extended north from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori. This will cut the travel time between Tokyo and Aomori to 3 1/2 hours. By 2012 the Tokyo-Aomori travel time will be cut to 3 hours, thanks to the introduction of newer and faster bullet trains traveling at an all-time high speed of 320 km/h.

Ganesh is a small restaurant with very good, reasonable priced Indian food. It is difficult to find, but worth the search. The restaurant is a few blocks southeast of the train station. Akbar's is not directly on the road, it is tucked in with a small parking lot and has a small, but incredibly garish sign.