🌄 How can you visit Japan without going to Aomori? 🌄

Let's talk about the itinerary. Day 1️⃣ Tokyo 🔜 Shin-Aomori. The Shinkansen takes about 3 and a half hours. Arrive in the afternoon, just in time to visit the Aomori Prefectural Museum of Art and check out Yoshitomo Nara's giant Aomori dog. ⚠️ If your first stop is the Prefectural Museum of Art, make sure to choose "Shin-Aomori" and not "Aomori" as your final destination on the Shinkansen. Don't buy the wrong ticket 🙅. Also, buy tickets a day or two in advance during holidays, otherwise, you might only get a standing ticket or no seat at all. 🍱 Back in the somewhat old city center, there aren't many options for accommodation and dining, but we unexpectedly found a retro-style restaurant – "Aomori Dining Hall" which was quite good. 🏨 Daiwa Roynet Hotel Aomori A decent chain business hotel, not large but quite new, located not far from the city center and restaurants. The best part is the breakfast, which is very 🉑! The restaurant is stunning, with a retro, cute, and fresh vibe. Day 2️⃣ Hirosaki Renga Warehouse Museum 🔜 Fujita Memorial Garden 🔜 Hirosaki Park The museum is stunning, and Hirosaki Park is a popular spot for viewing autumn leaves or cherry blossoms in spring. But! The Fujita Memorial Garden is just ordinary, not worth the visit. 👘 That night, we stayed at Kai Tsugaru. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, for details, see the previous posts. Day 3️⃣ Jōgakudō Bridge 🔜 Tōnuma 🔜 Hoshino Oirase Keiryū Hotel This bridge is very beautiful when viewed by drone, offering a panoramic view of the mountains covered in autumn leaves. The trip from Tōnuma to Oirase River is quite far, about two hours of driving, but this journey was surprisingly healing. The scenery along the way is magnificent, with thousands of birch trees reaching for the sky, various shrubs scattered among them, fields of Miscanthus sinensis, and sunlight everywhere. It's the autumn color of the north, with a quiet and tranquil mood, a rare vastness in Japanese landscapes. Day 4️⃣ Towada Lake 🔜 Towada Art Museum 🔜 Tokyo Avoid visiting the art museum on Mondays, don't ask me why, it's the most painful lesson from this trip 🤦‍♀️. I knew that most art museums are closed on Mondays but somehow forgot. Fortunately, the extra time was spent walking along the Oirase River, which was also worthwhile. Oirase River Hoshino Oirase Keiryū Hotel Kai Tsugaru Hirosaki Park Hirosaki Museum of Art Aomori Prefectural Museum of Art Towada Lake #CloseToNature #Aomori #JapanTravel #JapaneseLife #Hiking #Outdoors #Photography #CaptureTheMoment #RomanticLifeDocumenter #ArtExhibition