Specialty Shop of Aomori Hiba (hinoki cypress)

There’s a specialty shop which saws Aomori Hiba (hinoki cypress) and sells its products in Kazamaura Village in Shimokita Region. The name of the shop is "Waido-no-ki" meaning "our tree".

They produce various kinds of hiba products such as tableware, eating utensils, figurines, ornaments and furniture.

A warm wood stove welcomes you.

Lovely X'mas ornaments

It’s a year of the snake this year. White snakes

are said to be messengers from Benten

(Goddess of treasures) and to bring you money.

(Left) soap dish  (Right) pail for bath

Table with a stuck tray

A set of forks

Floor lamp

Cutting board

Toilet roll holder

(in the restroom of the shop)

Pyrograph on hiba board

Phone (used to be

available to make a call)

Waido-no-ki (also runs guesthouse)
6-7 Okawame, Ikokuma
kazamaura-mura
Shimokita-gun 039-4502
Aomori Prefecture
TEL 0175-35-2147
URL (Japanese only) http://ydonoki.jp/
Directions: Turn left at the village office of Kazamaura along the Hamanasu Line.

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Mystic Waterfall

The Miroku Waterfall was named after the Buddhist priest, Kyugakubo, who fasted for praying to save people from poor crop. As he whorshipped Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva), it’s called Miroku Waterfall.

Even though its name is “waterfall”, but the water doesn’t fall vertically. It draws countless white lines of water on the surface of the huge rock for 30m high and 20m wide, and those white lines remind of “somen” which is thin and white noodle made from flour that it’s also called “Somen Waterfall”.

The waterfall looked like a monochrome ink painting of landscape, and some people say it looks like Snoopy.



Rest house. Closed from late November to April.



Forest near the waterfall. This area is popular
for picnic from spring to autumn.

Miroku Waterfall (Miroku-no-taki)

Natsusaka, Takko-machi

Sannohe-gun, Aomori Prefecture

Direction: From the central Takko, drive along Route 104 to the direction of Akita (Odate). Approx. 20 minutes.

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Best Gelato in Aomori

“Namiki” is a gelato shop in Shichinohe Town. You can enjoy various tastes like jersey milk, cheese, coffee, chocolate, sesame and green tea as standard tastes. For the limited time, rum raisin, caramel, cookie & cream, banana, almond and tiramisu are offered. Depending on the season, you can taste mango, black soybeans, blueberry, tomato, apple and pumpkin.

Fresh jersey milk from Kaneko Farm, chemical-free vegetables from local area and seasonal fruits are used as ingredients.

Jersey milk and blueberry

300 yen for double tastes

Wood stove.

Even in winter, you can enjoy

a gelato at a warm place.

The name of the shop comes from

this tree-lined road (“namiki” literally

means tree-lined road).

NAMIKI

69 Tatenogashira, Shichinohe-machi

Kamikita-gun, Aomori 039-2505

TEL 0176-62-2646

URL (Japanese only) http://www.namiki-gelato.com/index.html

Kaneko Farm

41 Tsurunokotai, Shichinohe-machi

Kamikita-gun, Aomori 039-2567

TEL 0176-62-6393

URL (Japanese only) http://www.kaneko-farm.jp/

Aomori sightseeing guide "aptinet" http://en.aptinet.jp/

 

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Nice Slow Café

This is the café “KEKU” located in Nanbu Town in Aomori Prefecture.

They offer very nice slow dishes using vegetables they grow. When I visited there, they could offer eggplant, zucchini, kidney beans, tomato, potato, perilla (beefsteak plant), green pepper, capsicum, mint, Italian parsley and rhubarb from their garden.



Marinade squid salad

Bacon and Chinese cabbage pasta
with pumpkin and cream sauce

Capuccino-1 Heart

Capuccino-2 Bear

Capuccino-3 Rabbit

They offer various kinds of pasta such as tagliolini, pappardelle and garganelli, and also ciabatta and pasta. If you’d like to drop in just for having a coffee/tea break, you can enjoy variety of café, tea and sweets, and also liquors and cocktails too.

Slow Flow Café “KEKU”

Open from 11:00 – 22:00

Closed on Mondays and the 1^st & 3^rd Tuesday

Address: 7 Tomabechi Shitajuku

              Nanbu-cho, Sannohe-gun

              039-0892 Aomori Prefecture

TEL:        0178-84-3739
URL:      http://www.kekucafe.com


Aomori sightseeing guide "aptinet"  http://en.aptinet.jp/

Nara Yoshitomo's Exhibition

The exhibition "NARA Yoshitomo : a bit like you and me..." is being held at Aomori Museum of Art.

Unfortunately, taking pictures of his works is prohibited, but I'll upload some other pictures instead.

At the entrance gate

Aomori-Ken

Handmade cap

At the shop

Chocolates☆

Besides the main entrance.

Ticket tub

Flyer

List of works

Another exhibition being held
at Towada Art Center

Aomori Museum of Art http://www.aomori-museum.jp/en/
Towada Art Center http://towadaartcenter.com/web/top.html
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