Aomori Prefecture
The Aomori Prefecture (Japanese青森 県, Aomori - ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. Seat of the prefectural government is the city of Aomori.
Geography
The Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost of the main island of Honshu. Between Aomori and the island of Hokkaido is the Tsugaru Strait. In the south, bordering the Aomori prefecture of Akita and the Iwate Prefecture.
History
The prefecture in its present form has existed since 1871, when the fief of (Han) emerged prefectures Tate, Hirosaki, Kuroishi, Tonami, Shichinohe and Hachinohe were merged. 1872, the former Tate Prefecture was again separated and transferred to the Authority on Development ( Hokkaidō ). Since 1876, when the county Ninohe was transferred to the prefecture of Iwate, Aomori Prefecture which includes its present area.
Policy
- LDP: 29
- DPJ: 6
- Seiwakai (青 和 会): 4
- Kōmeitō: 3
- JCP: 2
- Non-attached: 3
Governor of Aomori is since 2003 the former national deputy Shingo Mimura. He was re-elected in the gubernatorial election in June 2011 for a third term. In the prefecture of Parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) won an absolute majority in the unified local elections in 2011 with 25 of the 48 seats. The Democratic Party won six seats, Kōmeitō and Japanese Communist Party two.
Aomori is a " conservative kingdom" ( Hoshu Okoku ). In the 2012 election for Shūgiin, the lower house of the national parliament, the LDP won all four constituencies in Aomori. In the national upper house represented by the elections of 2010 and 2013, two Liberal Democrats the prefecture.
With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) of less than 0.4, Aomori belongs to the second weakest of the four groups of prefectures, where financial compensation taxes are allocated by central government. Aomori had risen from the financially weakest group in 2007.
Traffic
The Seikan Tunnel linking the Japanese main island of Honshu with the island of Hokkaidō. It has a length of 53.85 kilometers. Of these, 23.3 km under the sea. The Tsugaru - road is only 140 feet deep, due to the risk of earthquakes is the tunnel but up to 240 meters below sea level. The tunnel was opened in March 1988 after 17 years of construction. At the same time the train ferry across the stormy Tsugaru Strait were abandoned. The Seikan Tunnel, there are two undersea railway stations, which are among the deepest stations in the world.
Tourism
Aomori is famous for its apple orchards.
Lake Towada, which is located in a caldera on the volcano Towada, lies between the prefectures of Akita and Aomori.
The mountain Osorezan located in Mutsu on the Shimokita Peninsula.
In Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori been created for summer hiking.
Administrative divisions
Independent cities (市shi )
- Chūkakushi ( " core city " ) Aomori, the seat of the prefectural government
- Hachinohe
- Other county-level cities Goshogawara
- Hirakawa
- Hirosaki
- Kuroishi
- Misawa
- Mutsu
- Towada
- Tsugaru
Counties (郡, gun)
List of districts of Aomori Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō or machi ) and villages (村, mura ).
- Higashitsugaru Hiranai
- Imabetsu
- Sotogahama
- Yomogita
- Noheji
- Oirase
- Rokkasho
- Rokunohe
- Shichinohe
- Tohoku
- Yokohama
- Kitatsugaru Itayanagi
- Nakadomari
- Tsuruta
- Fujisaki
- Inakadate
- Owani
- Nishimeya
- Ajigasawa
- Fukaura
- Sannohe Gonohe
- Hashikami
- Nambu
- Sannohe
- Shingo
- Takko
- Higashidori
- Kazamaura
- Grandma
- Sai
Biggest Towns
1 destruction wrought by the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 2 destruction caused by the tsunami on 11 March 2011