The people Aomori have the shortest life expectancy in all of Japan. This is thought to be due to inclement weather conditions. Aomori is famous for its Apples and is sometimes called the 'apple prefecture' and one of it's major cities , Hirosaki is called the Apple city (''Ringo no machi'') | The people Aomori have the shortest life expectancy in all of Japan. This is thought to be due to inclement weather conditions. Aomori is famous for its Apples and is sometimes called the 'apple prefecture' and one of it's major cities , Hirosaki is called the Apple city (''Ringo no machi'') |