Aomori (青森県) is the capital city of the northernmost prefecture on [[Japan]]'s main island [[Honshu]], named after Aomori Bay (青森湾). The Aomori prefecture is in the Tohoku Region.
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Aomori (青森県) is the capital city of the northernmost prefecture on [[Japan]]'s main island [[Honshu]], named after Aomori Bay (青森湾). The Aomori prefecture is in the Tohoku Region. It came into existence in 1871.
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::: ''In 1625, under the instructions of Nobuhira, to create a port, the second Lord of Tsugaru, Yashichiro Moriyama undertook the development of the village of Utomura, located in the district of Sotogahama. At the time, there was a small hill in the Komemachi neighbornhood. It was covered with a year-round green forest and thus made an excellent landmark for fishing vessels entering the harbor. This is said to be the origin of the name Aomori (literally "blue-green forest")'' [http://www.city.aomori.aomori.jp/english/engc01.html]