[From Tohoku] Aomori trip/ Aomori tour

It is one of the three major sacred sites in Japan and is said to have been founded by Ennin, the founder of the Jikaku Daishi school, in the fourth year of the Jogan era (862). A red arched bridge spans the Sanzu River, separating the secular world from the spiritual world, and once you pass through the desolate rocky area, you will come across the beautiful white sand beach of Gokurakuhama.

Shirakami Sanchi Mountain Range is the general name for a vast mountainous region spanning approximately 130,000 hectares in Aomori and Akita prefectures, of which the central 16,971 hectares (12,627 hectares in Aomori prefecture) were registered along with Yakushima in Kagoshima prefecture in Dec. 1993. Aomori prefecture is home to the Anmon area, with its beautiful beech forests and Anmon Falls, and the Juniko area, with its beautiful cobalt blue pond, Aoike.