Aomori Prefecture (jpn)

Aomori Prefecture

Aomori Prefecture ranks 3,365th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fontainebleau, Mission Viejo, California, and Downers Grove, Illinois. The most famous people from Aomori Prefecture are Kei Okami, William Phillips, and Shokichi Sato. Aomori Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Aomori Prefecture is located in Japan.

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, Iwate Prefecture to the southeast, Akita Prefecture to the southwest, the Sea of Japan to the west, and Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait to the north. Aomori Prefecture is the eighth-largest prefecture, with an area of 9,645.64 km2 (3,724.20 sq mi), and the 31st-most populous prefecture, with more than 1.18 million people. Mount Iwaki, an active stratovolcano, is the prefecture's highest point, at 1,624.7 m (5,330 ft). Read more on Wikipedia