(stylized as A-FACTORY) is a market located in

Aomori , officially Aomori City (, ), is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, and a population density of 321 people per squa ...

Aomori Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori (city), Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is border ...

near

Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station has been operating since September 1891, though the most recent station building, which consists of three island platforms connected to the station building by a ...

. The market was opened in conjunction with the extension of the

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company, it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with ...

to Aomori on 4 December 2010. It is managed by JRE-ABC, a subsidiary of the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

Overview

The market is located on the

Aomori Bay The is a bay located north of the island of Honshu, in Japan. It is considered to be part of the larger Mutsu Bay. Geography Aomori Bay is an inner bay located to the west of Natsudomari Peninsula that protrudes in the center of the southern coa ...

waterfront of Aomori underneath the Aomori Bay Bridge. The market is within the vicinity of

and the Nebuta House Wa Rasse. The market serves as a place where specialty goods from around

can be sold in an easily accessible location to tourists visiting the prefecture's capital. The market also features various restaurants, listed below. Notable products include

apples An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

and

cider Cider ( ) is an alcoholic beverage made from the Fermented drink, fermented Apple juice, juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and Ireland. The United Kingdom has the world's highest ...

from around the prefecture, as well as an in-house cider that visitors can see being produced. The market was the recipient of a Good Design Award in 2011.Good Design Award
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Shops

* 1st Floor　Slow Food Marche ** Boulangerie Sevres（セブール） ** Arpajon Le Pommier（アルパジョン） ** Skip Egg ** Ocean's Burger ** Food Marchè * 2nd Floor　Third Place Lounge ** Galetteria Da Sasino

Surrounding area

** Lovina * AUGA * Aomori Port ** Aomori Bay Bridge **

Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center The is a skyscraper located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and ...

** Nebuta House Wa Rasse ** Seikan Connector Ferry Boat Memorial Ship “Hakkōda-maru” * Aomori Prefectural Route 18 "Shinmachi"

References

External links

A-FACTORY Website
* {{Twitter, id=abcafactory, abcafactory, name=A-FACTORY, A-FACTORY Buildings and structures completed in 2010 Tourist attractions in Aomori Prefecture Organizations based in Aomori (city) Drink companies of Japan