is the main

shōtengai A shōtengai () is a style of Japanese commercial district, typically in the form of a local market street that is closed to car traffic. Local shōtengai cater to the needs of nearby residents with a diverse mix of small specialty shops and few ...

, or shopping street in central

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 ...

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. Along the street are local department stores Lovina (adjacent to

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 ...

), Nakasan, and Sakurano as well as many smaller shops and restaurants. The street is one of many streets used in central Aomori during the

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri The is a Japanese festivals, Japanese summer festival that takes place in Aomori (city), Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan in early August. The festival attracts the most tourists of any of the country's nebuta festivals, and is counted among the t ...

Route description

Aomori Nebuta Festival 2019 Shinmachi Street

Shinmachi Street runs west-east from the eastern side of

to Yanagimachi-dōri. The street is designated as Aomori Prefecture Route 16 along with the part of Yanagimachi-dōri between it and

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. Since Aomori often receives heavy amounts of snow, the shopping street is equipped with a

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system that pumps seawater from

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 ...

and sprays it on the street.

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Shinmachi Shopping Street
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