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Matthew Haswell | profile | all galleries >> Japan 日本 >> Tōhoku 東北 >> Hachinohe 八戸 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Aomori 青森 | Hirosaki 弘前 | Osore-zan 恐山 | Hachinohe 八戸 | Akita 秋田 | Kakunodate 角館 | Morioka 盛岡 | Hiraizumi 平泉 | Yamagata and Yama-dera 山形と山寺 | Tsuruoka 鶴岡 | Sendai 仙台 | Matsushima 松島 | Shiroishi, Nihonmatsu & Shirakawa 白石、二本松、白河 | Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata 会津若松と喜多方

Hachinohe 八戸

The current terminus of the mainline Tōhoku Shinkansen (though this is set to change in December, 2010), Hachinohe is now a somewhat humdrum industrial city on the eastern edge of Aomori Prefecture. Once a castle town under the Nanbu Clan, it has seen a recent excavation and reconstruction of the even older Ne-jō, a castle dating to the end of the Kamakura Period.
Outer grounds of Ne-jō historical site
Outer grounds of Ne-jō historical site		 Scale model of the old castle
Scale model of the old castle		 Restored food storage huts
Restored food storage huts		 Annex area and smithy beyond, Ne-jō
Annex area and smithy beyond, Ne-jō
Recreated ceremony for clan ancestors
Recreated ceremony for clan ancestors		 Main palace of Ne-jō
Main palace of Ne-jō		 Taishō Era building converted to a cafe
Taishō Era building converted to a cafe		 Main shopping street in Hachinohe
Main shopping street in Hachinohe
Stone marker on the old grounds of Hachinohe-jō
Stone marker on the old grounds of Hachinohe-jō		 Morioka-bound Aoimori Tetsudō train at the station
Morioka-bound Aoimori Tetsudō train at the station

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