Hachinohe

A port city on the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, Hachinohe sits on the Tohoku Shinkansen line and serves as a ferry departure point for Hokkaido. The city centre has a notably dense café and restaurant scene for its size, and the wider region is ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites. Hachinohe is Aomori's second-largest city and the main urban centre of the Nanbu district, with ferry and rail connections making it a practical base for exploring the northeast.

• Population222,799
• Nearest water from center0.5 km
• Nearest mountain from center14.0 km
• UNESCO within 50 km3