Shin-Aomori Station

Shin-Aomori Station 新青森駅

• Trains from Shin-Aomori Station
• Around Shin-Aomori Station
• Hotels Near Shin-Aomori Station
• Shin-Aomori Station Area Map
• Japan Stations

Visitors to Aomori city in Aomori Prefecture arriving by train will do so at Shin-Aomori Station before changing trains for the short journey to Aomori Station.

Shin-Aomori Station, Aomori, Aomori Prefecture

Trains from Shin-Aomori Station

Shin-Aomori Station is the northern terminus station for the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo Station and Ueno Station in Tokyo and the starting point for the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hakodate and eventually (around 2031) Sapporo. There are connections from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Hakodate Station in the center of the city.

JR Aomori Station is also on the Ou Main Line for Hirosaki Station in Hirosaki, Akita Station in Akita city, Yamagata and Niigata going south and Aomori Station the next stop to the east.

Platforms 1 and 2 are for the Ou Line and platforms 11, 12, 13 and 14 for the Tohoku shinkansen.

Hayabusa Hokkaido Shinkansen

Around Shin-Aomori Station

There are fewer services in and around Shin-Aomori Station compared with Aomori Station in the center of the city. Shin-Aomori Station has several rental car offices, ATMs, convenience stores and the Shunmikan, which contains several restaurants serving local food and stores selling Aomori Prefecture souvenirs including sake and apples. There are coin lockers within the Shunmikan.

There is a small Tourist Information Center within the station supplying brochures and information on Aomori Prefecture.

Most visitors make the short 3km trip into Aomori to find a hotel and a wider range of dining options.

The station has a waiting room and there are infrequent local buses to Aomori Station and into Aomori city as well as taxis at the south and east exits.

Hotels Near Shin-Aomori Station

Hotels are clustered around Aomori Station including the upmarket Hotel Metropolitan Aomori, the Hotel Monterey Aomori, Aomori Washington Hotel the budget Toyoko Inn Aomori Higashi-guchi No.1, Hotel Green Well, Hotel Green Mark, Aomori Garden Palace, Daiwa Roynet Hotel Aomori and Comfort Hotel Aomori West.

Shin-Aomori Station & Aomori Station Area Map

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