Welcome to Aomori, Japan (Day 2)
When you mention the name "Aomori", most Japanese people would think about the words "far", "countryside", "cold", and probably "apples". Well, all of those are correct but I hope people's perspective about this place change which is actually my goal in today's post. Our second day started early as we went to visit a local fish market in Hachinohe city. As a person born in a place where seafood is the main industry, I was expecting to see a familiar scene. I expected to see a lot of people buying seafood, vendors inviting people to check and buy their products, and of course, I expected the fishy smell; however, to my surprise, their market was very clean. All their products were neatly sliced and packed and the vendors were busy arranging their products in their stalls. Though you could easily see that most sellers here are already too old to work (population issues). Traditional Japanese breakfast In Japan, pe...