Hachinohe is located in Aomori Prefecture, a north part of Japan. I visited Hachinohe alone during the season of new green leaves.

On the first day I worked around downtown. On the second day I got up at 06:00 and went to a morning market in perch. The morning market located at the foot of a panoramic hill, Choja Mountain, opens from 05:00 to 08:00. It closes the road to cars, and market booths align on both side of the road.

Fresh flowers, vegetables (mountain plants were in season), and fish were aligned on tables and sheets on the road. Stewed ODEN in a deep pan was on a charcoal stove, and freshly-fried TENPURA was next. My favorite thing was grilled fish. Skewed fish was grilled slowly, and its skin was crispy and meat was plump. You can taste only in Hachinohe.

I ate SOBA at 350 yen as well. It's reasonable and tasty. I could also top with TENPURA as much as I wanted. My stomach and heart were satisfied with those local specialties.

I was blessed with spring crisp air and blue sky and felt grateful with the fun moments. This travel keeps going little more.