Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshu and faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait.
On March 31, 2005 the town of Kamikita from Kamikita District was merged into the town of Tohoku.
The two major dialects of Japanese spoken in Aomori Prefecture are Tsugaru-ben (津軽弁) and Nambu-ben (南部弁); the former is prevalent in the area around Aomori City, and the latter is heard in and around the city of Hachinohe.