{"id":2021,"date":"2014-06-06T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2014-07-22T13:57:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T23:57:47","slug":"japan-aomori-streets-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/blog\/japan-aomori-streets-02\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mix of Modern & Tradition in Aomori"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many cities in Japan, Aomori is an interesting mix of the old and the new.<\/p>\n

Near the coast, you’ll find a high-tech bridge extending alongside time-worn office buildings and apartments. Though the buildings may be old, they’ve been retrofitted with modern utilities to attend to the needs of their current inhabitants.<\/p>\n

While walking down Amenity Street<\/em>, Aomori’s main boulevard, it’s not uncommon to see a woman dressed in a traditional kimono<\/em> walking shoulder to shoulder with office workers wearing modern business attire.<\/p>\n

Turn a corner and you’ll find traditional stone figures that have stood tall for many decades, only now they’re dressed in the latest fashions.<\/p>\n

Somehow in this mix of old and new– modern and traditional– Aomori finds a balance where these polar opposites coexist in complete harmony.<\/p>\n

It just feels natural<\/em>.<\/p>\n