A-FACTORY | |
Native Name: | エー・ファクトリー |
Native Name Lang: | Japanese |
Map Type: | Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan |
Map Alt: | Location in Japan |
Map Dot Label: | A-FACTORY |
Architectural Style: | Industrial |
Address: | 1-4-2 Yanakawa |
Location City: | Aomori |
Location Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 40.8303°N 140.7351°W |
Opened Date: | 4 December 2010 |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Floor Count: | 2 |
Elevator Count: | 1 |
Developer: | JR East Aomori Business Development Company Co.Ltd. / Tsutomu Fujima |
Other Designers: | Masamichi Katayama |
Awards: | 2011 Good Design Award |
Known For: | Regional specialties and restaurants |
Unit Count: | --> |
Parking: | 16 spaces |
(stylized as A-FACTORY) is a market located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture near Aomori Station. The market was opened in conjunction with the extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen to Aomori on 4 December 2010.
It is managed by JRE-ABC, a subsidiary of the East Japan Railway Company.
The market is located on the Aomori Bay waterfront of Aomori underneath the Aomori Bay Bridge. The market is within the vicinity of Aomori Station and the Nebuta House Wa Rasse.
The market serves as a place where specialty goods from around Aomori Prefecture can be sold in an easily accessible location to tourists visiting the prefecture's capital. The market also features various restaurants, listed below.
Notable products include apples and cider from around the prefecture, as well as an in-house cider that visitors can see being produced.[1]
The market was the recipient of a Good Design Award in 2011.[2]