Furthermore, Aomori's geographical location was quite convenient for Ashley.

A few hundred miles to the south lie the bustling regions of Kanto and Kansai, and a few hundred miles to the north lie Hokkaido.

Separated from Hokkaido only by the Tsugaru Strait and connected by an undersea tunnel, Aomori offers easy access to the Korean Peninsula and Eastern Russia, while the boundless Pacific Ocean lies to the west. In fact, San Francisco was only about 8,000 miles away even or eight thousand ki