What is "tsugaru"

"Tsugaru" (津軽) may refer to a wide variety of topics:

• Tsugaru, Aomori, a city of Aomori prefecture, Japan
• Tsugaru Peninsula
• Tsugaru Strait, between Honshū and Hokkaidō
• Tsugaru-jamisen, a traditional style of shamisen playing associated with the area
• Tsugaru dialect, a dialect of Japanese spoken in this area
• Tsugaru clan, a daimyo clan
• Tsugaru (novel), by Osamu Dazai
• Tsugaru (train), a train service in Japan
• Japanese cruiser Tsugaru (formerly the Imperial Russian Pallada), a warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Japanese minelayer Tsugaru, a minelayer that took part in the Pacific War
• Tsugaru, a song from the Dance Dance Revolution series.
• Tsugaru Mine -an extensive coal mine in Kobyaysky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Siberia.

The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which runs from to and via the Tōhoku Main Line and Ōu Main Line.