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Event, Experience Information of Hirosaki
Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival
【2025. 4/16 - 5/5】
2,600 cherry trees in bloom
Hirosaki Park is full of great places to view cherry blossoms.
Come walk through a tunnel of cherry blossoms and enjoy the view from a boat in the castle's west moat.
Place
Hirosaki Park
Access
About 30 min walk from JR Hirosaki Sta.
About 15 min by using a Dotemachi Loop Bus
Link
Cherry Blossom Festival Information (Details)
Cherry Blossom Festival (Japanese Page)
Travel Neccecities (Wi-Fi Information)
Hirosaki Apple Blossom Festival
【2025. 5/4 - 5/6】
Flowers of apples start blooming when cherry blossoms are about to fall.
Hirosaki City Apple Park offers a spectacular scenery of apple blossom orchard with Mt. Iwaki in the background.
Various attractions such as Tsugaru-shamisen live and hands-on experiences associated with apples including pressing apple flowers and apple peeling family competition are available.
Place
Hirosaki Apple Park
Access
Get on the Karekitai, Soma Line Get off at Tokiwazaka Iriguchi bus stop
About 10 mins walk from that bus stop
Bus for Hirosaki City Apple Park
Link
Hirosaki Apple Blossom Festival (Japanese Page)
Hirosaki Neputa Festival
【2025. 8/1 - 8/7】
The night sky is ablaze as the procession of vividly decorated floats winds through the streets and the air thunders with the poundings of the drums.
The city comes alive, awakened from the summer doldrums by the emotion and excitement of the Neputa Festival.
Access
Dotemachi Course/ 10-30 min walk from Hirosaki sta.
Ekimae Course / Near the Central Exit of Hirosaki sta.
Link
Hirosaki Neputa Festival Information (Details)
Hirosaki Neputa Festival (Japanese Page)
Oyama Sankei
【2025.9/20 - 9/22】
Oyama Sankei is a ceremony climbing to Mt. Iwaki in a group, on August1 by the old calendar. It is said to be established among ordinary people in the Edo Period. A large number of worshippers march holding golden sacred wands and colorful banners. Worshippers in white clothing keep calling "Saigi-Saigi" and head for Iwaki-yama Shrine. This ceremony was designated as a national important folk cultural property in 1984.
Place
From Hirosaki City Iwaki Branch to Iwaki-yama Shrine
Access
About 40min from JR Hirosaki Sta. by using a bus
Bus for Mt.Iwaki
Link
Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Foliage Festival
【2025. 10/31 - 11/9】
The castle grounds seethe with emotion as the brilliant autumn hues of 1,000 maple trees play off the deep green of the pines. You are also struck by the sharp scents of the chrysanthemums that adorn the dolls in the festival pavilions.
Place
Botanical Garden in Hirosaki Park
Access
About 30 min walk from JR Hirosaki Sta.
About 15 min by using a Dotemachi Loop Bus
Link
2024 Hirosaki Castle Autumn Chrysanthemum and Autumn Foliage Festival Information
Fuyu ni Saku Sakura ~Winter Cherry Blossom Light Up~
【2025. 12/1 - 2026. 2/28】
Place
Hirosaki Park
Access
About 30 min walk from JR Hirosaki Sta.
About 15 min by using a Dotemachi Loop Bus
Link
Fuyu ni Saku Sakura Light up (Japanese Page)
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival
【2026. 2/6 - 2/11】
The Hirosaki Castle Park site offers beautiful winter scenes that elicit a myriad of poetic winter visions. During the festival, 50 or so snow lanterns and about 300 snow statues beckon visitors into this fantasy winter world.
Place
Hirosaki Park
Access
About 30 min walk from JR Hirosaki Sta.
About 15 min by using a Dotemachi Loop Bus
Link
2025 Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival Information
Neighboring Cities
Time Trip TSUGARU
Link
Aomori Prefecture Tsugaru Area Tourist Information Website 【Time Trip TSUGARU】
Events / Festivals
Amazing AOMORI
Link
The Official Aomori Travel Guide 【Amazing AOMORI】
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