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Hirosaki City(Aomori Japan)
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival 2020Date
2020.2/8 (Sat)～2/11(Tue)
Place
Hirosaki Park
・Take a 100-yen Dotemachi Loop Bus
Get off at Shiyakusho-mae (In front of City Hall)
・ HIROSAKI Free Wi-Fi
・ As a general rule, to fly a drone, you need to have permission from the owner/administrator/organizer of a tourist spot, park, festival or event.
Opening Ceremony
2020. 2/8 (Sat) 10:00 AM～
Place
Inside of the Hirosaki Park
Snow Lanterns
・about 150 snow statue
Mini Igloo
・Nishino Kuruwa (around Lotus Pond)
about 300 snow statue
Food Stalls
Shino maru (area) about 20 stalls
Time
9:00 AM～9:00 PM
※The first day of the festival 10:00 AM～
Park Sovenir Shop
Shino maru (Yoshita bashi Bridge)
9:00 AM～9:00 PM
Snow Statue Light up at night
4:30 PM ～9:00 PM
2020 Theme「Former Kaiko-sha Building」
(Now Hirosaki Kosei Women's School)
Important Cultural Property This building was built in the Renaissance style. It was constructed by Horie Sakichi in 1908 to serve as a place for army officers to gather to socialize or to study.
Date：During the festival
Fireworks will be held in Recliation Field of the Hirosaki Park.
■2/8(Sat) 7:00 PM～
※It will be postponed in case of bad weather.
Tsugaru-Nishiki-e Cloister started in 2011 as a part of the 400th Anniversary of the construction of Hirosaki Castle, and has been continued every year since.
This cloister exhibits Kagami-e (Front) and Miokuri-e(Back),
that are a part of Neputa festivities of the year. The cloister is lit up at night.
Place：In front of Ninomaru amusement park, Hirosaki Park
Hirosaki snow-lit paths will be set up.
The main site is the Kita-no-kuruwa of Hirosaki Park.
Place：Hirosaki Park (Kita-no-Kuruwa)
Time : 5:00 PM~9:00 PM
Big and middle sized snow slide
Snow play is geared for kids of all ages!
Children who visit Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival can experience the thrill of inner tubing
and sledding down snow packed slopes.
It will be fun!
HIROSAKI'S WINTER
HIROSAKI「WINTER」MOVIE Winter Cherry Blossom Light Up
Date 2019.12/1 (Sun)～2020.2/29(Sat)
Winter Cherry Blossom Light Up
Japanese only
"Michinoku Godai Snow Festival" represents five snow festivals of northern Tohoku area.
They are "Hachinohe Enburi"(Hachinohe city, Aomori Pref.),
"Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival"(Hirosaki city, Aomori Pref.),
"Iwate Snow Festival"(Shizukuishi town, Iwate Pref.),
"Namahage Sedo Festival"(Oga city, Akita Pref.),
and "Yokote kamakura"(Yokote city, Akita Pref.).
Snow Festival Promotion Council of Northern 5 Regions
