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Travel / Tourism

Hirosaki Municipal Tourist Center

4.0

100 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 2-1

Hirosaki Municipal Tourist Center provides tourist information by a tourist concierge, and various guide maps according to your destination. The displays of the decorated floats of the “Neputa Festival” on the first floor, and traditional crafts of Tsugaru on the second floor are also an attraction. There is also a local produce shop, restaurant, and bicycle rental service, so drop in before you begin exploring Hirosaki.

弘前城南側の観光施設です。土産物屋やレストラン、ねぶた等の展示も在りますので立ち寄ってみては如何でしょう。個人的には美味しいリンゴパイのお店を探すのに「リンゴパイマップ」が役立ちました。
Takayama Inari-jinja Shrine

4.0

41 Reviews

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Aomori Pref. Tsugarushi Ushigatachou Washinosawa 147-1

A magical Shinto shrine dedicated to large harvests, maritime safety, and business prosperity which has attracted worshipers since ancient times. In addition to locals, people from far and wide come to visit the shrine. The shrine has a beautiful Japanese garden in which seasonal flowers bloom. The shrine's 1,000 torii, countless red torii gates arranged one after another to form a tunnel, gives the shrine a mystical atmosphere.

We went during the week and even though the cherry blossoms were out in places like Hirosaki that wasnt the case here so maybe that is why we had the place to ourselves. The gardens by the Torri...
Utou-jinja Shrine

4.0

73 Reviews

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Aomori Pref. Aomorishi Yasukata 2-7-18

A Shinto shrine dedicated to the Munakata Sanjo-shin, the three female children of Amaterasu the sun goddess; the shrine is located on ground considered the birthplace of Aomori City. The shrine provides worshippers with safe journeys. The shrine's popular omamori charms are decorated with a cute depiction of rhinoceros auklets, birds which are called utou in Japanese.

A small Shinto shrine tucked away just off the main street. A tranquil garden and beautiful pond. Was well worth seeking out on a hot afternoon while waiting for the Nebuta parade to start.
Oirase Stream Museum

3.5

32 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Pref. Towadashi Okuse Tochikubo 183

The Oirase Stream Museum is a roadside station-like facility located on the Towada Highway. It has a coffee shop and snack area, a souvenir shop, and an area where you can learn all about the natural splendor of Towada Hachimantai. Electric bikes are available to rent and can be used to explore the surrounding area.

奥入瀬渓流館の窓口も親切で、手作りできる苔玉や、苔ソフトクリーム、そして、あら、りんごの店舗が入っていて、イートインスペースがあり、アップルパイは美味しかった。
Roadside Station Lake Nijinoko

3.5

38 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Okiura Yamanokami 1-5

A roadside station situated amidst the lush natural beauty of Lake Nijinoko, a dam lake formed by the Tohoku region's largest dam, Aseishigawa Dam. The grounds of the station have been turned into a park where you can enjoy outdoor activities; the park's numerous facilities include a lakeside rest house, sports garden, barbecue area, and playground area with huge play equipment. There is a free rest area right next to the parking area. The lakeside rest house has a restaurant where you can enjoy a meal while taking in a view of the lake as well as a shop carrying local specialty products and light meals, making this station a great place to take a break while driving through the area.

国道102号線沿いにあり、黒石から十和田湖へ向う途中、休憩のため立寄りました。虹の湖というダム湖の湖畔で「虹の湖公園」の一角にある道の駅で、ログハウス風で休憩所のある管理棟と、レストランとお土産売場があるレストハウスがメインで一通り揃っていますが、あまり特徴がないように見受けられました。レストランは準備中でしたが「きのこラーメン」がお勧めとあり、お土産も置いてあったのでウリはきのこのようでした...
Lake Towada

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Towadashi Okuse Towadakohanyasumiya

A lake which straddles Towada City, Aomori Prefecture and Kosaka Town, Kazuno County, Akita Prefecture. 46 kilometers in diameter, this caldera lake was formed through volcanic activity. With a maximum depth of 327 meters, it is the third deepest lake in Japan. On its east side, the lake drains into the Oirase River and the area has been designated a Natural Monument as well as a Special Place of Scenic Beauty under the title “Lake Towada and Oirase Stream.” Here visitors can enjoy seasonal natural scenery, including fresh verdure in summer and fall foliage in autumn. Kokanee salmon are also raised in the lake and during fishing season many people come here to fish.
Catholic Hirosaki Church

4.0

66 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Hyakkokumachikouji 20

Located around five minutes’ walk to the east of Hirosaki Park, Catholic Hirosaki Church was built in 1910. It was constructed in the Romanesque style, with a spire, and with prominent pillars at the left and right corners of the front face. The oak-wood altar that faces the door at the far end of the interior was a gift from the Church of St. Thomas in Amsterdam; the altar was made in 1866, and won an award for its design at an exhibition held in Antwerp, Belgium.

ミサのない時は、いつでも教会内に入り、見学やお祈りが出来ます。弘前公園の近くにあるので、行きやすいですし、外見を見るだけでも、行く価値はあります。
Tsugaru-jamisen Hall

4.0

66 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Goshogawarashi Kanagichou Asahiyama 189-3

A facility located in Kanagi-cho, Goshogawara City, said to be the birthplace of the tsugaru-jamisen, a shamisen instrument and style of music. The facility displays numerous tsugaru-jamisen and other stringed instruments as well as materials relating to tsugaru-jamisen folk songs and local history. Visitors can enjoy live tsugaru-jamisen performances daily in the facility's multipurpose hall.

金木が津軽三味線発祥の地だったんだ。現在の津軽三味線は、安政４年生まれの秋元仁太郎（仁太坊）がルーツになるとのこと。撥で強く弦を叩く奏法を編み出しそれを弟子たちに伝えて広めたらしい。この仁太坊も疱瘡で失明したことから、三味線の道を歩み始めたらしい。この三味線会館では、毎日、津軽三味線の生演奏を聴かせてくれる。せっかく訪問したのなら、展示だけではなくこの生演奏を聴いた方がお得。私が訪問したとき...
Hirosaki Church, United Church of Christ in Japan

4.0

65 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Mototeramachi 48

A church built by the Hirosaki Methodist Church in 1906. Located close to Hirosaki Castle Botanical Garden, the wooden building’s gothic style architecture with two towers is an extremely rare example constructed during the Meiji period. A variety of traditional crafts were used in the decorate of the church as well. The pulpit and communion table are painted Tsugaru-nuri lacquer, and the donation baskets are traditional woven vine work. Visitors are permitted, but not when staff are not present or during church events.

I had seen the 1/10th scale building and bumped into it in the middle of my walk-about. I did not enter for it isnt my faith and i was heading somewhere else. It is is large enough to see.
Tanesashi Coast Information Center

4.0

41 Reviews

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Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Samemachi Tanakubo 14-167

An information center opened by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014. The center presents pictures, models, and videos on nature, culture, and lifestyles with a focus on Sanriku Fukko National Park, the Tanesashi Coast, Mt. Hashikami, and the Michinoku Coastal Trail area. The center also periodically conducts programs such as guided tours of the Tanesashi Coast.

The Tanesashi Coast is truly breath taking. We consider it the highlight of our two-day trip “best of local nature and culture” experience in Nanbu and Tanesashi Coast in Aomori Prefecture. The...
Roadside Station Ogawarako Koyukan

4.0

31 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kamikitaguntouhokumachi Ueno Minamiyachi 122

A roadside station opened in 2004 which serves as a tourism information center for Tohoku Town. Many tourists driving through the area stop here to take a break. The grounds host a farm-fresh shop selling Chinese yams and garlic-local specialty products-as well as other fresh vegetables. The farm-fresh restaurant serves local dishes made with local farm products. Particularly popular are the basket clam ramen, made with a broth created using fresh basket clams from Lake Ogawara; and the Mt. Hakkoda soft serve ice cream, made with milk from Tohoku Town.

小川原湖近くの青森県道8号沿いにある道の駅です。小川原湖でとれる水産物や近郷の農産物を中心に意外に物販が充実しています。
Roadside Station Towada Towadapia

3.5

23 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Towadashi Dempouji Tairakubo 37-2

A roadside restaurant which sells local specialty products and which also has a restaurant where you can enjoy Towada soba noodles and other local tastes. Particularly recommended is the signature No Ice Cream, made with Towada-grown Osuzu soybeans and Masshigura rice. In the station's studio, you can try your hand at making traditional crafts such as Nanbu sakiori textiles.

十和田市には国道4号沿いと国道102号沿いの2ヶ所に道の駅がありますが、そのうち国道4号沿いの方になります。岩手競馬の場外馬券売場が併設されているせいか駐車場は広めです。
Ashura no Nagare (Kujuku Islands)

4.5

43 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Towada-shi Okuse

"Oirase Stream is one of the most picturesque areas in Towada-Hachimantai National Park. The area around the stream is famous for the beauty of both its new spring verdure and fall foliage. Making its way between boulders and forest and consisting of waterfalls, rapids, and calm stream, the 14 kilometer long stream extends from Nenokuchi on the shore of Lake Towada to Mt. Yakeyama, and the area known as Ashura no Nagare is said to be the most dynamic and beautiful portion of the stream of all. The various rocks and boulders dotting this part of the stream, known as the ""Kujukushima Islands,"" are also beautiful."

奥入瀬渓流では必見のポイントの1つです。写真撮影にも最適です。豪雨の影響で濁りが残っているとのお話でしたが、それでもかなりキレイでした。
Seibi-en

4.0

45 Reviews

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Aomori Pref. Hirakawashi Saruka Ishibayashi 1

The Seibi-en which was nationally designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty in 1953, is a building blending both Japanese and western styles and was built to look out onto the gardens. The first floor is pure Japanese style and the second floor is designed in a western style. This building has a unique beauty that fuses with the Japanese gardens and shows traces of Japan’s Westernization movement during the Meiji period. The second floor is not currently open to the public. It is approximately a 10 minute walk from Tsugaru Onoe Station on the Konan Railway Konan Line.

Curious house, being Japanese style on the ground floor and European on the second. The highlight for me though was the lovely, tranquil, formal garden with dry gravel, stones, greenery, water with...
Korekawa Jomon Kan, Korekawa Archaeological Institution

4.0

43 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hachinoheshi Korekawa Yokoyama 1

A museum adjoining the Korekawa Site, a Jomon period archeological site which was designated a National Historic Site in 1957. The museum collects and displays archeological artifacts excavated in Hachinohe City. The museum uses informational panels and videos to present the city's Jomon period sites and contains exhibits features artifacts primarily from the Korekawa Site as well as a National Treasure-designated Dogu earthenware figure with its hands clasped in prayer. The museum also periodically holds special exhibitions focusing on a variety of themes relating to Japan's ancient Jomon period. The Kore Cafe museum shop and cafe sells goods such as replicas of the aforementioned Dogu figure and also serves light meals.

We left Asamushi Onsen for our next destination, Korekawa Archaeological Institute Museum in Hachinohe City, which was slightly less than a two hours’ drive to the east coast. There were two reasons...
Roadside Station Yokohama Nanohana Plaza

4.0

21 Reviews

Transportation

Aomori Pref. Kamikitagunyokohamamachi Hayashinowaki 79-12

A roadside station located in Yokohama Town, which has the largest area dedicated to growing canola flowers, known as nanohana in Japanese, in the country. In Nanohana Plaza, you can buy canola flower donuts, vegetables picked that morning, and Japanese scallops from Mutsu Bay. The station's unique building was also modeled after a Japanese scallop.

お昼ごはんを食べに寄りました。生のホタテ丼が食べたかったのですが、ここのはホタテフライをたまごでとじた丼でした。ホタテは大きく肉厚で美味しかったです。
Kyororo

3.5

42 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Nishitsugarugunfukauramachi Matsukami Matsunami mountain 1-56

A souvenir shop located a 10 minute walk from Ao-ike Pond which sells local specialty products. The establishment also has a light meal corner, paid parking, and a scheduled bus stop. Serving as a base for tourism in the Juniko area, the establishment also has coin lockers, offers free wheelchair rentals, and accepts packages for express delivery.

十二湖の青池の最寄りの有料駐車場に隣接して設けられているショップです。土産物の購入や軽食、休憩などに利用でき、散策時の拠点に適しています。
Hirota Jinja

4.0

23 Reviews

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Aomori Aomori-shi Nagashima 2-13-5

拝殿にすすむと、内から明かりが漏れています。さらに近づくとねぶたが中に有るのが分かりました。最初見たときはびっくりというより腰を抜かすほどの驚きでした。言い方は悪いかもしれませんが、お化けと最初思ってしまいました。どうやら奉納されたねぶたのようです。10世紀末に創建された歴史ある神社です。
Tsugaru Traditional Craft Center

3.5

37 Reviews

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Aomori Kuroishi-shi Fukuro Tomiyama 65-1

This complex is in Tomiyama,Fukuro, Kuroishi City. Presented here are the traditional crafts of Tsugaru-nuri lacquerware, and Tsugaru Kokeshi dolls as well as local food products housed in 6 studios where you can also try your hand with a DIY experience. In the complex are stores selling over 1,600 items of local produce and products as well as regular presentations of the Tsugaru shamisen stringed instrument performance. The eateries offer ordinary local menu items, such as the Kuroishitsuyu yakisoba noodles.

Visited the Traditional Crafts Museum in the winter with my family. There are many hands-on crafts experiences offered in different shops. Our kids (8 and 4 yrs old) tried Kokeshi doll painting...
Hirosaki City Machinaka Information Center

4.0

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Dotemachi 94-1

A municipal facility opened in May 2004 which functions as information center, cultural exchange hall, and rest area. The center provides tourism and other information relating to the local area and also sells specialty products from Aomori Prefecture such as apple products; you can also get a light meal here. The facility also has a meeting room and studio (advance reservation and fee required), and computer booths with free internet access, and the center serves as a base for sightseeing activities in the Dote-machi neighborhood as well as a relaxation space for local residents.

初音ミク/桜ミクスタンプラリーで駅前市立まちなかと三ヶ所観光案内所を行きましたがここが一番資料が多く手作りの資料もあり机アイスや飲み物 (有料もありじっくり聞けてそのあと簡単なメモもできて良かったですちなみに他のあえて悪いところをあげるなら駅前人の出入りが激しくせわしない市立お役所感...

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Centuries-old stories of samurai at Kakunodate and the remains of millennia-old archaeological sites including the likes of Isedotai invite history buffs to delve into Aomori’s fascinating history. As the most northern prefecture on the Japanese mainland, Aomori enjoys a cooler climate, which makes it a welcome escape from the southern cities for combining castles, art galleries, and summer festivals with the great outdoors.