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Hirosaki / Kuroishi / Mt. Iwaki

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Apple Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Kuroishi-shi

This museum operates out of a structure built in 1931 which was modeled after the architecture of the East Malling Research Station in England. The facility serves as a space for culture, sightseeing, and learning. Visitors can learn about the results of local fruit cultivation experiments as well as the history of apples in Aomori. In addition to exhibits, there's an apple activity zone where visitors can take a quiz on a PC, and a theater where you can observe what involved in the cultivation of apples over a one year period.
Oshokuji-dokoro Myoko

4.0

29 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Kuroishi-shi Motomachi 66

"The originator of the Kuroishi specialty ""Tsuyu Yakisoba,"" the wall in front of the store is marked with ""Tsuyu Yakisoba,"" making it easy to find. The at-home store is decorated with celebrity photos and autographs. Tsuyu Yakisoba was first created when yakisoba was accidentally put in a ramen bowl while cooking. Be sure to get a taste of their amazing dishes and well-received menu."

東北旅行４日目は、黒石にて。。。昨日は、星野リゾート奥入瀬渓流ホテルに宿泊、奥入瀬観光を楽しんだあと、ランチを食べに、黒石の「妙光食堂」へやってきました。こちらのお店は、つゆ焼そば誕生のお店！！・つゆ焼そば７５０円・つゆ焼そばセット（小ライス付）８５０円・つゆ焼そば＋ミニチャーシュー丼９５０円・つゆ焼そば＋ミニカレーライス１０５０円今日は...
Kuroishi Tourist Apple Orchards

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Kuroishi-shi Aseishi Tatsunokuchi

These tourist apple orchards are open from early September to early November. Located in a place where you can overlook the vast Tsugaru Plains and Mt. Iwaki, you can experience directly harvesting Fuji, Tsugaru, Ourin, Hokuto or Jonagold apples in the orchards depending on the harvest time. In addition, the best time to see the apple blossoms are in mid-May.
Terayama Mochi Shop

4.0

6 Reviews

Shopping

Aomori Kuroishi-shi Nakamachi 36-1

"This historical mochi shop was established as a rice shop in the closing years of the Edo period, and it has been run as a mochi shop since the third generation. In addition to offerings and rectangular kirimochi, they have ""shiha mochi"" and ""mochi shabu"" that has not changed since the Edo period, as well as a wide variety of daifuku rice cakes lined up. Shiha mochi is made by kneading together high-quality flour and red bean paste, and then the mochi carefully made with a stamp mill and mallet is served in three types: red bean paste, white bean paste, and sesame seed."

江戸時代からの手法そのままに、上新粉とあんを練り合せた四半餅を一度味わってみたく訪ねました。５枚入りが５００円でした。バラ売りも可能なようです。お餅としては、思った以上に、あんが練りこまれているので、江戸時代、日本茶に合う茶菓子として貴重な存在だったのではないかとおもいました。ただ、茶菓子とすれば、思った以上に、餅々もしているので、一度に５枚は食べられません。ばら売りで、歴史ある四半餅、楽しん...
Squid Curtains

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Nishitsugaru-gun Ajigasawa Machi Honcho 246-4

"Ajigasawa Town was established as a port town in the distant Kamakura period and served as an official port of the local feudal domain for maritime activities on the Sea of Japan in the Edo period, in addition to being a relay point between the Kyoto area and Hokkaido. Blessed with abundant seafood, the town has many seafood specialty products, such as smoked fish and fish dried in the cold midwinter air, but it is the town's half-dried squid that is particularly well-known. The strings of squid being dried in the open air along the National Route look like curtains and thus naturally have come to be called ""squid curtains."""
Ajigasawa Sumo Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Nishitsugaru-gun Ajigasawa Cho Honmachi 246-4

"At this sumo museum, you can learn about the tradition of sumo wrestling, the careers of Mainoumi as well as a number of other sumo wrestlers native to the town, and experience the natural beauty and culture of Ajigasawa. This sumo museum located in the Wando Sea Station building includes a ""Sumo Wrestler Gallery,"" a ""Sumo Ring,"" as well as its ""Mai Gallery,"" where you will find displays including panels, videos, as well as unique exhibit items such as ornamental aprons and trophies from which you will gain a better understanding of the history of professional sumo wrestling."
Restaurant Mori no Door

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Nakatsugaru-gun Nishimeyamura Tashiro Kanda 219-1

"Located at the southern foot of Mt. Iwaki, this is a restaurant known as the ""Water Source Village"" located in Nishimeya Village. It is attached to the newly-reopened Tsugaru Shirakami Roadside Station. While viewing the mountain scenery, you can enjoy Nishimeya local gourmet, Shirakami soba, and more. In addition to the recommended dishes like zaru soba and wild vegetable soba, be sure to try the local specialty Tsugaru Dam curry and popular Nome-ya Ramen."

リニューアルオープンから半年経った日曜日に行きましたが、お昼時はお客さんがひっきりなしにきて、席が埋まっていました。名物のダムカレーは、サクサクのポークカツが入っていて、ルーの中にも柔らかい牛肉が入っていました。(レタスやブロッコリーはあるけど、比較的野菜は少なめ)量は女性にとっては、少し多めな気がしますが、甘口よりでお子さんも食べやすいと思います。
Ajara-no-mori Camp Site

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Minamitsugaru-gun Owanimachi

This campsite was created on the plateau that spreads around the foot of Mt. Ajara. There is a wonderful view at the facilities that are surrounded by the beauty of nature, and it is particularly recommended to view the town area from here in the evening. The facilities include cabins accessible to the elderly and disabled, a bungalow in the middle of the forest, and a tent site with a large grassy area where you can fully enjoy nature. Additionally, there is also an administrative building and a cookhouse, and things can also be rented including tents and blankets. It is also nice how there is easy access to the outdoor facilities around Mt. Ajara that include things like a tennis court and a play area, as well as a hot spring facility.
Sekisho (Checkpoint) Museum

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Hirakawa-shi Ikarigaseki Ikariishi 13-1

"This museum is located in a corner of Roadside Station Ikarigaseki Tsugaru-Sekinosho, approximately two kilometers from the Ikarigaseki Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. There are exhibits of weapons and old documents from feudal times, along with a guardhouse from a checkpoint relocated from near Akita Prefecture where it had been restored. The inspections at the Ikarigaseki checkpoint were so tough that records remain saying that ""in strictness even the checkpoint at Hakone does not match it."" The museum houses recreations of period scenes using figures and tickets from the time period, allowing visitors to learn about the history and background of the era."
Crane Village Furusato Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Kitatsugaru-gun Tsurutamachi Mawarizeki Osawa Chinai

This straw-thatch home was relocated from the village of Ushirononakano in 1995. The reconstruction was done using the original materials from the over 120-year-old home, and everything from the private rooms to the living rooms, mud room, and stable are faithfully reconstructed. The museum contains a variety of artifacts that allow visitors to experience life as it was at the time, and one can almost feel the history of Tsuruta Town. Entry is free, and many visitors also stop by the nearby Tsurunomaihashi Bridge, Japan's premier wooden three-arch bridge.
Angélique Hirosaki Shop

4.0

46 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Noda 1-3-16

This Western-style confectioner is located beside Kita-oh-dori Avenue along the east side of Hirosaki Castle. The showcase on the first floor exudes a bright feeling with white as a motif. In contrast, the second floor has an eat-in space, featuring a chic, grown-up atmosphere colored in black. Popular products include the apple pie, as one might expect from Aomori Prefecture—an apple paradise. The taste is great, and the volume has it hanging over the plate, so it’s known as a place where you get a good deal for the price.

弘前といえばアップルパイ。「弘前アップルパイガイドマップ」（弘前観光コンベンション協会発行、A4...
Former To-o Gijuku Missionary Residence

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 2-1

Located near Hirosaki Castle’s O-temon gate, the Former To-o Gijuku Missionary Residence was built in 1901 as a lodging house for English instructors invited to teach at the To-o Gijuku, the first private school opened in Aomori Prefecture. Modeled after Western-style architecture, the building features Western-style chimneys and a trussed roof. The interior presents the lifestyle the teachers of the time living at the residence enjoyed. The first floor operates as a café, while the second floor is used as a museum space. Several Western-style miniature buildings stand in the facility's garden, and visitors can view them at their leisure from the windows.
Former Hirosaki City Library

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 2-1

Built in 1906, this library was built in a Western style with a pair of Renaissance-esque octagonal steeples. Three stories tall and made of wood and mortar, the facility operated as a city library up to 1931; today it is open for viewing to the general public.
Taisho Roman Tea Room

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Kamishiroganechou 8-1

This Western-style building standing in Fujita Memorial Garden was built as a villa for businessman Ken’ichi Fujita in 1921. The Taisho Roman Tea Room is a café operating out of the building’s spacious sunroom. Some of the café’s most popular menu items are its six varieties of apple pies, all of which are also offered at popular Western confectionaries in Hirosaki City. The café also offers drink sets with its pies and you can take your time to eat, compare, and find your favorite. Take a moment and relax while gazing out at the garden’s trees from the café’s windows.
Restaurant Yamazaki

4.0

71 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Oyakatamachi 41 Odagiri Building 1F

Restaurant Yamazaki is a restaurant specializing in French cuisine, located to the east of Hirosaki-jo Otemon Road, between the Road and the Tsuchibuchi River. Visitors can enjoy a full-course meal featuring the “Kiseki no Ringo” (“Miracle Apple”) organic apple variety that was featured in the film “Kiseki no Ringo.” In particular, cold apple soup has become Restaurant Yamazaki’s signature dish. Restaurant Yamazaki has adopted a “slow food” approach that emphasizes the careful selection of ingredients; the Restaurant’s philosophy is to use ingredients sourced locally in Aomori Prefecture to provide diners with food that is delicious and healthy and that can be eaten with complete peace of mind.

We chose to dine at this French restaurant in Hirosaki as it is reputed to be the best/one of the best. As it was cherry blossom season in Hirosaki, we could only lunch here during the second...
Tsugaru-ji Yasaburo Kajimachi Shop

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Kajimachi 23-2

A restaurant with local cuisine, roughly five minutes on foot from Chuo-Hirosaki Station. It offers local cuisine made using the freshest vegetable and seafood ingredients from the Sea of Japan. Also, the dishes using Aomori’s local chicken variety—Aomori Shamorock—are quite popular.

弘前公園の近くにある郷土料理やさんで、あまい大きくはありませんが１人でも入りやすいお店です。他の店舗では味わえないものが食べられます。
Satonone Hibiki

4.0

24 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Dotemachi 126 Hirosaki Park Hotel 3F

A local cuisine restaurant located along Prefectural Route 3 in Dote Town, Hirosaki City. Hibiki serves local kaiseki course cuisine making use of local ingredients as well as local Aomori sakes. In addition, one of the restaurant’s highlights is the live Tsugaru Shamisen music performances held on its stage from 7:00 p.m. most evenings. Coupled with the Tsugaru regional accents of the staff, you can get the full Tsugaru Aomori experience right here.

レストラン形式で演者からの距離はありますが、もともと音量の大きい三味線なので十分楽しめました。またいろいろ郷土料理をリーズナブルな料金で楽しめました。
Sakura House Souvenir Shop

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 2-1 In Hirosaki municipal sightseeing hall

Sakura House is a souvenir shop inside Hirosaki City Tourism Museum in a corner of Otemon Square next to Hirosaki Park. The shop sells such things as products made from apples, specialty products like Tsugaru confections, and traditional handicrafts like Tsugaru ceramics, etc. They also sell apples from October through to June.
Suzuro Sweets Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Tashirochou 14-2

This Japanese sweet shop is located in Tashiro-cho, Hirosaki City. It sells famous confections such as Suzuro with baked adzuki beans, Yukihimo, sweets molded from refined Japanese sugar and Hanakazashi, dried apple in jelly as well as seasonal confections. Visitors can try out the fresh sweets with matcha or sencha green tea in the tearoom.
Bunaco Showroom Bless

Shopping

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Dotemachi 100-1 Mariya Building 2F

This showroom displays Bunaco products, a brand of wood crafts with good water resistance designed for ease of maintenance, and with unique designs, created through a specialized production method developed to more effectively utilize buna (beech) wood. There are many items here, including tableware, lamps, interior goods, and acclaimed items which have won Good Design awards, as well as goods made in collaboration with other brands.

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Aomori Areas

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.