Spots in Hirosaki / Kuroishi / Mt. Iwaki Area

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Hirosaki / Kuroishi / Mt. Iwaki

Category

Zenringai

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Nishishigemori

This is an area in Aomori Prefecture hosting 33 temples of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism. The second lord of the Hirosaki Domain, Tsugaru Nobuhira, ordered temples to gather along the southwestern side of the Hirosaki Castle precincts in 1610. As these temples of the same school sprouted up like a forest along the tree lined road, it created a temple town unlike any other in Japan.
Restaurant Porte Blanche

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Honchou 44-1

Porte Blanche is a French restaurant in Honmachi, Hirosaki City. The restaurant serves authentic French cuisine using a range of ingredients from French produce to local ingredients such as apples and Aomori shamrock chicken. Guests can choose from a course meal off the menu or a la carte, with all dishes prepared by the chef trained in France.

ランチのコース料理をいただきました。弘前に、こんな本格的な料理を出すお店があることにびっくりしました。とくに「りんごの冷たいクリームスープ」が印象深い味でした。
Miniature Garden

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 2-1

Located in Otemon Square in Shimoshirogane Town, Hirosaki City, these miniature models are free to view. The miniature buildings are built to a 1:10 scale and replicate the buildings which existed in Hirosaki City in the Meiji and Taisho periods. Visitors can enjoy 14 miniature buildings including the former Hirosaki City Hall and the Hirosaki Public Hall.
Chez Ange

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Tonosaki 2-7-1

Chez Ange serves authentic French cuisine using carefully selected ingredients such as Japanese Wagyu beef, seafood from the prefecture, and highland vegetables from the south of Hakkoda. There are six different courses available for lunch. Advanced booking at least one day prior is required for dinner which consists of a course meal. There is also a cafe, Patisserie Ange, which serves pasta and sweets.

有名店なのか、かなり地元じゃない旅行者が利用していた。アジア系の観光客もいた。なので、少し騒がしかったが、料理の味は大変満足。
Suzunoya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Maemachi 1-3

Suzunoya is a restaurant specializing in kuroishi yakisoba (fried noodles), where the old-fashioned flavors are preserved and where the taste of nostalgia persists even for first timers. The kuroishi tsuyu yakisoba, served in a bowl with a Japanese style broth, or tsuyu, has gained popularity as a B-grade gourmet food.
Shimaya

3.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Motodaikumachi 31-1

A restaurant featuring local cuisine in Motodaiku Town, Hirosaki City. It offers up home style cooking and local Tsugaru cuisine made with fresh ingredients. At the counter seats, you can enjoy some local sake along with seafood in season and traditional Tsugaru cuisine. It is a popular restaurant that even receives media attention as well.

東京でも食べられるようなものが出る高級店に入るより弘前でしか食せないものが多く出会えます。この大衆店の郷土料理はやさしくて絶品でした。サザエ一つにも特別な産地のものが出てきました。お酒は本醸造か純米ですがお安くておいしい。静かなお店なので大声はやめてくださいね。
Cafe Buruman

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Shimoshiroganechou 17-39

The comforting retro atmosphere of this cafe features a counter made from a single thick slab of cypress wood and over 170 Okura Art China-brand coffee bowls and dishes, over half of which are no longer in production. In addition to its specialty coffee, its homemade cakes are also popular, with the cheesecake it has been making since its opening being its most popular item by far. Its seasonal cakes and special cakes made by the owner are excellent as well. It’s about a 15-minute walk from Chuo-Hirosaki Station on the Konan Railway Owani Line.
Nakamachi Komise-dori Street

Travel / Tourism

Kuroishi-shi Aomori

Nakamachi Komise-dori Street is a shipping district on the east side of Konan Kuroishi Station, Konan Railway. This arcade, called a “komise,” is lined with wooden structures built to keep snow and direct sunlight off the shops. The area retains its Edo period atmosphere and Cultural Properties, and the rare Group of Traditional Buildings has made it one of Japan’s Top 100 City Streets. There are volunteer guides available to show visitors through Nakamachi Komise-dori Street. The Komise Festival held every September features Tsugaru Shamisen Performances and Tsugaru folksongs, as well as wind instrument music performances by local high school students.
Aqua Green Village ANMON

Leisure / Hobbies

Aomori Nakatsugaru-gun Nishimeyamura

At this camping complex, you can enjoy the great outdoors of Shirakami to your heart's content. Outfitted with a variety of facilities, including campsites, cottages, a playground, and a hot spring bathhouse, the campground can also be used as a convenient place from which to base hiking around the Shirakami-Sanchi area. Many tourists can be seen soothing their aching muscles in the Anmon-no-Yu bathhouse after working up a sweat hiking.
Restaurant Miyuki

4.0

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Nakamachi 36

Established in 1971, this Japanese restaurant serves cuisine using carefully-selected ingredients with different tastes, prices and portions. It adjoins Komise, which still has traditional structures and has been selected as one of Japan’s 100 best roads and customers can enjoy meals made with love by the skilled cook in the relaxed interior. It is six minutes by car from Kuroishi Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.

フリー切符の冊子に掲載していたので昼食をいただきました。大きな料理屋さんで何でも料理があるので味はどうかな？と思いましたが「割り子そば」をいただきましたがお蕎麦も天ぷらも美味しかったです。コロナ対策もしっかりしていて店員さんの配慮でゆたっりと食事ができました。
Narumi Sake Brewery

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Nakamachi 1-1

Narumi Sake Brewery, founded in 1806, has the longest history as a brewery in Kuroishi City, and is famous for “Kikunoi.” It is located in Kuroishi City’s “Nakamachi Komise-dori” street, an arcade of about 600 meters of traditional and wooden buildings. Visitors are able to inspect the traditional storehouse building and can experience free tasting. Goods for sale are also available. Reservations for inspection tours are required three days in advance between late April and late October (excluding the brewing period).
Creative Cuisine Kurayoshi

4.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Yokomachi 13

“Kurayoshi,” a restaurant in a sake brewery storehouse dating from the Edo period, is famous for its dishes known as “the world’s best tempura noodles,” “the world’s best superior tempura noodles” and “duck hot pot” as well as the specialty of Kuroishi, “Tsuyu yakisoba”. Although the volume and price of “the world’s best tempura noodles” and “the world’s best superior tempura noodles” is surprising it is easy to understand their popularity. There is also an extensive menu offering other single items and Japanese-based meals. It is a 10 minute walk from Kuroishi Station on the Konan Railway Konan Line.

Delicious seafood bowl! The fish was super fresh and the cuts were generously thick. The owner and his wife are very friendly. The restaurant itself is also in a historical building, very one of a...
Tsugaru Kuroishi Komise Eki

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Nakamachi 5

Located on Komise-dori Street—chosen as one of Japan’s Top 100 Roads—Tsugaru Kuroishi Komise Eki is a souvenir shop with free performances by Tsugaru-shamisen performers on the stage at the back. You can tour the Akita Ujaku Memorial Museum on the second floor free of charge. Take in the tour or performances while looking over the sweets and specialty goods of Kuroishi City in Aomori Prefecture. Approximately 10 minutes by car via Kuroishi Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
Ishiba Family Residence

3.5

31 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Kamenokoumachi 88

This residence is estimated to have been built in the middle of the Edo period, and is also designated as a National Important Cultural Property. For generations the household took the name “Seibei” and dealt in straw and household goods for the clan. Currently it is operating as a liquor store, and with the living room’s open hearth is an interesting building.

弘前城の亀甲橋向かいにある古民家です。説明書からですが、建築時は不明ですが、江戸中期の建物だそうです。国指定の重要文化財です。
Coffee Hanamaru

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Wakadouchou 61-4

A coffee ship with a bright, relaxing atmosphere located close to Hirosaki Park's Kamenokomon gate. The cafe's apple pies and chiffon cakes are particularly popular, and the establishment also offers takeout. The restaurant is also famous for its Bakumatsu Coffee, which lets you taste coffee prepared according to the method used in Japan at the end of the Edo period. The cafe's apple pies are made with fresh Jonathan apples.

若党町の「伝統的建造物群保存地区」の一角にある喫茶店。喫茶だけでなく食事も少しだけですがやっています。オムライス、アップルパイ（弘前らしい）、シフォンケーキ。散策の足を止めてひと休み。
Himawari

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Sakamotochou 2

A coffee shop which has been in business since 1959. Here you can enjoy a cup of coffee and a sweet while listening to famous classical music. The cafe also serves light meals like sandwiches, pizza, and beef stew. The cafe's homemade sweets have an unchanged, old fashioned flavor which keeps many fans coming back frequently. The Hanshi Coffee is a recreation of the coffee said to have been drunk by the feudal warriors of Hirosaki Domain in the Edo period as a medicinal tonic.
Mother Tree

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Prefecture Nakatsugaru-gun Nishimaya Mura Kawabe National Forest

This giant Japanese beech, estimated to be 400 years old, is seen as a symbol of the Shirakami area. The tree is around 30 meters high and its trunk is 4.65 meters in circumference. A walking path provides convenient access; there's also an observatory nearby which offers a view of Mt. Iwaki and Mt. Oppudake.
Sanchu Shokudo Honten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Watokumachi 164

A Japanese diner which has been in business for over 100 years. The old-fashioned interior is reminiscent of Japan in the late 60s and early 70s. The restaurant's large menu includes traditional Tsugaru soba noodles which take a whole three days to make, udon noodles, rice bowls, Chinese noodles, and more. The establishment was also the model for the novel Tsugaru hyakunen shokudo (Tsugaru 100 Year Diner).
Matsuno Yu Community Center

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Pref. Kuroishishi Nakamachi 33

A tourism and cultural exchange facility created by remodeling the Matsuno Yu, a public bath beloved by local residents for many years. The facility still retains much of what it looked like during its golden age. In addition to a free rest area, city resident's salon, and tourist information center, the center has a nursing room, multipurpose toilet, and coin lockers. The facility is used as a base for tourism in Kuroishi City and by local residents of all ages as a relaxation space.
Anzu

3.5

22 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Hirosakishi Oyakatamachi 44-1 Niko Building 1F

Anzu is a restaurant where customers can listen to impressive live performances of Tsugaru shamisen (a traditional stringed instrument) while dining on fresh food from both the sea and land. Live performances are held twice a day for 30 minutes at 7p.m. and 9p.m. Since the musicians perform without a microphone, customers say that the realisticfeeling is somewhat different from that of a typical live show using a microphone. The interior, decorated with kites and paper goldfish lanterns, is centered on an open hearth, and in the winter, it is possible to charcoal broil shellfish, such as scallops, spear squids, and red king crab.

出張の際、津軽三味線が聞ける店という事で寄りました。２０人程しか入れない小さなお店で、目の前で迫力ある演奏を聴きながら地元の料理と酒を楽しめます。

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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.