Festival&Event
Spring
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Cherry Blossoms Festival [Sakura Matsuri]
It is said that the first cherry blossoms, or sakura, to be planted in Hirosaki Park in 1715, which...
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Ringo no Hana Matsuri [Apple Blossom Festival]
In middle of May, Apple Blossom Festival holds that flowers are blooming in the Apple Park...
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Fire Bridge Inspection Parade
Simultaneous spraying of water from 100 fire engines ingrains spectators. And also fire fighters wave standards and perform ladder stunts.
National Kite-Flying Contest
Every year, this contest held in Iwaki district. They compete with others that their kite-flying skills and beauty of their kites hovering in the sky.
Summer
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Hirosaki Neputa Festival [Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri]
Hirosaki Neputa Festival is a summer festival which is one of the four major festivals in Hirosaki. This festival...
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Firework Festival in the Historic City of Hirosaki
This Firework Festival stated from 2006. They set off about 10000 fireworks which is the biggest...
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Yosakoi Tsugaru Street Dancing
Yosakoi Tsugaru is a combination of YosakoiSouran [Yosakoi festival forms from Kochi prefecture of Shikoku ...
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The Eve of a Festival [Yoimiya / Yomiya]
Yoimiya is an old local Tsugaru Festival in this area. It’s really tasteful. Yomiya usually holds at ...
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Autumn
Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Maple Festival
1000 maple trees and 2600 cherry trees start to color leaves in middle of October and Hirosaki Park is ...
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Tsugaru Food and Industry Festival
This is a festival which celebrates the fall harvest. It gather together local products, daily ...
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Culture Road
It is an event which opening a shop also stands in a row, and is crowded with many persons...
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Mt.Iwaki Pilgrimage [Oyamasankei]
“Oyamasankei”is an important intangible folk-cultural property.
Mt. Iwaki is really important mountain...
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Winter
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival
Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival is one of the Big five festivals of Michinoku. It started from 1977...
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Candle Festival
It takes 30min by car to Soma area from Central Hirosaki. There is a traditional festival which stared from over 400 years ago. It’s called “Sawada Candle Festival” and holds lunar New Year on a night with a full moon. They light candles and look into the harvest of the year, how candle wax runs. The lights of candles make a fantasy atmosphere around there.
Naked Dedication of the Sacred Rope
This festival is an intangible folk-cultural property of Hirosaki. It started over 350 years ago and holds every lunar New Year in Onizawa area. Men go around to Ki Shrine and some others with naked to pray “bountiful harvest” and “family safe and sound”. This is a traditional festival in Onizawa area.
Winter Festival
This festival can enjoy all visitors which hold in Apple Park. Such as ride on a sled, play games on snow and making bamboo ski are so much fun.
Fire Fighter’s Ceremony
All fire fighters in Hirosaki get together at Dotemachi Street and to show the spirit of fire fighter with traditional waving standards. This is one of the annual events at early January.
Electrical Fantasy
Hirosaki-City has many cultural facilities. Those facilities are illuminated at night and brightly...
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