The Hirosaki Castle Yuki-Doro Festival transforms the castle park into a winter wonderland with illuminated snow lanterns, dome-shaped kamakura huts, and intricate sculptures.
Hirosaki · 6–11 Feb 2027
Hirosaki Municipal Tourist Center offers information on local attractions and events in a traditional Japanese building with a garden, providing maps, bookings, and free Wi-Fi.
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Hirosaki Park celebrates cherry blossoms with illuminated trees, boat rides across the moat to view reflections on water, and picnicking beneath the flowering branches.
Hirosaki · 23 Apr – 5 May 2027
Hirosaki Park features cherry blossom trees, a castle with moat, temples, shrines, and recreational activities including boating and picnicking.
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The Hirosaki Castle Yuki-Doro Festival transforms the castle park into a winter wonderland with illuminated snow lanterns, dome-shaped kamakura huts, and intricate sculptures.
6–11 Feb 2027Hirosaki · AomoriHirosaki Park celebrates cherry blossoms with illuminated trees, boat rides across the moat to view reflections on water, and picnicking beneath the flowering branches.
23 Apr – 5 May 2027Hirosaki · AomoriThe Hirosaki Neputa Festival features giant illuminated floats up to 10 meters tall, paraded nightly through the city with taiko drums and traditional chanting.
1–7 Aug 2027Hirosaki · AomoriHirosaki Municipal Tourist Center offers information on local attractions and events in a traditional Japanese building with a garden, providing maps, bookings, and free Wi-Fi.
Hirosaki · AomoriA Japanese castle built in 1611 that remains the only surviving Edo-period castle keep in the entire Tohoku region, originally featuring a five-story tower.
Hirosaki · AomoriHirosaki Park features cherry blossom trees, a castle with moat, temples, shrines, and recreational activities including boating and picnicking.
Hirosaki · AomoriThe Hirosaki Castle Yuki-Doro Festival transforms the castle park into a winter wonderland with illuminated snow lanterns, dome-shaped kamakura huts, and intricate sculptures.
6–11 Feb 2027Hirosaki · AomoriHistoric winter celebration over 800 years old marking the end of the cold season with traditional performances and prayers for a bountiful rice harvest.
17–20 Feb 2027Hachinohe · AomoriHirosaki Park celebrates cherry blossoms with illuminated trees, boat rides across the moat to view reflections on water, and picnicking beneath the flowering branches.
23 Apr – 5 May 2027Hirosaki · AomoriHachinohe Sansha Taisai combines traditional shrine processions with elaborately decorated floats and is recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
31 Jul – 4 Aug 2027Hachinohe · AomoriThe Hirosaki Neputa Festival features giant illuminated floats up to 10 meters tall, paraded nightly through the city with taiko drums and traditional chanting.
1–7 Aug 2027Hirosaki · AomoriAomori's most iconic summer festival features glowing nebuta floats and energetic haneto dancers who leap through illuminated parades and water processions.
2–7 Aug 2027AomoriThe Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival is an Aomori summer festival famous for its illuminated floats, some up to 23 metres tall, paraded nightly to taiko drums and flutes.
4–8 Aug 2027Goshogawara · AomoriA three-day festival in Towada, Aomori, begun as a prayer for the harvest, with floats and drum carts drawn through the streets and lit at night.
4–6 Sep 2027Towada · AomoriGuardian shrine of Aomori dedicated to the Three Goddesses of Munakata, featuring grounds with a sacred spring and historic remains including haiku stones by Matsuo Basho.
AomoriHirosaki Municipal Tourist Center offers information on local attractions and events in a traditional Japanese building with a garden, providing maps, bookings, and free Wi-Fi.
Hirosaki · AomoriA reconstructed fortress in Aomori Prefecture built in 1334 that controlled regional trade routes and served as a base for the Southern Court.
Hachinohe · AomoriA Japanese castle built in 1611 that remains the only surviving Edo-period castle keep in the entire Tohoku region, originally featuring a five-story tower.
Hirosaki · AomoriThe Hakkodamaru, a ferry that served between Aomori and Hakodate, is now Japan's only accessible museum ferry, operated by a nonprofit since 2006.
AomoriA fish market and bowl restaurant near Aomori Station where visitors select from an array of fresh seafood and vegetable toppings to create a custom Nokke-don rice bowl.
AomoriHirosaki Park features cherry blossom trees, a castle with moat, temples, shrines, and recreational activities including boating and picnicking.
Hirosaki · AomoriThis site preserves Japan's largest Jōmon settlement across 40 hectares, with a reconstructed six-pillared structure dating to around 2600 BC and UNESCO World Heritage status.
AomoriThis Akita museum preserves Tachineputa, giant 16-meter festival floats decorated with traditional ornaments, and showcases both historical and modern examples.
Goshogawara · Aomori
