The parade will go on for two hours.

Fifty different types of sakuras grow in Hirosaki Park, mainly somei yoshino, shidarezakura, and yaezakura. There are 2,600 trees in all, whose fallen petals cluster together and flow along the moat ...

Aomori Prefecture is Japan’s top apple producer. In 2021, farmers harvested nearly 420,000 tons of the fruit, equal to 60% of Japan’s annual production. Aomori’s climate, with its cool summers and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of Japan’s few remaining ‘original’ castles, Hirosaki Castle will return to its original location in 2026 after having been ...

If you ask someone about Aomori Prefecture, it is likely that the subject of apples would pop up in conversation sooner or later. The city of Hirosaki boasts the title of holding the highest apple ...

While Aomori Prefecture is famed for its rich powder snow, particularly atop the Hakkoda Mountains and the eight-meter-high Snow Corridors around Sukayu Onsen, the region is equally favored for its ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori Prefecture--Hirosaki Castle can now fit in the palm of your hand, thanks to a local advertising designer and a Brazilian man. Hiroyuki Akaishi, 57, created a paper model of the famous ...

400: That’s about how many years old Japan’s Hirosaki Castle is. It’s also how many tons it weighs. And yet it was successfully lifted two feet in the air and 230 feet down the road. That’s the insane ...