1.
Aomori Prefecture's apple production has been decreasing due to a lack of workers in the apple industry. To protect the apple industry, this distillery was established for people to have more opportunities to enjoy and experience apple brandy. At the adjacent brandy factory, visitors will be given explanations about distillation equipment and apple brandy production process seen through glass windows.
30 minutes
2.
The tour will stop by the Tachineputa Museum located next to the Mohodori Distillery. Areas requiring payment will not be visited, but customers can enjoy seeing the impressive Tachineputa festival floats in the free space on the 1st floor.
10 minutes
3. Tsurunomai Bridge
"Built in 1994 over Lake Tsugaru Fujimi on which the majestic reflection of Mt. Iwaki is beautifully shown, the Tsurunomai Bridge is Japan's longest triple-arch wooden bridge spanning a total length of 300 meters, and was built using cypress sourced from Aomori Prefecture.
As the Tsurunomai Bridge is undergoing repair work, roads will be completely closed to traffic.
20 minutes
4.
Enjoy a lunch buffet with a rich variety of dishes.
1 hour
5.
Opened in 1870, To-o Gijuku was the first private school in the prefecture based on Keikokan, a clan school of the Hirosaki domain. This Western-style building established in 1900 was built as a residence for international instructors invited to To-o Gijuku, and has been designated as a prefectural treasure.
30 minutes
6. Former Hirosaki City Library
This facility was built to commemorate victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1906, and was used as a city library until 1931. While the building is based on the Renaissance style, it incorporates Japanese styles throughout. Designated as a prefectural treasure, the Western-style building is representative of the Meiji period (1868-1912), and features the originality and ingenuity of Horie Sakichi, a master builder from Hirosaki.
30 minutes
7. Shirakami Sanchi Visitor Center
"Shirakami Sanchi is a vast mountainous area sprawling approximately 130,000 hectares over the northwestern region of Akita Prefecture and the southwestern region of Aomori Prefecture. Registered as a World Heritage (Natural Heritage) site in December 1993, this area is home to one of the world's largest primeval beech forests largely unaffected by humans, preserving a valuable ecosystem where a wide variety of flora and fauna live and grow naturally. The Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center is a facility where visitors can learn about the relationship between beech trees and the ecosystem in Shirakami Sanchi.
*Please bring a smartphone or other device that can scan QR codes.
1 hour 30 minutes
8. Hirosaki Castle
Located in Hirosaki Park, Hirosaki Castle features Japan's northernmost extant main keep, and is a designated important cultural property. With approximately 2,600 cherry trees of 52 varieties, Hirosaki Park is considered one of Japan's top 3 cherry blossom spots, but it also flaunts beautiful colors in autumn with about a thousand maple trees and the fall foliage of the cherry trees. In winter, look forward to scenery unlike any other as the roofs of the castle, normally of a greenish blue hue, are draped in snow.
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