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DEHirosaki is just 45min away from Aomori. This small and quiet city is worth a day or half a day of your time if you’re visiting Aomori and here’s how you can spend your time there:
1. Aomori is the prefecture of apples so there are a couple of apple installations inside and outside the JR station, including an apple-shaped Daruma, a postbox with an apple and the Hirosaki sign itself! These are picture-perfect and worth a short visit once you alight at the station.
2. As you stroll through the streets, you’ll get to see Mt Iwada towering majestically over the town. You’ll be able to see it once you’re visiting the places I mentioned in points 3 - 5 of my itinerary! Not as iconic as Mt Fuji but still breathtaking!
3. Taisho Roman Tea Room （大正浪漫喫茶室）
is located in Fujita Memotial Garden and has floor to ceiling glass windows which boast a great view of the garden itself. Queues can be long so do arrive early and you have to get the q number from the iPad yourself (in Japanese but you’d be able to guess what they’re asking for). Most people want the window seats so if you opt for non-window seats the q will be way faster. The signature apple pies are delicious but the star for me is definitely the apple parfait!! There are so many layers to this - apple mousse, ice cream, cookie, cake etc and they harmonize perfectly in your mouth.
4. Once you‘re done with your food, you can just enter Fujita Memorial Garden. It is free during winter because the garden is covered in thick layers of snow. But it’s actually a quiet place to play with snow (build snowman) and if you walk to the edge of the park, you can see Mt Iwada too!
5. There are a couple iconic buildings in Hirosaki such as Starbucks Coffee and the former Hirosaki City Library, good photo spots! They‘re also located otw to Hirosaki Castle.
6. Last but not least, Hirosaki Castle. It is honestly very small but the park surrounding castle is a good stroll.
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