02-001
Hachinohe Park Kodomo no Kuni
General Park / Botanical Garden
Aza Hachinohe Koen, Tokaichi, Hachinohe, Aomori
- Fee
- Free (amusement park rides require separate ride tickets)
- Hours
- April 1 to early November 9:00-16:45
- Closed
- Every Monday (if Monday is a national holiday, the following day)
02-002
Yogoshiyama Forest Park (Yogoshiyama Cactus Garden)
Cactus Garden / Greenhouse
36-1 Hamago Horikae, Hiranai-machi, Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori
- Fee
- Adults 500 yen, Children 150 yen, group discount available (15 or more people)
- Hours
- 8:30-16:30
- Closed
- August 13; year-end and New Year holidays (December 30 - January 3)
02-003
Hirosaki Park (Hirosaki Castle Botanical Garden)
Castle Ruins Botanical Garden
1 Shimoshirogane-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori
- Fee
- Hirosaki Castle Botanical Garden: Adults 320 yen, Children 100 yen (Combined ticket [Honmaru, Kita-no-kuruwa, Botanical Garden, Fujita Memorial Garden]: Adults 520 yen, Children 160 yen)
- Hours
- Mid-April to November 23, 9:00-17:00 (during the Cherry Blossom Festival, 9:00-21:00)
- Closed
- Mondays; closed for the winter (late November to early April)
02-004
Seibi-en
Oishi Bugaku-style strolling garden (Place of Scenic Beauty)
1 Saruka Ishibayashi, Hirakawa, Aomori
02-005
Fujita Memorial Garden
Japanese Garden
8-1 Kamishirogane-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori
- Fee
- Adults ¥320, elementary and junior high school students ¥100 (single-facility ticket; combined tickets such as ¥520 are also available). Free during the winter opening period (11/24–4/9). Free admission day on the last Sunday of June.
- Hours
- 9:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30). During the Cherry Blossom Festival period 9:00–21:00; night opening 9:00–20:00.
- Closed
- None (open year-round; in winter, only the elevated area is open)
- Station
- Bus: get off at "Shiyakusho-mae Koen Iriguchi" (市役所前公園入口), 3-minute walk (about 15 minutes by taxi from Hirosaki Station)
- Parking
- 60 cars, 5 buses (6 buses in winter)
02-006
Kodomo no Mori (Hirosaki)
Nature Observation Forest / Outdoor Activities
Kudoji-chinai, Aza Yamamoto, Oaza Sakamoto, Hirosaki, Aomori (Kodomo no Mori Visitor Center)
- Hours
- Visitor Center 8:30–16:30 (open 4/1–11/30; in winter, only on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and during the city elementary and junior high school winter and spring breaks)
- Closed
- Tuesdays (the next day if Tuesday is a national holiday); 12/29–1/3
- Station
- From JR Hirosaki Station, take the Konan Bus Kudoji Line to the last stop, "Kudoji" (about 40 minutes)