The Fuyu ni Saku Sakura light-up event, where pink lights shine on snow to make it look like cherry blossoms, is being held at Hirosaki Park in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. Hirosaki ...

Located in present-day Aomori Prefecture at the northernmost end of Japan’s largest island, Honshū, Hirosaki was a flourishing castle town during the Edo period (1603–1868). Today ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori Prefecture--Cherry blossoms have reached full bloom in Hirosaki Park here, which is well-known nationwide as a sakura viewing spot. Visitors watched and took pictures of the ...