At Sensoji Temple, a top tourist destination in Tokyo ... It’s even an official emblem for Hirosaki, a city in northern Japan. In a report released last month, a government panel at the ...

Kofukuji Temple and Kasuga Taisha Shrine. Nara Park. From late April to early May, Hirosaki Park has the most vast array of Kanzan, Ichiyo, Somei Yoshino and weeping cherry trees in Japan ...

Once every century, Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture experiences ... the construction company that specializes in temple and shrine renovation and was commissioned to move the castle.

While much of the country’s cherry blossoms have shed their pink and white petals by the end of April, head to the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival in Aomori Prefecture. Enjoy more than 2,600 ...

If you missed the real thing in Hirosaki this past August, check out this smaller, wonderfully local version in the lively streets of Asakusa near Senso-ji Temple. There will be five types of ...