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02202 ／ひろさきし

Hirosaki City

A paper-making spring still wells up.

Tomita no Shitsuko, a spring

Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Omori-Katsuyama Site

A large pit dwelling lies on the axislinking Mt. Iwaki and the stone circle.

On a terrace at the northeastern foot of Mt. Iwaki, the Final Jomon stone circle is made of 77 stone clusters in an oval ring. The city says the pit dwelling site lies about 100 m southwest of the circle, on the axis linking Mt. Iwaki and the circle. The city also introduces the sunset over the summit at the winter solstice.

77 stone clusters
48.5 m by 39.1 m
National Historic Site, 2012

02 ／ Kimura Industrial Laboratory

Kunio Maekawa's first work in Japan:white walls, gray-blue steel windows.

The Kimura Industrial Laboratory is a two-story reinforced concrete building, built in 1932 in central Hirosaki. The city writes that it is the first work Kunio Maekawa created in Japan after studying under Le Corbusier. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes a double-height entrance hall with a red ceiling.

Built 1932
Two-story reinforced concrete
Important Cultural Property, 2021

03 ／ Horigoshi Castle Site

The Tsugaru clan's seat for 17 yearshas no stone walls or tiled roofs.

The city says the first domain lord renovated Horigoshi Castle in 1594, moving his seat from an earlier castle, and the Tsugaru clan held it for 17 years until the second lord moved to the castle later known as Hirosaki Castle in 1611. Recent surveys revealed palace buildings in the main enclosure, but no stone walls or tiled roofs.

Seat, 1594-1611
Palace buildings in main enclosure
National Historic Site, 1985

Hirosaki City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June 2024)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Shinkansen to Shin-Aomori, then 27 min by limited express.

about 170,000 people

The city's access page lists 3 hours 14 minutes from Tokyo Station to Shin-Aomori Station on the Hayabusa Shinkansen, then 27 minutes to Hirosaki on the Limited Express Tsugaru.

People living here: 168,466people
Area: 524.2km²
Households: 71,022households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,819yen
Healthcare: 14 hospitals ／ 157 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-02-27 に新設合併（岩木町・相馬村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —65 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 10 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Hirosaki City in Japan40.603°N 140.464°E

Territory of Hirosaki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

32.6km

Aomori Prefecture: Ajigasawa Town, Nishimeya Village, Owani Town, Hirakawa City, Tsuruta Town, Itayanagi Town, Fujisaki Town, Inakadate Village, Tsugaru City
Akita Prefecture: Odate City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Hirosaki City isthis kind of town.

01The Tomita no Shitsuko spring in Kamisuki-machi rises where a paper-making workshop was set up in 1686, and the city writes that it still wells up
02The Omori-Katsuyama Site has a Final Jomon stone circle of 77 stone clusters, with a large pit dwelling site on the axis linking it to Mt. Iwaki
03The Kimura Industrial Laboratory is the first work Kunio Maekawa created in Japan and an Important Cultural Property, and Horigoshi Castle Site, a National Historic Site, was the Tsugaru clan's seat for 17 years

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hirosaki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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