Like a small Central Park of the city. There is a botanical garden around the castle. Also, Civic Center is nearby. Definitely pay a visit if you stay more than 24 hours here in this city.

The park surrounding the castle is absolutely beautiful, and especially in the spring or fall. The story of the castle is fascinating, not the least in modern history, as it has veen uprooted and moved in 2015 and now prepared for another move. The inside is very nice and the area around it is very spacious and pretty.

I walked into the park and felt that little lift you get when a place is even prettier than the photos. The trees were glowing in every shade of autumn, yellow and orange and bright red with a few soft pink leaves catching the light. The castle peeked through the branches like a postcard come to life. The moat worked like a mirror and doubled the colors so well that I kept stopping just to stare. What I loved most was the mood. Cool air, the quiet crunch of leaves, couples moving slowly, and kids chasing tiny piles of red maple. I took too many photos, then put my phone away and just stood there. It felt good to be small in a big beautiful scene. Tips from my visit. Come early for calm paths and kind light. Walk the full loop around the moat, cross a few bridges, sit for ten minutes and watch the reflections ripple. Wear comfy shoes. Bring a spare battery if you are a photo person. I left with cold fingers and a very warm heart. I would come back in a heartbeat.

To fully tour the whole area which includes the botanical garden, Fujitsu memorial garden, and the castle, you would need a good 2-3 hours with plenty of walking but it's worth it. To go to Fujita memorial garden, you would need to walk out of the Hirosaki park. Too bad we were several weeks too early for the fall foliage festival at the park. The castle is rather small but the park grounds are quite massive.

Absolutely beautiful gardens. The autumn colours are gorgeous and you get a great mountain in-the-distance view as well. Worth the visit and cater for about 2 hours. Admission is ¥320 per adult. Visited on 1st Nov, 2025.

We visited on the last day of the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival. Most of the sakura in the garden had already fallen, except for those along the main road and around the castle, thanks to the various cherry tree varieties. We recommend visiting during the third or fourth week of April for the best experience. However, in other parts of the city, visitors can still enjoy cherry blossoms in full bloom, especially along the road leading to Mt. Iwaki.

Went here in the last week of April this year, my first spring trip in Japan. When they say spring, Hirosaki Park and Castle definitely is a must..and was speechless by the beauty which welcomed us. Cherry blossoms and petals wherever you go, pruned differently to represent how apples are pruned in the area. Despite the large area, food stalls are available at designated sections of the park as well.

I was there in spring, this park became green scenery with some flowers left to decorate the park. Mount Iwaki can be seen from here. It would be nice if it is cherry blossom season. Park itself is free. Public toilets are available.

Stunning park in the cosy old town of Hirosaki. I visited during the autumn Chrysanthemum and Maple festival, which immediately made it one of my favourite spots in Japan. The colours and atmosphere both were amazing. We took a boat ride on one of the castle's moats, with a very hearty, joyous guide. It was a stunning day.

A pleasant park surrounding Hirosaki Castle. The vast majority of the park is open without paying a fee. Some areas closer to the castle are onoy available after paying a fee. Beautiful in the spring and fall.

End Oct 2025. There was an event in the Hirosaki Park. It was quite chilly at night. It starts from 4 pm and we went there at about 6pm. It takes us about 2 hours to complete the place including taking pictures. The organizer has placed some fireplaces in an area for those people who felt cold. The autumn trees are really nice under the lights. Anyway, it is nice walk and for those who are not used to cold, do wear warmly. Parking was quite easy as it wasn't peak season I guessed.

Small castle but big garden … it will be very beautiful during Sakura period, I think

Nice Park for relaxing or meeting friends There are lots of shady spots for a picnic and easy to park. For a minimal fee, you can enter the botanical garden, castle, etc. We will be returning in Autumn to check out the becolors. Autumnal cokors.

Last visit some 20 years ago was just to see the cherry blossom and this is one of the famous site for it. This time round is to ensure the greenery offer by the park while enroute to the destination

Wonderful setting and lovely almost european coffee house

As much as we enjoyed Hiroshima Park, Fujita memorial garden topped our expectation. It's part of the entrance fee package we purchased which also includes the castle and botanical garden. There's a lot to explore and it exudes the sense of zen.

Excellent Japanese garden next to hirosaki park that one should enjoy! It is probably overlooked compared to the park and cafe but this was a really a gem. Incorporates the mountain and surrounding really well. You can sit there and gaze around at how well they have designed the garden!

If you enjoy looking around the japanese style garden, then you should come by before you leave Hirosaki.

This is definitely one of the top beautiful Japanese garden. The waterfall is impressive and it is located next to the castle.

Beautiful garden that is right next to Hirosaki Castle Park, yet does not get the number of visitors the bigger park gets!

beautiful

This is a particularly nice location and a very pleasant store. Convenient to Hirosaki Park and City Hall, it attracts a variety of customers. The food and drink offerings live up to Starbucks standards. The store offers a modern Japanese presentation. Very nice seating areas and complete with a garden view. It was a perfect place for a break from the Hirosaki rainfall.

It was maybe the only place in Hirosaki that opened at 7am on weekend. The apple pie was great, it had custard in it. Store exterior and interior set up were both so nice!

Good in general but the place is overcrowded by annoying tourists who is just sitting there for hours and hours!!!

A must visit Starbucks branch in Hirosaki A beautiful and historical building with the smell of sincerely brewed coffee. A perfect match for the summer afternoon! Don’t forget to visit the castle and having a short walk in Hirosaki Park.

This Starbucks is amazing! The shop itself is really nice. It’s historically registered place. So looks nice! Is is modified for the Starbucks. There are spacious inside. And some rooms here. You can find comfortable tables or sofa! It’s really nice Starbucks so far! You can see moats surrounding a castle from the window. There are a public parking by the Starbucks with cheep pay, enjoy!

Super cute and so well blended into local atmosphere. The staff were so polite and fast moving. Very amazing place to be.

Beautiful rustic Starbucks. Picturesque exterior with modern yet matching interior. Chill vibes with the pristine Starbucks feel.

The food here is amazing. The Japanese style pancake is very different from the western style. It is thicker, softer and melts in your mouth. The strawberries are fresh and the jam are wonderful but is a little sweet for me. The stew beef is very tender and full of flavors. The sauce is strong in flavour and salty which makes it perfect when eaten with the white rice that comes with the dish. Coffee is too mild and weak for me. The restaurant is extremely clean and the table and chairs are wipe clean after every departing patron.

Nice galette. Nice salad dressing that pairs well with the scallops. The salmon was ok. The scallops is the one giving the flavour.

A very foreigner friendly shop with English menu. Food is nice and price is reasonable. Although we are allowed to sit inside for only 50 minutes due to peak lunch hour, it is understandable and not a problem for us. (Who stays in a restaurant for over one hour during a travel anyway?)

Love this cafe!! We always eat here when we went to Hirosaki. It’s on the second floor of the building/ music hall. It’s a bit hard to find it the first time. The menu has varieties, but we love the scallops galette and fruits pancakes. Atmosphere is nice. Service is fast and friendly.

I don’t recommend the risotto because it was so small and expensive. Pasta and other things might better. The restaurant was peaceful with nice decoration 👍🏻

Reasonably priced. Came here to escape the wind during Sakura season. Nothing special about this food at all.

Unique beef curry rice with supreme dessert

English friendly with an English menu that is as comprehensive as the Japanese menu. They have a special soba every month and I managed to try the shigusa soba which was the special for February: essentially an amazake flavoured soup base with mustard greens and pork. Very hearty on a cold winters day. Large prawns for tempura and good range of selection would recommend going if you’re near hirosaki castle which is only a walking distance away!

The monthly soba special with chicken, cucumber and walnut sauce was so good on a hot day. We walked here after visiting Hirosaki Castle. Some of the best tempura!

After visiting Hirosaki Park, we went here to get lunch. Ordered the cold soba and tempura and it was delicious. Great staff! They also spoke English and had an English menu.

The mekabu soba is probably the best soba I have ever had. Many thanks to the staff for teaching me how to stir it for the best taste.

Delicious hot soba with an option for 100% buckwheat noodles. The cold soba and tempura looked great as well. Helpful staff and a full English menu.

Delicious zaru soba and udon! Friendly staff. English menu available if needed.

Expensive for the poor quality... of both tempura and soba. Tempura skin was too thick. Cold soba is not chewy, just feel very hard... didn't finish it as it was not tasty

(Translated by Google) The soba noodles are unique and thick. However, the texture is soft🙆🏻 You can taste the flavor of soba in abundance, so if you love soba flavor, you should definitely try it at least once! ! Since you can chew the food thoroughly, it is easy to feel full. The egg fried rice is delicious. Maybe I should try copying it at home 🐣 (Original) お蕎麦の麺は唯一無二、太め。ですが口当たりは柔らかくて🙆🏻 蕎麦の風味をふんだんに感じることができるので、お蕎麦風味が大好きな方へぜひ一度食べて欲しい！！ しっかり噛むことができるので、満腹感も得られやすいです。 卵かけご飯が美味しいです。おうちで真似してみようかな🐣

(Translated by Google) It's crowded at lunchtime, but we were seated without waiting. The soba noodles are delicious, but the noodles are short, so I'm an Edokko and can't slurp them up, which is a shame. The tempura shrimp is big and plump, and delicious. The young man in charge of the dining area (a part-timer?) is very attentive. The owner has blonde hair and is a rock fan. I'm intrigued by the blue container next to the parking lot (is it for band practice?). (Original) お昼時はやはり混んでいますが、待たずに席に案内してもらえました。お蕎麦は美味しいのですが、麺が短めで江戸っ子の私としてはすすれなくて残念。天ぷらの海老が大きくてプリっとしていて美味しいです。ホール担当の若者(バイト？)は、よく気が利いていいです。店主さんはブロンドのロック系です。駐車場の横にある青いコンテナが気になります(バンドの練習用？)

(Translated by Google) It was busy at lunchtime, but they seemed to let us in once they cleared the seats. They explained that it would take a while for our food to be served. This restaurant is famous for its handmade soba noodles made from 100% buckwheat flour. My daughter ordered a small tempura bowl, my husband ordered duck soba, and I ordered chilled soba noodles with chives and a hot spring egg. The noodles were quite thick and hearty. The soba noodles were topped with chopped chives and ginger pickled in oil, and we enjoyed them with the egg. The soba soup was also delicious. (Original) お昼時で混んでましたが、お席を片付けたら入れますという感じ。提供までお時間が多少かかりますとご説明あり。 蕎麦粉100%の手打ち蕎麦、有名なお店です 娘天丼小、旦那鴨せいろ、私はにら蕎麦温泉卵冷やし蕎麦を。なかなか太めのごっつりとした手打ちそばでした。 刻みにら生姜オイル漬け？が乗った蕎麦、卵を絡めて美味しくいただきました。蕎麦湯も美味。

(Translated by Google) It's delicious and the portions are more than enough. It's a bit hard to find in Tokyo. It must be popular because there were always people coming in. Even though it's quite far from the city center, it felt like everyone was there. (Original) 美味しいのに量も十分すぎる 東京だとちょっとない感じ 人気なのかひっきりなしに人が来てました。結構中心地からはなれてると思うんだけど。みんな来ようとしてきてる感じでした。

(Translated by Google) I visited this restaurant because I wanted to eat some delicious soba noodles. I thought the service was good. The soba noodles were hard and difficult to eat, and I thought the tempura would have a lot of crunchy batter, but because there was so much, the inside was full of raw flour, which was awful. Terrible! I thought it would be better for me to say something directly, but I didn't want it to seem like I was trying to bargain, so I didn't. The tempura is so bad. I wonder how long they've been doing this... It was quite disappointing. The raw batter felt gross in my mouth and I couldn't eat it. The chive rice had a bit of a strong flavor, so some people might not like it. Some people may like it. I thought it was inevitable because the service was good, but the service was poor towards the end, maybe because it was the last order... The woman paying the bill was unfriendly. It was quite expensive, so I was expecting decent food, but I'm disappointed in many ways. It's unacceptable that the tempura flour is raw. (Original) 美味しいお蕎麦が食べたく 訪店しました。 接客がよく感じました。 お蕎麦ですが 硬くて食べにくく 天ぷらは衣がガリガリと多いかと思いきや 衣が多いから中の方は生の小麦粉で最悪でした。不味い！ 直接言った方が今後のためになるかと思いましたが なんだかんだ言って値引き交渉だと思われたくなく言いませんでした。 天ぷら 下手ですね。何年やってるのか……残念でした かなり。 生の衣が口の中で気持ち悪く 食べれず。 ニラのご飯はちょっと くせが強く 苦手な人もいるかなと。好きな人もいるでしょう。 接客がいいから仕方ない我慢しようとしてたけど、最後あたり サービスが良くなく もうラストオーダーだったからか。。 会計の時の女性の方が 無愛想でした。 結構な値段だったので それなりの料理を期待してたけど 色々残念な気持ちです。 天ぷら粉が生って有り得ないなあ。

(Translated by Google) I stopped by on my way to lunch. They take orders until 2 p.m. I arrived at 1:30, so I was worried I wouldn't be able to eat. There was a line, so I wrote down my name and car number, and they came and called me. I had soba, and it was a pretty big portion, so I left some. I'm a small eater. The buckwheat jelly was fine. They served apple sorbet at the end. They only accept cash; no cards. It's delicious, but it's light. (Original) 점심먹으러 가는길에 들렀어요..두시까지 주문받어요.한시반에 도착해서 못먹을까 걱정했어요.사람들 웨이팅있어서 이름적고 차번호적구 기다리면 차로와서 부르더라구요. 소바먹었구양이꽤되서 남겼어요.저는소식가 메밀묵 괜찮았어요.마지막엔 사과샤베트 주더라구요. 오직 캐시만받아요.카드안되요.맛있어요.담백합니다.

(Translated by Google) I ordered the egg dipping sauce. The warm egg dipping sauce was a delicious match with the soba! (Original) 玉子とじせいろを注文しました。 暖かいたまごのつけ汁は蕎麦とマッチして美味しかった！