THIS TOUR STARTS FROM A LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE IN AOMORI.
You can pick your hotel, a train station or any other location as long as it is located within AOMORI CITY.
| PRICES START FROM:
+ JPY 16,196 PER PERSON FOR A GROUP OF 5 PEOPLE (TOYOTA ALPHARD) = JPY80,980/GROUP + JPY 11,160 PER PERSON FOR A GROUP OF 8 PEOPLE (HIACE GRAND CABIN) = JPY89,280/GROUP Each booking will be charged per vehicle, irrespective of the number of passengers. The price per person will depend on the number of passengers in your group travelling in a single vehicle. Please note the maximum occupancy limits for each vehicle while booking. |
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE?
+ Vehicle designated in selected package (either a Toyota Alphard, HiAce Grand Cabin or HiAce Luxury Cabin)
+ English speaking driver (the driver is not a guide & may only have basic English skills)
+ Tolls, Highway Fees, Parking Fees, Fuel (and other associated vehicle costs for this itinerary)
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE?
+Region Expert
+Meals
+Entrance Fees
SEAT PLAN
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HOW CAN I ADD A TOUR GUIDE?
Pick a date & package; press the PROCEED BOOKING button. The next screen will offer you the option to add on a REGION EXPERT (a local guide with expert knowledge of the area, its history and culture) for an additional fee. Other add-ons may also be available.
ITINERARY
This private package tour will start at a location of your choice within AOMORI and then proceed to your chosen destination options.
Please type in three options from the following after pressing the PROCEED BOOKING button.
Option 01: Hirosaki Castle
Option 02: Hirosaki Park
Option 03: Samurai District
Option 04: Neputa Mura
Option 05: Auga Fish Market
DETAILED ITINERARY
We start off in Aomori. After picking you up in one of our luxurious private vehicles, we will drive you through the three destinations of your choice.
Option 01: Hirosaki Castle (Recommended)
Hirosaki Castle was built in 1611 by the Tsugaru Clan. A three-story castle tower, fortified moats, castle gates and some corner turrets (yagura) survive or were reconstructed. The castle is located in Hirosaki Park, a spacious public park of about 0.6 square kilometers.
Entrance fee (separate from tour price, to be purchased on the spot)
Adults: JPY310 per person (castle only)
Option 02: Hirosaki Park (Recommended)
Hirosaki Park is one of Japan’s best cherry blossom spots. With its abundance of over 2500 trees, cherry blossom tunnels, petal filled moats, numerous pleasant picnic areas, rental rowing boats, many varieties of cherry trees and illuminations in the evenings, it feels like multiple great cherry blossom spots combined into a single one. A festival is held annually from April 23 to May 5, when the blossoms are usually in bloom.
Option 03: Samurai District (Recommended)
When the Tsugaru Clan sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600, they ensured their authority as the feudal lords of Hirosaki for the 250 years of the Edo Period. Hirosaki Castle was to be the base from which they would rule, and around which a typical castle town developed.
Like in all castle towns, the samurai, who served the Tsugaru Clan, lived in residences surrounding the castle of their feudal lord. Today, a section north of Hirosaki Castle remains preserved as a former samurai district. Although much of the area looks like an ordinary modern Japanese residential area today, three samurai houses and one merchant house have been preserved and are open to the public:
Option 04: Neputa Mura
The Neputa Mura or “Neputa Village” is a museum about Hirosaki’s famous festival, the Neputa Matsuri, and also introduces the city’s other cultural specialties.
The Neputa Matsuri takes place annually from August 1 to 7 around the same time when Neputa and Nebuta festivals are held all over Aomori Prefecture. It features floats with large painted screens that depict beautiful women, mythological warriors and other themes, and are illuminated from within when paraded through the streets. Several such floats and screens are on display in the Neputa Mura.
Entrance fee (separate from tour price, to be purchased on the spot)
Adults: JPY550 per person
Option 05: Auga Fish Market
Auga Market is a lively fish market located in the basement of the Auga Festival City shopping center. The market consists of tightly packed rows of vendors selling all sorts of fish, seafood, vegetables and prepared foods. The local seafood is freshly brought in from Aomori Port, and you can find practically anything here from seaweed and tuna, to live octopus and Aomori’s famous scallops. There are also a few restaurants that serve seafood from the market.
The tour will end with us dropping you off at a location of your choice in Aomori.
