Hirosaki, Aomori (3/3)
It's nice to visit a new place. I think Hirosaki is an interesting city. Once it used to have the third biggest population in the Tohoku area (1890), following Sendai and Morioka. But now it has preserved its tradition quietly. It's not a big tourist city like Tokyo or Kyoto, but it's very compact city to walk and look around.
Hirosaki is a little off from Aomori city, you need to take a train to get there from Shin-Aomori station and it takes about an hour. The day before we visited Hirosaki, the big mouse brought with us a cold wave and still there was snow on ground. We enjoyed the trip to Hirosaki very much.
We explored the city and walked along a long street. It was morning and very quiet. On both sides of the street there are a lot of Buddhist temples. And at the end of the street, there is the beautiful gate of Chōshō-ji temple which was built in 1528.
Also the view of grand Mount Iwaki was so beautiful.
Aomori is famous for its apples, the apple on the post box makes you smile:)
