About Hirosaki Apple Park
Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture is known throughout Japan as a top producing apple region. During our short visit we noticed apple orchards of various sizes everywhere. The Hirosaki Apple Park has everything apple. It’s the perfect one stop shop to fulfill your craving for apple picking, tasting, and buying.
In addition to apples, Hirosaki city is also known for their apple pies. Here is the link to the Hirosaki Apple Pie Guide. The guide features over 40 different kinds of apple pies from shops located in the greater Hirosaki area. The guide is incredibly in-depth with sliding scales for sweetness, tartness, and cinnamon content. It’s pretty neat to see each shops unique twist and take on apple pie.
The Hirosaki Apple Park is located on the outskirts of Hirosaki City in an area filled with apple orchards. The park is well developed with plenty of parking and modern facilities. With over 2,300 apple trees across 80 varieties, their are plenty of apple picking opportunities.
Apple Picking
August 6th – November 23rd (Depending on the Season & Harvesting Conditions) from 9:00 – 16:00 *Reception at Apple No Ie.
Apple no Ie or “Apple House” features a cafe and a shop selling some 1,200 different apple themed products. The cafe has a good variety of unique apple themed items like apple curry and apple katsu. They also have apple pie sets from some renown shops. The stores selection of apple related products was quite extensive. Instead of having a couple types of apple juice, there were well over a dozen types. The attention to detail in regards to ranking apple products based on sweetness and tartness is incredible.
The Apple Blossom Festival is an annual event held at the apple park in early May. The three day event features fun games, activities, and craft projects as well as plenty of apple pies. Here is the flyer for the Hirosaki Apple Blossom Festival held from May 5th – 7th.
Unique Reasons to Go
- Apple Picking & Tasting Opportunities
- Try Multiple Varieties of Apple Pie in One Location
- Unique Apple Blossom Festival Held in May
Unique Foods to Eat & Where to Get Them
- Apple Juice Flight: Sampler of five different Apple Juices from Apple no Ie (Perfect Try Before You Buy Opportunity).
- Apple Curry: Curry made with apple juice and butter-fried apples from Apple no Ie.
- Apple Katsu: Pork and apple combined in a katsu from Apple no Ie.
- Apple Ramen: Limited time from Apple no Ie.
Admission Fee & Hours
Admission to the Hirosaki Apple Park is Free.
Hirosaki Apple Park Hours
9:00 – 17:00
Open Year Round
Apple No Ie Hours
10:00 – 15:00