14 Sights in Hirosaki, Japan (with Map and Images)

Hirosaki Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Tsugaru clan, a 47,000 koku tozama daimyō clan who ruled over Hirosaki Domain, Mutsu Province, in what is now central Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It was also referred to as Takaoka Castle .

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Mount Iwaki is a stratovolcano located in western Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. It is also referred to as Tsugaru Fuji (津軽富士) and less frequently, Okufuji (奥富士) due to its similar shape to Mount Fuji. With a summit elevation of 1,625 meters (5,331 ft) and a prominence of 1,322 meters (4,337 ft) it is the highest mountain in Aomori Prefecture.

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Saishoin is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Chizan sect located in Doya-cho, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kongo, and the name of the temple is Kōmyoji. The five-storied pagoda is the northernmost in Japan as one designated as an important cultural property.

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The former 59th Bank Head Office Building is a historic building located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. It was built in Hirosaki City in 1904 (Meiji 37) as the head office of the 59th National Bank, and has been preserved and open to the public as a memorial hall of the bank since 1967 (Showa 42). On May 15, 1972 (Showa 47), it was designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

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Kudoji Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect located in Sakamoto, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Gokoku. The name of the temple is Kannon-in. The grade is 15th magnitude. It is the first shrine of the Tsugaru Thirty-Three Kannon Shrines, and is also one of the five mountains of Tsugaru Shingon, along with Saishoin, Hyakuzawa-ji, Hashiun-ji, and Kokujo-ji. The main temple is the work of Ennin (Jikan Daishi). It is the original Saishoin Temple. He is also famous for his ghost painting "Return of the Soul" (Returning Souls), which is said to be the work of Wang Zhi Luo (Dai Hakura Lecture) and Maruyama Ōryūsaku.

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Iwakiyama Shrine is a Shintō shrine in the city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Tsugaru Domain. All of Mount Iwaki is considered to be a portion of the shrine.

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Japan Anglican Church of the Ascension Church of Hirosaki is a building built in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture as a church of the Japan Anglican Church Hirosaki Ascension Church in 1920 (Taisho 9). In 1993 (Heisei 5), it was designated as a prefectural treasure.

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Fujita Memorial Garden is a Japanese garden located in Kamishirogane-cho, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The Western-style building, Japanese-style building, and warehouse within the garden were registered as important cultural properties of the country in 2003.

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Kakushuuji is a Soto Zen temple located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. Its mountain name is Tsugaruyama. The main deity is Shakyamuni Buddha. The main hall and other structures are designated as important cultural properties.

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Zuiraku-en (瑞楽園) is a Japanese dry landscape garden and nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The gardens are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.

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Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine (Tenmangu) located in Nishimomori, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, in a scenic spot overlooking Mt. Iwaki to the west, overlooking the Sakigabuchi below. It is also called Hirosaki Tenmangu with the name of the place. Former village shrine.

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Taiguuji is a Tendai sect temple located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The mountain name is Nachiyama. Originally, this was the Muryouin Kannon Hall. The fourth lord of the Hirosaki domain, Tsugaru Nobumasa, established Houonji to honor the memory of his father, the third lord Tsugaru Nobuyoshi, and subsequently, in 1677 (Enpo 5), he built Muryouin Kannon Hall and had a Kannon statue made. That statue is the Eleven-faced Kannon.

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Hirosaki City Museum opened in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan in 1977. It lies within Hirosaki Park, in the former grounds of Hirosaki Castle. As of March 2016, the collection numbered some eighteen thousand items, including an assemblage of artefacts excavated from the Sunazawa Site that have been designated an Important Cultural Property.

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Aomori Prefectural Gokoku Shrine (青森県護国神社, Aomori Ken Gokoku Jinja) is a shrine located at 1-3 Shimoshira-gane-machi, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, within Hirosaki Park (Hirosaki Castle Shinomaru).

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