Activities
Michinoku Matsuriya
- Availability:
- All year
Michinoku Matsuriya holds a show every night where you can feel the heat of the festival.
Storytellers tell stories of Aomori with images and invite you to the world of the festival. In the performance area surrounding the auditorium, unpredictable shows unfold, and the venue is filled with the heat of a real festival.Aomori Nebuta Sauna
- Availability:
- April 3, 2024 ~*Year-round
Inside the sauna is a nebuta designed by the Takenami Hirono Nebuta Institute, presided over by the seventh Nebuta master, Takenami Hiroo. This is a sauna where you can feel the heat of the Aomori Nebuta Festival, and your heart will dance, thanks to the auto lollies that match the excitement of the festival music.
Apple Juice Faucet
- Availability:
- All year
Apple juice flows like water from the faucet. Also recommended for a drink after a bath.
Yawatauma Lounge
- Availability:
- All year
Visitors can enjoy tea and alcohol while enjoying traditional crafts and viewing the garden. This is a space where you can lose track of time and relax.
Irori fireplace lounge
- Availability:
- All year
A relaxing space that blends old houses and modern architecture. Comfortable sofa space and free drinks are available depending on your stay.
Yottemare Bar
- Availability:
- All year
A bar where you can casually drink delicious local sake from Aomori on a night when you don't have enough to drink. In this bar with a nostalgic atmosphere, soak in the afterglow of the festival such as standing drinking and counter seating. You can also enjoy the unique menu that changes with the seasons.
Tsugaru Kogin-sashi experience
- Availability:
- All year
This is a set where you can make coasters for "Tsugaru Koginsashi". Enjoy it in your room, lounge or wherever you like.
Scallop Fishing
- Availability:
- All year
Fishing scallops is a specialty of Aomori, and prizes are available according to the number of scallops caught. Held daily at the Jawamegu Square.
Aomori Station Day Trip
- Availability:
- All yearExcluded dates are 8/1 ~ 16, 12/31~1/1.
This exclusive package for hotel guests includes a roundtrip train ticket from nearby Misawa Station to Aomori Station, as well as entry and lunch at a museum dedicated to the paper floats of the local Nebuta Matsuri festival.
Goldfish Festival
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
"Goldfish Neputa," a summer tradition in Aomori, is displayed throughout the building, adding to the festive atmosphere. Aomoriya's original giant goldfish Neputa is a masterpiece! We also have apple candy stalls, fortune slips and many other experiences.
Goldfish Fortune Telling
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
When you float “Poi” used for goldfish scooping, fortune rises to the surface. It also offers tips on how to enjoy your stay in Aomoriya more.
goldfish pattern yukata rental
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
We have a variety of gorgeous yukatas to add to the festive atmosphere. Among them, the goldfish-patterned yukatas that represent summer are popular, so you can fully enjoy the summer festive atmosphere by dressing up.
Apple candy stall
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
It is an apple candy that resembles a goldfish nebuta, and it is characterized by a large tail fin made by candy work on an apple that is covered with candy. You can enjoy the strong sweetness and acidity of the apple.
Giant Goldfish Neputa
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
A giant goldfish neputa will appear at Jawameg Plaza for a limited time during the summer.
Goldfish Nebuta shaved ice
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
It is a colorful shaved ice that resembles the summer tradition of Aomori, "Goldfish Neputa." The shaved ice with apple-flavored red syrup expresses the festival atmosphere with colorful fruits, and the shaved ice contains seasonal cassis jam, which has a refreshing sweet and sour taste.
loan fish lantern
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
Goldfish-shaped lanterns "Goldfish Neputa" are available for rent. Bring your goldfish to color your nighttime stroll through the park.
Garlic Garden 931
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
An event where you can enjoy garlic as a main snack and Aomori local beer. On the terrace with a table shaped like garlic on the top and legs and a garlic lantern, you can enjoy Aomori's exclusive original beer and garlic as a main snack, and you can enjoy a full glass of garlic with your eyes or tongue.
Goldfish Neputa Lantern Corridor
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
In summer, the passageway connecting the Jawame Plaza in the center of Aomoriya and the West Wing is decorated with 350 goldfish lanterns. Aomoriya's goldfish neputa are original, representing the long, large tail fins of Tsugaru Nishiki brocade, and their tail fins sway when they are hung, making them appear to swim gracefully. It is one of Aomoriya's photo spots where visitors can take pictures with the goldfish neputas lined up in a row.
Keiryu Open-top Bus Tour
- Availability:
- May 17, 2024 – Nov 4Days out of service due to maintenance: 5/22、6/5、6/19、7/5、7/31、8/28、9/11、9/26、10/10
Visit Oirase Gorge by taking the open top bus. You can enjoy the nature from the different point of view from walking.
This tour starts from Hoshino Resort Oirase Keiryu Hotel. Please refer to the instructions on how to move from Aomoriya.
Whind Chimes Carriage Tour
- Availability:
- Jun 1, 2024 – Aug 31
Visitors will walk around the park in a horse-drawn carriage, listening to the sound of wind chimes made of Nambu ironware and Tsugaru Biidoro, and feeling "cool" by the ice on the table.
Pastoral Summer Vacation in Aomoriya
- Availability:
- Jul 20, 2024 – Aug 31
Staff will be on hand to observe horses on the pasture, touch them and take photos, and listen to their stories from staff. * Horse riding is not allowed.
Aomori Workshop
- Availability:
- Jul 20, 2024 – Aug 31
Try your hand at Aomori’s traditional crafts, such as Tsugaru lacquer decoration, coloring Yawata-uma horse figurines, and painting scallop shells.
Catching Insects
- Availability:
- Jul 20, 2024 – Aug 31
Various insects such as beetles and dragonflies live in the site. You can carry an insect trap set and go looking for insects freely. I recommend you to study while walking around the park.
Nebuta Halloween
- Availability:
- Oct 1, 2024 – Oct 31
Halloween event featuring Nebuta and apple jack-o-lanterns and bats. This year, the original sweets featuring the appearance of apple jack-o-lanterns and the original costume item "Nebuta Masquerade Mask" will be newly introduced. You can enjoy Halloween with a unique experience unique to Aomori.
Jawa Megu Apple Festival
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
In the Jawa Meguringo Festival, which is based on the theme of apples that are in season in autumn, we offer an experience where you can enjoy apples to the fullest, such as an apple monaka stall, an apple target, and an apple gachagacha. You can fully enjoy autumn in Aomori and feel energized by the apple-only program. "
Apple Monaka stall
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
If you turn a huge roulette shaped like an apple, you can get a set of red bean paste and middle apple. We have a total of 5 kinds of middle bean paste, including traditional apple jam, apple butter, and things you don't usually have a chance to eat like apple miso. It depends on roulette which kind of middle bean paste you can eat.
Apple target
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
An activity called "apple shooting" where you shoot down an apple cushion of about 11 cm in size. You can shoot down an apple cushion of about 2 m in size from an apple tree and get a prize by the number of apple cushions. You can enjoy the atmosphere of the festival even in the fall as it is a standard target of the festival.
Apple Festival
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
During the autumn season when apples are produced, the lantern corridor in the west building is decorated with more than 300 apple-shaped lanterns, allowing you to enjoy the autumn season when you move around the building. This is a recommended place to take photos with friends and family as a memento of autumn.
Giant apple lantern
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
A giant apple lantern about 2m high made of your handmade apple ring paper. It will appear in the Jawamegu Square during the fall season only.
Fresh Apple Capsule
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
If you turn the apple clatter lever, you will get a raw apple in a special capsule. The variety that can be harvested depends on the time of year, so it is fun to see which variety is included after turning it. "
Crispy Apple Breakfast
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 1
At Kominka Restaurant Nanbu Magariya, you can enjoy a seasonal breakfast full of apples that are in season in autumn, and three kinds of apple juice that you can enjoy different flavors.
Koyo Apple Carriage
- Availability:
- Sep 1, 2024 – Dec 2
A horse-drawn carriage ride around the park in autumn while listening to the guidance. An apple that is in season at this time is included as a souvenir. The apple varieties are carefully selected by the staff, and they have excellent products that are in season now. Rare and rare varieties also appear. In the latter half of October, you can enjoy the autumn leaves while riding in a carriage.