Activities

Ingredients from Aomori are wrapped in a crepe to create a beautiful bouquet shape. Enjoy the vibrant colors of the season and a true taste of spring in Aomori.

If you pull the string in the manner of a thousand lines drawing, you will find a picture of your fortune in accordance with the cherry blossoms' blooming and a word of advice from Tsugaru dialect. It is a fun luck charm that you can eat after reading it.

Even in the chilly spring of Aomori, you can enjoy the warmth of a kotatsu. Enjoy the view of the park, where you can feel the breath of spring as you listen to the clattering hooves of horses.

While the water surface sparkles with the lights of the Tsugaru Biidoro, a traditional craft, you can enjoy the luscious hanami open-air bath where the cherry trees made using the Nebuta technique are lit up.

This program allows you to enjoy Nebuta in a snowy landscape. It features a zodiac nebuta that combines elements related to the zodiac and Aomori.

Nebuta Shichifukujin, the symbol of the event, will appear and provide an experience related to good luck to make the New Year even better.

An event where you tour the facility and collect stamps of the Seven Lucky Gods. You can put the stamps you've collected in a drawstring bag and take them home as a travel souvenir.

Try your luck with family and friends in a giant paper sumo match with 2-meter tall Seven Lucky Gods! It's an exciting activity where you bet on the fortune of your chosen lucky god by tapping on a treasure ship-shaped sumo ring.

A gachapon machine filled with auspicious items and traditional crafts unique to Aomori. You never know what you'll get until you turn the handle—it could be a "Yawatauma" horse, a "Hato-bue" pigeon whistle, or something else!

This activity is themed after single-line tuna fishing. The fortune slips, or omikuji, are based on different cuts of tuna, such as Otoro (prime fatty tuna) for "Excellent Luck" and Chutoro (medium fatty tuna) for "Good Luck."

Enjoy the snow-covered scenery of the park from the comfort of a horse-drawn carriage with a wood-burning stove. You can relax and take in the sights while being warmed by the flames and sounds of a wood stove modeled after the traditional craft, "Yawatauma."

For the first time ever, three different hot pots inspired by the unique characteristics of the three major Nebuta festivals will be available at Yottemare Sakaba. Warm up and recharge your body and soul with these hearty hot pots and the festive energy of the Nebuta Festival.

Hachimangu horse-shaped lanterns made with Nebuta techniques and spherical lanterns with Hachimangu horses drawn on them decorate the lantern corridor of Jawamegu Square.

We rent out hanten as a simple way to keep warm during the cold winter.

This is a craft experience where you make miniature "kimigara-zori" sandals, approximately 10 cm in length, using corn husks harvested from the Aomoriya fields, as part of the "Kimigara Project."

Squid-shaped kotatsu have been set up in Jawamegu Square. You can relax and stay warm during the cold winter.

A train where you can experience the excitement of a summer festival with live music, enjoy snowy landscapes with local sake in hand, and converse with locals, all becoming "ade" (accompaniments) to your drink, fully immersing you in the deep charm of Aomori.

This is a 20th-anniversary limited photo spot adorned with 20 colored lanterns, in celebration of the number 20. The lanterns, expressing the colors of Aomori's four seasons, will brightly decorate your stay and are recommended for commemorative photos with friends and family.

Share your Motoyu memories and feelings on a card. Your thoughts will form a "hot spring bond" in a booklet. Get a 20th-anniversary sticker for participating. Be part of the Motoyu Memorial.

We can help take photos for you. Capturing a memory of your trip?

Apple juice flows like water from the faucet. Also recommended for a drink after a bath.

An exclusive lounge for guests themed after traditional Yawata-uma crafts. Surrounded by warm wood and local art, enjoy a peaceful moment gazing at the park views.

A relaxing space that blends old houses and modern architecture. Comfortable sofa space and free drinks are available depending on your stay.

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.

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.

This is a set where you can make coasters for "Tsugaru Koginsashi". Enjoy it in your room, lounge or wherever you like.

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.

This is a service where you can scan the QR code installed in the building and watch videos in the dialect. You can listen to trivia in Aomori dialect that will make your stay more enjoyable.

Enjoy the familiar radio calisthenics in the Tsugaru dialect, and the morning exercise will keep you energized for the rest of the day.

From check-in, guests are welcomed in the Aomori dialect. All information about your stay, including check-in procedures and explanations, is provided in the Aomori dialect.

Dialects represents Aomori culture. Learn them with fun, such as trying tongue twister and listening to folk tale.

This is a crossword where you take a quiz with hints from the dialects scattered around the building and staff wearing a badge that marks the dialect of Aomori.

The Haneto, or jumping people, cheer up the festival with chants of "Russellar!". You can participate in the festival wearing the Haneto costume and experience something you can't just enjoy watching the Aomori Nebuta Festival.

Join the Aomori Nebuta Festival with bus transfers, reserved seats, and a bento. Perfect for first-time visitors with staff support.