Hirosaki

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{{Short description|City in Tōhoku, Aomori, Japan}}
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<tr><td colspan="2">[[Hirosaki Castle]] and [[Sakura]]</tr>
<tr><td>[[Mount Iwaki]]<td>Hirosaki Neputa Festival</tr>
<tr><td>Saisho-in temple<td width="50%">former 59 Bank HQ</tr>
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[[File:Hirosaki City Hall 20160423.jpg|thumb|Hirosaki City Hall]]
{{Nihongo|'''Hirosaki'''|弘前市|Hirosaki-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in western [[Aomori Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2023|02|01}}, the city had an estimated [[population]] of 163,639 in 71,044 households,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp/|title=青森県弘前市|website=青森県弘前市}}</ref> and a [[population density]] of {{convert|310|/sqkm}}. The total area of the city is {{convert|524.20|sqkm|sqmi|sp=us}}.

Hirosaki developed as a [[jōkamachi|castle town]] for the 100,000 ''[[koku]]'' [[Hirosaki Domain]] ruled by the [[Tsugaru clan]]. The city is currently a regional commercial center, and the largest producer of [[apple]]s in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hirosaki-kanko.or.jp/en/edit.html?id=edit04|title=Hirosaki Specialities & Local Cuisine｜Hirosaki Tourist Information|website=www.hirosaki-kanko.or.jp}}</ref> The city government has been promoting the slogans "Apple Colored Town Hirosaki" and "Castle and Cherry Blossom and Apple Town" to promote the city image. The town is also noted for many western-style buildings dating from the [[Meiji period]].

==Geography==
Hirosaki is located in western Aomori Prefecture, at the southern end of the Tsugaru plains of the [[Tsugaru Peninsula]], southeast of [[Mount Iwaki]] and bordering on [[Akita Prefecture]]. The eastern and southern flanks of [[Mount Iwaki]] and its peak are within the city's borders. The [[Iwaki River]] flows from the west to the northeast through the city.

===Neighboring municipalities===
[[Akita Prefecture]]
*[[Ōdate]]
Aomori Prefecture
*[[Ajigasawa, Aomori|Ajigasawa]]
*[[Fujisaki, Aomori|Fujisaki]]
*[[Hirakawa, Aomori|Hirakawa]]
*[[Inakadate, Aomori|Inakadate]]
*[[Itayanagi, Aomori|Itayanagi]]
*[[Nishimeya, Aomori|Nishimeya]]
*[[Ōwani, Aomori|Ōwani]]
*[[Tsugaru, Aomori|Tsugaru]]
*[[Tsuruta, Aomori|Tsuruta]]

===Climate===
Hirosaki has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfa'') characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hirosaki is 10.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1357 mm with August as the wettest month and April as the driest. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.5 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aomori/hirosaki-5400/|title=Hirosaki climate: Temperature Hirosaki & Weather By Month - Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org}}</ref>

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|location = Hirosaki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1942−present)
|Jan record high C = 11.5
|Feb record high C = 17.2
|Mar record high C = 20.7
|Apr record high C = 28.0
|May record high C = 33.3
|Jun record high C = 33.7
|Jul record high C = 36.4
|Aug record high C = 39.3
|Sep record high C = 36.7
|Oct record high C = 28.6
|Nov record high C = 24.2
|Dec record high C = 18.0
|Jan record low C = -13.5
|Feb record low C = -16.2
|Mar record low C = -10.4
|Apr record low C = -5.9
|May record low C = -1.1
|Jun record low C = 4.2
|Jul record low C = 6.8
|Aug record low C = 11.0
|Sep record low C = 6.0
|Oct record low C = -0.4
|Nov record low C = -6.8
|Dec record low C = -11.6
|Jan high C = 1.7
|Feb high C = 2.5
|Mar high C = 6.7
|Apr high C = 14.3
|May high C = 20.3
|Jun high C = 23.9
|Jul high C = 27.4
|Aug high C = 28.8
|Sep high C = 24.9
|Oct high C = 18.4
|Nov high C = 11.3
|Dec high C = 4.4
|Jan mean C = -1.5
|Feb mean C = -1.0
|Mar mean C = 2.3
|Apr mean C = 8.6
|May mean C = 14.3
|Jun mean C = 18.3
|Jul mean C = 22.3
|Aug mean C = 23.5
|Sep mean C = 19.4
|Oct mean C = 12.9
|Nov mean C = 6.5
|Dec mean C = 0.8
|Jan low C = -4.6
|Feb low C = -4.6
|Mar low C = -1.8
|Apr low C = 3.2
|May low C = 8.9
|Jun low C = 13.7
|Jul low C = 18.2
|Aug low C = 19.3
|Sep low C = 14.9
|Oct low C = 8.2
|Nov low C = 2.2
|Dec low C = -2.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 125.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 99.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 82.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 65.8
|May precipitation mm = 66.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 71.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 115.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 140.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 136.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 107.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 113.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 130.1
|year precipitation mm = 1255.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 20.3
|Feb precipitation days = 18.0
|Mar precipitation days = 15.2
|Apr precipitation days = 11.2
|May precipitation days = 9.3
|Jun precipitation days = 8.3
|Jul precipitation days = 9.5
|Aug precipitation days = 10.4
|Sep precipitation days = 10.7
|Oct precipitation days = 12.9
|Nov precipitation days = 16.2
|Dec precipitation days = 20.1
|Jan snow cm = 221
|Feb snow cm = 185
|Mar snow cm = 116
|Apr snow cm = 6
|May snow cm = 0
|Jun snow cm = 0
|Jul snow cm = 0
|Aug snow cm = 0
|Sep snow cm = 0
|Oct snow cm = 0
|Nov snow cm = 17
|Dec snow cm = 147
|year snow cm = 679
|unit snow days = 3 cm
|Jan snow days = 21.8
|Feb snow days = 19.0
|Mar snow days = 14.5
|Apr snow days = 1.1
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 1.7
|Dec snow days = 15.1
|Jan sun = 44.3
|Feb sun = 65.7
|Mar sun = 119.5
|Apr sun = 182.9
|May sun = 204.4
|Jun sun = 182.3
|Jul sun = 159.3
|Aug sun = 184.5
|Sep sun = 158.3
|Oct sun = 140.8
|Nov sun = 90.0
|Dec sun = 52.9
|year sun = 1585.1
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==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/japan/aomori/|title=Aomori (Japan): Cities, Towns and Villages in Prefecture - Population Statistics, Charts and Map|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> the population of Hirosaki peaked at around the year 2000 and has declined since then.
{{Historical populations
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| 1960 | 170,919
| 1970 | 174,644
| 1980 | 192,291
| 1990 | 191,217
| 2000 | 193,297
| 2010 | 183,473
| 2020 | 168,466
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==City emblem==
Hirosaki uses a [[Buddhist]] ''[[Swastika|manji]]'' as its official emblem. This came from the flag emblem of [[Tsugaru clan]], the ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Hirosaki Domain]] during the [[Edo period]].

==History==
Many human-shaped clay figures have been unearthed around the region which date as far back as 12,000 years. More of these figures date from the [[Jōmon period|Jomon]] and [[Yayoi period|Yayoi]] period.<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia and Oceania|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers|year=1996|isbn=1-884964-04-4|editor-last=Schellinger|editor-first=Paul|location=Chicago|pages=345|editor-last2=Salkin|editor-first2=Robert}}</ref>

The area around Hirosaki formed part of the domains of the [[Northern Fujiwara]] in the [[Heian period]]; [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] awarded it to the [[Nanbu clan]] in the early [[Kamakura period]] after the defeat of the Northern Fujiwara (1189). During the [[Sengoku period]] a local retainer of the Nambu, [[Tsugaru Tamenobu|Ōura Tamenobu]], declared his independence (1571) and seized local castles. He pledged fealty to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] at the [[Siege of Odawara (1590)|Battle of Odawara]] in 1590, and was confirmed in his holdings with revenues of 45,000 ''koku''. He also changed his name to "Tsugaru". After siding with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], he was re-confirmed in his holdings with a nominal ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 47,000 ''[[koku]]'' and he began construction of a castle in Takaoka (present-day Hirosaki). This marked the start of [[Hirosaki Domain]] under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. His successor, [[Tsugaru Nobuhira]], completed the castle in 1611, but its massive 5-story ''[[tenshu]]'' was lost to lightning in 1627. The domain's ''kokudaka'' increased to 100,000 ''koku'' in 1628.

The Tsugaru clan sided with the [[Satchō Alliance]] in the [[Boshin War]] of the [[Meiji Restoration]], and was rewarded by the new [[Meiji government]] with an additional 10,000 ''koku''. However, with the [[abolition of the han system]] on August 29, 1871, Hirosaki Domain was abolished, and replaced by Hirosaki Prefecture. The prefecture was renamed Aomori Prefecture in October of the same year, and the prefectural capital was relocated to the more centrally located [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]].

Chōyō Elementary School was established on October 1, 1873. Apple [[horticulture]] was introduced to Hirosaki from 1877 and the 59th National Bank, the predecessor of [[Aomori Bank]] opened in March 1878. Hirosaki was proclaimed a city on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system and was thus one of the first 30 cities in Japan. It was also the third largest city in the [[Tōhoku region]] after [[Sendai]] and [[Morioka]] at the time. The [[Ōu Main Line]] connected Hirosaki with Aomori on December 1, 1894.

Hirosaki became the home garrison town for the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]'s [[IJA 8th Division]] from October, 1898. The division was prominently active in the [[Russo-Japanese War]].

Hirosaki City Hospital was established in 1901, and Hirosaki City Library in 1906. The first telephone service in the city started in 1909. The first Cherry Blossom Festival was held in 1918. In 1927, the [[Kōnan Railway]] connected Hirosaki with [[Tsugaru-Onoe Station|Onoe]]. [[Hirosaki University]] was established in 1949.

On March 1, 1955, Hirosaki expanded through annexation of neighboring villages of Shimizu, Wattoku, Toyoda, Horikoshi, Chitose, Fujishiro, Niina, Funazawa, Takasugi, Susono and Higashimeya. [[Nishimeya, Aomori|Nishimeya]] became an [[Enclave and exclave#True enclaves|enclave]]. The city further expanded on September 1, 1957, through annexation of neighboring Ishikawa Village.

In 1979, the city was connected to the [[Tōhoku Expressway]] by a spur road named "Apple Road".

On February 27, 2006, old Hirosaki city, the town of [[Iwaki, Aomori|Iwaki]], and the village of [[Sōma, Aomori|Sōma]] were merged into an expanded city of Hirosaki.<ref>{{Cite web |title=総務省｜令和2年版　地方財政白書｜資料編　〔附属資料〕　昭和60年度以降の市町村合併の実績 |trans-title=Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60 |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisaku/hakusyo/chihou/32data/2020data/r02czs05-03.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=総務省 |language=ja}}</ref>

In 2012, the city began partnering with the French commune of [[Beuvron-en-Auge]] in the [[Pays d'Auge]] region of Normandy, which has been granted ''[[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|appellation contrôlée]]'' status for its [[cider]] and [[calvados (spirit)|calvados]] brandy made from cider. The partnership aims to promote economic and touristic development by creating opportunities related to apples.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/beuvron-en-auge-14430/cidre-beuvron-le-japon-sinspire-du-pays-dauge-3749620 |language=FR |title=Le Japon s’inspire du pays d’Auge |trans-title=Japan inspired by the Pays d'Auge |date=8 October 2015 |access-date=13 July 2023 |publisher=Ouest France}}</ref>

==Government==
Hirosaki has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city legislature of 28 members. The city, together with the neighbouring village of Nishimeya, contributes six members to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of [[Aomori 3rd district]] of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
Hirosaki is the regional commercial center for southwest Aomori Prefecture. The main agricultural crops include apples and rice, with Hirosaki accounting for 20% of the total production of apples in Japan.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
*[[Hirosaki University]]
**[[Hirosaki Gakuin University]]
**[[Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare]]
**[[Hirosaki University of Heath and Welfare Junior College]]
**School of Allied Medical Sciences, Hirosaki University
*[[Tohoku Women's College]]
**[[Tohoku Women's Junior College]]

===Primary and secondary education===
Hirosaki has 29 public elementary schools and 15 public junior high schools operated by the city government. There is one national public elementary school and public junior high school, and one private combined elementary/junior high school and one private junior high school. The city also has five public high schools operated by the Aomori prefectural Board of Education and four private high schools.

'''Public high schools'''
*[[:ja:青森県立弘前中央高等学校|Hirosaki Chūō High School]]
*Hirosaki High School
*Hirosaki Minami High School
*Hirosaki Vocational High School
*Hirosaki Technical High School

'''Private high schools'''
*Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai Middle and High School
*Hirosaki Higashi High School
*Shibata Girls' High School
*Tōōgijuku High School

===Other schools===
Hirosaki has four special education schools for the handicapped, three of which are operated by Aomori Prefecture, and one by the national government.

== Transportation ==
===Railways===
[[File:JR logo (east).svg|22px]] [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) – [[Ōu Main Line]]
* {{STN|Ishikawa|x|JR East}} – {{STN|Hirosaki|x}} – {{STN|Naijōshi|x}}
[[File:Konan Testudo logo.jpg|22px]] [[Kōnan Railway Company]] – [[Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line|Kōnan Line]]
* Hirosaki – {{STN|Hirosaki-Higashikōmae|x}} – {{STN|Undōkōenmae|x|Aomori}} – {{STN|Nisato|x}},
[[File:Konan Testudo logo.jpg|22px]] [[Kōnan Railway Company]] – [[Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line|Ōwani Line]]
*{{STN|Chūō-Hirosaki|x}} – {{STN|Hirokōshita|x}} – {{STN|Hirosaki Gakuindai-mae|x}} – {{STN|Seiaichūkō-mae|x}} – {{STN|Chitose|x|Aomori}} – {{STN|Koguriyama|x}} – {{STN|Matsukitai|x}} – {{STN|Tsugaru-Ōsawa|x}} – {{STN|Gijukukōkōmae|x}} – {{STN|Ishikawa|x|Kōnan Railway}} – {{STN|Ishikawa-Poolmae|x}}

===Highways===
* {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E4}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|7}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|102}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|339}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|394}}

==Sports and culture==
* ''Tsugaru-jamisen'', a virtuosic style of ''[[Tsugaru-jamisen]]'' playing.

===Sports teams===
*[[Blancdieu Hirosaki FC]], football team

===Festivals===
* [[Hirosaki Neputa Festival]], held during the first week of August and was named one of the [[100 Soundscapes of Japan]] by the [[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]]<ref name="Hundred">{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/nihon_no_oto/index.html |title=100 Soundscapes of Japan |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]] |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival]] held in the park surrounding [[Hirosaki Castle]]. About 2,600 [[Sakura]] (Japanese cherry) blossom during the Japanese [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] vacation period.
*[[Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Leaves Festival]] held every autumn since 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hirosaki-kanko.or.jp/web/details.html?id=cat02_autumn_momiji|title=弘前城菊と紅葉まつり│公益社団法人弘前観光コンベンション協会|website=公益社団法人弘前観光コンベンション協会}}</ref> Celebration for the passing summer and upcoming winter season.
*[[Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival]], first celebrated in 1977. The festival had attracted 310,000 visitors in 1999 and included 165 standing [[snow lantern]]s and 300 mini [[Kamakura (snow dome)|kamakura snow caves]].<ref name="Rausch2001">{{cite book|author=Anthony Rausch|title=A Year With the Local Newspaper: Understanding the Times in Aomori Japan, 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_5_YRphC90C&pg=PA30|access-date=18 February 2013|date=1 June 2001|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-2050-5|pages=30–31}}</ref>

==Local attractions==
[[File:Hirosakijo.jpg|thumb|Hirosaki Castle]]
* Chosho-ji
*[[Fujita Memorial Japanese Garden]]
* [[Hirosaki Castle]]
* [[Hirosaki Tōshō-gū]]
*[[Iwaki Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park]]
* [[:ja:仲町 (弘前市)|Nakamachi Samurai Houses]]
*[[Narita Family Gardens]], National Place of Scenic Beauty
* [[Seishō-in]]
*[[Ōmori Katsuyama Site]], National Historic Site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/259242 |title=大森勝山遺跡 |trans-title= Ōmori Katsuyama Site |language=ja |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[Tsushima Family Gardens]], National Place of Scenic Beauty
*[[Zuiraku-en]], National Place of Scenic Beauty<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=190012&imageNum=0 |title=瑞楽園 |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719104542/http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=190012&imageNum=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Notable people from Hirosaki ==
* [[Daigo Umehara]], professional fighting game player and author
* [[Hirofumi Arai]], [[Zainichi Korean]] actor (Real Name: ''Park Kyung-sik'', [[Hangul]]: 박경식)
* [[Tomoko Aran]], pop singer and lyricist
* [[Masakatsu Funaki]], actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
* [[Yōjirō Ishizaka]], writer
* [[Ningen Isu]] [[:ja:人間椅子 (バンド)|人間椅子]](バンド), music band
* [[Wakanohana Kanji I]], sumo wrestler
* [[Takanohana Kenshi]], sumo wrestler
* [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]], musician
* [[Norio Kudo]], professional go player
* [[Mitsuyo Maeda]], judo wrestler
* [[Goro Kumagai]], printmaker, educator<ref name="Kokugakai-2018">{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2018 |title=遺作展示 |trans-title=Exhibition of posthumous works by the Print Department |url=https://kokuten.com/engraving/page-21676 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=国展 (Kokugakai) |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="Benezit Dictionary of Artists-2011">{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Kumagai, Goro |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00101838 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00101838 |isbn=2700030184}}</ref>
* [[Juji Nakada]], evangelist
* [[Yoshitomo Nara]], modern artist
* [[Iwakiyama Ryūta]], sumo wrestler
* [[Nui Sano]], painter
* [[Takahiro Shimoyama]], basketball player
* [[Wakanosato Shinobu]], sumo wrestler
* [[Shūji Terayama]], modern artist
* [[Hisashi (musician)|Hisashi Tonomura]], musician

==References==
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== External links ==
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