http://www.hirosaki.co.jp/htcb/sightseeing/fes/yukimatsuri.html
Hirosaki’s winter festival is shorter in duration than the two other local festivals. It lasts only four days (usually the second weekend of February), February 10-13, 2011, and features about 150 snow lanterns in various sizes on the premises of Hirosaki Castle grounds. At sunset (approximately 16:30), the sculptures light up.
Directions to Hirosaki from Misawa Air Force Base
Follow driving directions numbers 1 - 11 from my Aug 2010 blog: Aomori City Directions and Maps.
Exit the Michinoku Toll Road and turn left
Turn left onto the Aomori Expressway
Drive through Aomori City
Take your ticket at the Aomori-chuo Toll Gate and continue driving
Take exit 52 toward Route 102 Hirosaki
Turn left onto the Aomori Expressway
Drive through Aomori City
Take your ticket at the Aomori-chuo Toll Gate and continue driving
Take exit 52 toward Route 102 HirosakiPay ¥750 and veer toward the left at the Y-intersection
Follow the signs to Hirosaki Castle
Nakasan Department Store
Nakasan Depaarto is a nice little diversion en route to Hirosaki Castle, but is not worth going out of your way for. There are small ramen, Chinese, and coffee shops on the basement floor. The top floor has a yakuniku restaurant. This department store does not cater to English speakers. Make sure to bring a handy Japanese-English pharse book if you do not speak basic/traveler's Japanese.
From Route 102, Turn right onto Route 3
This is the going in the same direction toward Hirosaki Castle
Turn right into the parking garage (which does not connect to the department store)
Turn right into the parking garage (which does not connect to the department store)The dome shaped building is part of Nakasan Department Store
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