Transportation: Walk / Time required: 2 hours
2. Kaguji Square12 min
3. Kanehiranarien Garden6 min
4. Daini Fire Department Station4 min
5. Kunohe Family Residence3 min
6. Gokokusui Springwater
8. Togawa Sake Shop12 min
9. Kin no Icho1 min
10. Tsugaru Kuroishi Komise Eki3 min
11. Matsuno Yu Community Center
Start at Matsuno Yu Community Center
The pine tree, protruding from the roof of the community center, is said to be 350 years old.
The starting point of this excursion is the Matsuno Yu Community Center, which was originally a bath house.
Walk 4 min
Kaguji Square
Kaguji Square is a park that was built as a shared space by combining the backyards of some merchants on Komise Street.
The spacious grassed park features the “Koi Yosare” monument designed by Kuroishi high school students and a stone monument dedicated for songwriters with ties to Kuroishi city.
Walk 12 min
Kanehiranarien Garden
Surrounded by a wooden fence, the garden makes one forget they are in a city. The garden features the Oishi Bugakuryu style.(Paid Admission/Open Limited Time)
*Open during Cherry Blossom Festival, Neputa Festival, Kuroishi Yosare Festival, and the autumn foliage season.(Please inquire for detailed dates)
Kanehiranarien Garden
Walk 6 min
Daini Fire Department Station
Built in 1920 (Taisho era), this fire station has been restored to its original appearance with wooden doors by local residents, replacing the aluminum shutters that were once used due to decay.
It has become a symbol of the town’s eagerness to preserve the old traditions.
Walk 4 min
Kunohe Family Residence
The residence is an authentic samurai house in existence since Edo era.
While the inside of the house is not open to public viewing, the exterior is worth seeing with the well-maintained thatched roof.
Walk 3 min
Gokokusui Springwater
This spring water was once chosen for making tea by Kazanin Tadanaga, a court official in the beginning of Edo era.(undrinkable)
Walk 15 min
Kuroishi Shrine
Kuroishi Shrine is the resting place of the Tsugaru Kuroishi Clan founding father, Tsugaru Nobufusa.
It is a key historical site in the history of Kuroishi. Tokunaga Ieyasu is also worshiped here after the relocation from the old Hirosaki Toshogu.
Walk 5 min
Togawa Sake Shop
Togawa Sake Shop was once a sake warehouse until the beginning of Showa era, holding a storefront towards the town of Yamagatamachi.
Today, it permanently exhibits pictures and traditional dolls from the old times.
Walk 12 min
Kin no Icho
Kin no Icho is a soba restaurant with a serene ambience, where guests can enjoy their specialty towari soba (soba noodles with 100% buckwheat) made with spring water from the Hakkoda Mountains.
Walk 1 min
Tsugaru Kuroishi Komise Eki
As the home of Tsugaru Jongarabushi style, visitors are welcomed with a complementary live Tsugaru Shamisen performance.
Local products and souvenirs are also available.
*The live performance is held twice daily, 11:00AM~ and 2:00 PM. (Saturday and Sunday only during winter months)
Walk 3 min
Matsuno Yu Community Center
At the final stop of this route, enjoy drinks and sweets at the Tsudoi no Kura Café.
The community center is open freely for resting after the excursion and outside foods and drinks are permitted.
