Hirosaki City Museum

Hirosaki City Museum opened in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan in 1977. It lies within Hirosaki Park, in the former grounds of Hirosaki Castle. As of March 2016, the collection numbered some eighteen thousand items, including an assemblage of artefacts excavated from the Sunazawa Site that have been designated an Important Cultural Property.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hirosaki Castle and Hirosaki Civic Hall.

Hirosaki Castle

Castle

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Hirosaki Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Tsugaru clan, a 47,000 koku tozama daimyō clan which ruled over Hirosaki Domain, Mutsu Province, in what is now central Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Hirosaki Castle is situated 300 metres north of Hirosaki City Museum.

Hirosaki Civic Hall

Theater building

Photo: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hirosaki Civic Hall is a theater building.

Hirosaki Park

Park

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fujisaki and Inakadate.

Fujisaki

Town

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Fujisaki is a town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the town had an estimated population of 14,558 in 6162 households, and a population density of 390 persons per km². The total area of the town is 37.29 square kilometers. Fujisaki is situated 7 km northeast of Hirosaki City Museum.

Inakadate

Village

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Inakadate is a village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the village had an estimated population of 7,420 in 2845 households, and a population density of 362 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 22.35 square kilometres. Inakadate is situated 8 km east of Hirosaki City Museum.

Hirosaki City Museum

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Categories: city museum, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
Location: Hirosaki, Aomori, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

40.60532° or 40° 36′ 19″ north

Longitude

140.46261° or 140° 27′ 45″ east

Inception

April 20th, 1977

Levels

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

8RG2JF47+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 642365337

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q28154389

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In Other Languages

From Central Bikol to Japanese—“Hirosaki City Museum” goes by many names.

Central Bikol: “Hirosaki City Museum”
French: “Hirosaki-shiritsu hakubutsukan”
French: “musée de la ville de Hirosaki”
French: “Musée de la ville de Hirosaki”
Fulah: “Hirosaki City Museum”
Japanese: “Hirosaki Shiritsu Hakubutsukan”
Japanese: “ひろさきしりつはくぶつかん”
Japanese: “弘前市立博物館”

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