At the apple park in Hirosaki City (Tomizawa, Shimizu, Hirosaki City), a mystery-solving event "Challenge to Apple Detective" is currently being held.

A hands-on game event where you can solve the problems studded in the park with a booklet containing a mystery. The number of questions is 6 and the difficulty level is set to the upper grades of elementary school. Clear time is assumed to be 1 hour. The game progresses with the story of protecting the treasure of Hirosaki City Apple Park from the Kaito Animal Group.

Hirosaki City Apple Park has an area of about 52,000 square meters and is planting about 65 species and 1200 apple trees, so you can experience picking apples. Inside the park, there are apple-shaped objects and a museum where you can learn the history, and the mystery solving is based on the hints hidden in the buildings and objects in the garden.

Yukihiro Nakamura, a fourth-year local elementary school student who participated in a monitor experience session held on August 12, said, “It took about an hour and a half to clear the problem. I come to the park about once a month, It was interesting because there were more trees and things I hadn't noticed until now. I would like to challenge with my friends."

The person in charge of the garden said, "The event of our garden is almost canceled until autumn due to the influence of the new coronavirus. The mystery solving event is outdoors, and it is possible to implement infection prevention measures such as 3 secrets. During the period of the apple mog experience also You can enjoy it, so please come visit us."

Participation fee is 1,000 yen (with prizes). Until November 23.