The Hirosaki Castle Autumn Festival will be held from 18th to 22nd September, which will be Silver Week at Hirosaki Park.

The same event where workshops and events are held in the daytime on the theme of food, sports, and performing arts in four areas, using the park as a theme park. At night, projection mapping and light-up entitled "Cherry Blossom Autumn Leaves" will be held at Honmaru and the northern cliffs.

During the period, in addition to stage performances at Yonomaru, the street vendor association plans to open about 50 stores. In the recreation square, soccer tournaments and sports classes, in the Hirosaki Botanical Garden, play and puppet theater with the theme of "treeing," and in the citizen's square, 23 craft artists will exhibit and sell their works.

Naked (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) is in charge of projection mapping. It is said that the one-way road from the Shimonori Bridge to the Takaoka Bridge passes through Honmaru, and there are also projections and lighting on the stone walls and castle tower, as well as directing with soap bubbles. For the purpose of enjoying social distance, we will lend a "Distance Lantern" using goldfish Neputa to visitors.

Lighting up is done not only in the park but also outside the moat, and continues even after the exhibition period. Mayor Hirosaki Sakurada, who is the chairman of the executive committee, expects, "It's my first attempt to light up at Hirosaki Park in front of autumn leaves. I hope you can enjoy the changing colors of the trees."

As a measure against infectious diseases, we asked visitors to take temperature measurements and fill in contact information at 8 entrances in the park, and distributed rubber wristbands. It will be sold to those who do not wear a mask. Disinfect areas regularly and set a maximum number of people in each area. It is said that food and drink will be prohibited inside the stalls where the stores are kept, and a food and drink booth will be installed.

Mayor Sakurada said, “There are various opinions regarding the implementation, and we may review the event depending on the infection situation in the future, but currently there are no infected people within the jurisdiction of the Hirosaki Health Center. A new life for the next year's Hirosaki Sakura Festival It's also a challenge to implement a new way of holding festivals in a style."

Holding time is from 10:00 to 17:00. free entrance. Hikari no Sakura Foliage projection mapping is from 18:00 to 21:00 (after the "Hirosaki Castle Autumn Festival" is held until November 8th, only on Fridays and Saturdays, from November 1st to 3rd). Light-up lighting time is from 18:00 to 21:30.