The "Apple Harvest Festival" will be held from September 25th to 27th at Hirosaki Apple Park (Shimizutomita, Hirosaki City).

Before the full-scale harvest of apples began in September-November, it started with the purpose of promoting Hirosaki's apples while praying for the safety of the harvest. The 7th cider drinking comparison event "Cider Night" will be held at the venue from 16:00 to 20:00. It will be the first attempt to hold two consecutive nights.

In the park, there is an "apple stick bread making experience" (participation fee = 200 yen), a hands-on puzzle-solving event (participation fee =), where you can make apple juice and wrap a special bread dough kneaded with apples around a stick and bake it over charcoal fire. 1,000 yen) and so on. From 11:00 to 12:00 on the 27th, a mini-live will be held by Hirosaki's dance and vocal unit "RINGOMUSUME", and a demonstration sale of a huge apple pie with a diameter of 2 meters (500 yen per pack) will be held from 12:00.

At the Cider Night, which will be held on the 25th and 26th, you can sample all 10 types of apple liquor one by one for a participation fee of 700 yen. You can also enjoy cider such as "En Cider" which is a combination of original natural yeast released this year and "Tamura Farm Hatsu Koi Grin" which uses a rare variety "Hatsu Koi Grin". During Cider Night, candle illumination will be performed by the candle artist "YOAKE no AKARI" who lives in Aomori prefecture.

At the eating and drinking booth, which is held throughout the three days, local dishes and new local menus that are familiar to the nine municipalities in the Tsugaru region are sold. From Hirakawa, "Hirakawa Sagari" and Kuroishi's "Kuroishi Tsuyu Yakisoba", from Fujisaki, "Ampe Soba", which is a combination of noodles kneaded with soy sauce-based soup, and Nishimeya, charcoal using apple pruning branches. We offer "Shirakami roasted charcoal-grilled coffee" that is roasted in Kuroishi.

As a measure against infectious diseases, the body temperature of visitors is measured at two entrance gates. When entering the park, they will thoroughly disinfect their hands and ask them to fill in their contact information. In addition to selling masks at the "Apple House" in the park, the tables and chairs of the eating and drinking booth will be placed at a distance in advance to prevent splashes such as vinyl curtains.

Mr. Eihisa Iizuka of the Hirosaki Apple Park Festival Business Executive Committee, which sponsors the event, said, "I hope we can celebrate the full-scale apple harvest with the visitors. During the festival, we will prepare many events that families can enjoy. Please come to the park with your friends. "

The holding time is 25th = 16:00 to 20:00, 26th = 10:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 20:00, 27th = 10:00 to 15:00. free entrance.