Aomori Kyodokan Special Exhibit "Spirit of the Sword"

Aomori Kyodokan Special Exhibit: July 15, 2016 (Fri.) – August 28, 2016 (Sun.)

Spirit of the Sword (刀剣魂 touken damashii)

An exhibit exploring swords throughout Aomori and Japan's history, as well as in modern culture and folklore.

Kyodokan Hours: 9:00-18:00 Daily (last admission 17:30)
Admission:

• Adult: 500yen at door (400yen advance ticket)
• High School & University Students: 240yen at door (200yen advance ticket)
• Junior High School Students & Younger: Free

Shuji Terayama Museum Spring Festival 2016

Shuji Terayama Museum Spring Festival 2016
寺山修司記念館フェスティバル2016春 (Terayama Shuji Kinenkan Festival 2016 Haru)

Annual spring festival commemorating the anniversary Shuji Terayama's death.

Date: May 3-5, 2016
Time: 9:00-17:00 (16:30 last entry)
Location: Shuji Terayama Museum 寺山修司記念館 (map)
Admission: 530yen (Outdoor Events Free)
(Groups of 20+: Adult 430yen, High School Students 100yen, Elementary School Students 50yen)

Nejo Castle Cherry Blossom Festival 2016

Nejo Castle Cherry Blossom Festival 2016
史跡根城さくら祭り (Shiseki Nejo Sakura Matsuri)

Free admission to the Hachinohe City Museum and Nejo Plaza historical site.

Date: Sunday May 1, 2016
Time: 9:00-16:00
Location: Nejo Plaza 史跡根城の広場 (map)
Admission: Free

Nejo Plaza 史跡根城の広場
Nejō-47 Nejō (八戸市大字根城字根城47)
Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture 039-1166


More Information:
Hachinohe City Museum (Japanese): http://www.hachinohe.ed.jp/haku/saiji_n_other.html#a2

Mutsu Science Museum March Free Admission Days

Mutsu Science Museum Free Admission Days
むつ科学技術館無料開放

Free admission to the Mutsu Science Museum for six days at the end of March.

Date: March 25-30, 2016 (Open on Monday March 28)
Time: 9:30-16:30 (last admission 16:00)

Mutsu Science Museum むつ科学技術館
693 Sekine Kitasekine (むつ市関根北関根693)
Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture 035-0022


More Information:
Mutsu Science Museum (Japanese): http://www.jmsfmml.or.jp/msm/p5/p5_2.htm

Mutsu Science Museum Christmas Event

Mutsu Science Museum Christmas Event
むつ科学技術館　クリスマスイベント (Mutsu Kagaku Gijutsukan Christmas Event)

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2015
Time: 9:30-15:30
Location: Mutsu Science Museum むつ科学技術館 (map)
Admission:

• Adult: 300yen
• High School Student: 200yen
• Elementary & Junior High School Student: 100yen
• Pre-School & Younger Children, Adults Aged 65+: Free

Events/Attractions:

Craft Making 
Location: Communication Theater　コミュニケーションシアター
Time: Session 1: 9:30-12:00 (registration ends at 11:00)

        Session 2: 13:00-15:30 (registration ends at 15:00)

Cost: Free

• Boomerang
• PP (polypropylene band) Dragonfly
• Straw Airplane
• Super Ball
• Original Key Chain

Parent-Child Craft Workshop: Make a Christmas Snowglobe
Location: Science Experiment Workshop 科学実験工房
Time: Session 1: 10:00-11:00
        Session 2: 13:00-14:00
Cost: 100yen

• Limited to first 16 people (parent-child pairs; child must be junior high school aged or younger)
• Numbered tickets (整理券) are required to participate. 
• Tickets will be distributed from 9:30 in front of the Reactor Compartment Display (原子炉室展示室) for Session 1, and from 12:30 at the 1st floor reception desk (1皆受付) for Session 2.

Science Experiments/Demonstrations
Location: 1st Floor Investigation (Tankyuu) Corner  1皆探求コーナー
Cost: Free

• 11:30-12:00 Let's Investigate the Super Low Salt World
• 14:00-14:30 Let's Investigate the Mysteries of Dry Ice

Notes/Cautions: Photographs will be taken throughout the event. If you do not want your photograph to be posted on the Museum website, etc. please inform the photographer directly.

Mutsu Science Museum むつ科学技術館
693 Sekine Kitasekine (むつ市関根北関根693)

Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture 035-0022


More Information:
Mutsu Science Museum (Japanese): http://www.jmsfmml.or.jp/msm.htm

Tohoku Culture Day 2015

Tohoku Culture Day 2015
東北文化の日2015 (Tohoku Bunka no Hi)
Official Website (Japanese)

Tohoku Culture Day is an initiative to encourage people to visit various museums, art museums, etc. around Tohoku (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, and Fukushima Prefectures). There is a guidebook listing 180 participating venues that will be offering free or discounted admission, special presents, or holding special events.

Guidebook Download: http://tohokubunka.com/?page_id=9421

Date: October 31-November 1, 2015
Time: Varies
Location: Museums, Art Museums, etc. around Tohoku
Admission: Varies
Guide Legend:

• 割: Discount
• ●： Promotion Details
• 無料: Free
• 時: Hours
• 休: Dates Closed
• 毎週: Every Week
• 毎月: Every Month
• 第１（第２・・・) First (Second, etc.)
• 月(曜日): Monday
• 火(曜日) Tuesday
• 水(曜日) Wednesday
• 木(曜日) Thursday
• 金(曜日) Friday
• 土(曜日) Saturday
• 日(曜日) Sunday
• 祝日: National Holiday
• 振替休日: Substitute Holiday
• 翌日: The Following Day
• 所: Address
• 問: Phone Number

More Information:
Tohoku Culture Day Website (Japanese): http://tohokubunka.com/

Towada Kyodokan Exhibit Hakkoda Mountains Snow Marches

Towada Kyodokan (Culture Museum) Special Exhibit: April 25, 2015 (Sat.) - June 28, 2015 (Sun.)

Hakkoda Mountains Snow Marches Exhibit
(八甲田山雪中行軍展 Hakkoda-san secchuu kougun-ten)

Description:*
In 1902, Japanese Imperial Army 8th Divison 5th Infantry Regiment (stationed in Aomori) and 31st Infantry Regiment (stationed in Hirosaki) both undertook training marches in the snowy Hakkoda Mountains.

Whereas the march of the 5th Infantry Regiment became a disaster of an unprecedented scale,* the 31st Infantry Regiment managed to complete the training without a single victim. Their success was in part due to the support of the Towada guides.

This exhibit focuses on the 31st Infantry Regiment and their Towada guides. The exhibit also displays materials about the snow marches collected during that time by an author living in Yakeyama, Koshu Ogasawara, and also introduces local Towada snow marches.

(*It became known as the “Hakkoda Mountains Incident,” or “Hakkoda Mountains Death March”: 199 out of 210 men died when their unit got lost in a blizzard.)

*Rough translation from the description on the event flyer

Hours: 9:00-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays)
Admission: FREE
Address:
Towada Kyodokan (Culture Museum) 十和田市郷土館
Nakatai-61-8 Okuse
Towada, Aomori Prefecture 034-0301
0176-72-2340


More Information:
Event Flyer (Japanese):
http://www.city.towada.lg.jp/docs/2015040700030/files/settyuukougunn_tirashi.pdf

Shotokukan Special Exhibit Nostalgic Heroes & Heroines

Shotokukan (Horse Culture Museum) Special Exhibit: April 18, 2015 (Sat.) - July 5, 2015 (Sunday)

Nostalgic Heroes & Heroines ～Exhibit of Katsutoshi Yasuda's Toy Collection～
(なつかしのヒーロー・ヒロイン～安田勝寿コレクション展～
natsukashii hero heroine ～Yasuda Katsutoshi collection-ten)

Description:*
A gathering of Showa-era heros and heroines from Ultraman and Kamen Rider to Gekkou Kamen, Fushigina Merumo, Peko-Chan, and more! There is also a commemorative photo corner, hands-on-experience and movie corner, etc.

*Rough translation from the Japanese description on the Komakkoland website.

Hours:
9:00-16:30 (last entry 16:00) Tuesday-Sunday
(closed Mondays except where Monday is a National Holiday, in which case it will be closed the following day)

Admission:
Adults: 300yen
High School-University Students: 100yen
Junior High School Students & Younger: FREE

Towada Baji Kouen Shotokukan 十和田市馬事公苑 称徳館
Umeyama-1-1 Fukamochi
Towada, Aomori Prefecture 034-0106
0176-26-2100
 

More information: 
Komakkoland (Japanese): http://komakkoland.jp/#omotya

Hirosaki City Museum Art Exhibit Sakura Sakura

Hirosaki City Museum Art Exhibit: April 4, 2015 (Sat.) - May 10, 2015 (Sun)

"Sakura Sakura"
(Sakura = cherry blossom)

A sakura-themed art exhibit timed to coincide with the nationally famous Hirosaki Park Sakura Festival.

Hours: 
9:30-16:30 Daily (closed 3rd Monday of the month (April 20))

Hirosaki City Museum 弘前市立博物館
1-6 Shimoshiroganecho
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture 036-8356
0172-35-0700

Admission:
Regular: 280yen

Senior High School & University Students: 140yen

Elementary & Junior High School Students: 80yen*

*Free for local Hirosaki ES & JHS students
Hirosaki Exchange Students: Free
Disabled Local Residents: Free
"Hirosaki Sawako Kazoku Ouen Passport (弘前多子家族応援パスポート)" Holders: Free 

More Information:
Hirosaki City Museum (Japanese): http://www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp/hakubutsukan/

Nitobe Memorial Museum Closure Notice

The Nitobe Memorial Museum will be closed indefinitely from (15/08/31 uodate) was permanently closed on April 1st, 2015 as the strength of the concrete was deemed too weak and potentially unsafe in the event of the earthquake.

The Official Portal of Towada City, "Nitobe Memorial Museum Closure Notice" (Japanese): http://www.city.towada.lg.jp/docs/2015022600044/

Horse Culture Museum Shotokukan Temporary Closure Notice

The Towada City Horse Culture Museum Shotokukan (十和田市馬事公苑称徳館) will be closed for building maintenance on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.

Shotokukan/Komakko Land website (Japanese): http://komakkoland.jp/

Former Kasaishi Residence & Towada Museum of History and Folklore 旧笠石家住宅・十和田湖民俗資料館

Located near Yakeyama, the former Kasaishi Residence is a traditional thatched roof house designated as a “National Important Cultural Property.” In combination with the Museum of History and Folklore, a visit here provides a glimpse into the local traditional lifestyle.

Hours: 
April - October: 9:00-16:30 Wednesday-Monday
November - March: 9:00-16:00 Wednesday-Monday
Closed: Tuesdays, New Year's (December 31st-January 3rd)
Admission: 
Adults & University Students: 102yen
Elementary, Junior High, & Senior High School Students: 51yen
Address: Tochikubo-80 Okuse (青森県十和田市奥瀬栃久保８０)
Phone: 0176-74-2547

Former Kasaishi Residence

 

 (Video from B-1 Grand Prix in Towada YouTube Channel)

Towada Museum of History and Folklore

 

 (Video from B-1 Grand Prix in Towada YouTube Channel)

Sources: 
Former Kasaishi Residence http://www.towada.or.jp/kankou/en/sightseeing/kasaisi.htm
(Video from B-1 Grand Prix in Towada YouTube Channel)
Aomori Sightseeing Guide, “Former Kasaishi Residence – Lake Towada Folk Museum” http://en.aptinet.jp/message/111031.html

More Sightseeing in Towada:

• Lake Towada (Towadako) 十和田湖
• Oirase Gorge (Oirase Keiryuu) 奥入瀬渓流