Tsugaru-han Neputa-village is located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and is a tourist attraction where you can feel Tsugaru close at hand. At the Tsugaru-han Neputa-village, you can enjoy exhibitions of nepta paintings, a Japanese garden, and daily live performances of Tsugaru shamisen music.
The Tsugaru-han Neputa-village has been certified by the Michelin Green Guide and is a very popular spot visited by many tourists. The most popular restaurant in Tsugaru-han Neputa-village is Tsugaru Umaiya.
The Michelin Green Guide lists places that it recommends to travelers based on its own research, and the places listed are introduced in terms of their level of recommendation to travelers.
Tsugaru Umaiya is certified as a Tsugaru Culinary Heritage Restaurant, serving dishes made with ingredients from the prefecture. The restaurant serves freshly milled Aomori rice cooked daily in a stone oven.
Here, you can experience the local cuisine that has been passed down through the ages in this area, with a focus on rice, miso soup, and pickles, the origins of Japanese food.
The rice is cooked in a special kamado (a traditional Japanese cooking stove), and the miso soup is made with the only miso in Japan that is stably fermented by hot spring heat, along with pickles made from local vegetables. Every detail of the dish is carefully selected.
Please take a look at the souvenir shop on your way back to the ministry. It is one of the largest in the area and offers a variety of processed goods from Aomori Prefecture, including apples, hand-rolled rice crackers, and marine products.
Please stop by Tsugaru-han Neputa-village, where the culture of performing arts and food still remains.
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