Hirosaki (弘前市, Hirosaki-shi^?) is a city located in southwest Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is a castle town and was the Tsugaru clan ruled the 100,000 koku tozama han Hirosaki Domain from Hirosaki Castle during the Edo period. The city is currently a regional commercial center and the largest producer of apples in Japan.^{[citation needed]} The city government has been promoting the catchphrase "Apple Colored Town Hirosaki", and "Castle and Cherry Blossom and Apple Town" to promote the city image.

 

Hirosaki is located in southwest Aomori Prefecture, in the Tsugaru plains in the souther Tsugaru Peninsula, south of Mount Iwaki and bordering on Akita Prefecture