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Sakura Miku - Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival

While in Hirosaki checking out all the Flying Witch locations, I also got a few pictures of the Sakura Miku and Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival collaboration.



At Hirosaki Station they had a giant Sakura Miku poster at the location I saw the Flying Witch ad back in 2016.




Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival poster and Sakura Miku wall scroll inside the tourism information office at the station.




Ad with Sakura Miku and Takamaru-kun, the Hirosaki Castle mascot.




Lots of Sakura Miku themed tourist maps of Hirosaki. If you wanted a Flying Witch map you had to ask.




Sakura Miku decoration on the train station door.




At Hirosaki Apple Park they had this cardboard cutout of Sakura Miku and Takamaru-kun.




Long wall scroll inside the Apple Park shop.




They had lots of Sakura Miku items for sale here.




Including t-shirts.




Clear files.




Mobile batteries.




And pin buttons.




They also had lots of apple goods for sale.




Including various drinks.




And actual apples of course.




While waking towards Hirosaki Park I walked along this pedestrian street.




Which had Sakura Miku banners hanging from the light poles.




And lots of pink sakura trees.




Takamaru-kun cardboard cutout and lots of Sakura Miku posters outside this shop.




Another poster. This one advertised that you could get a free Sakura Miku cloth if you bought items at certain stores.




At Hirosaki Park, they had giant Sakura Miku illustrations outside each park entrance.




Another illustration at night.




I only got pictures of 3 of them, but there were others as well.




Vending machines had cherry blossom themed drinks for sale, although no Sakura Miku ones.




I also got pictures of cherry blossom trees of course.




All over the park.




Even at night.




Reflecting in the water.




I got one of the Sakura Miku themed tourist maps and bought a Sakura Miku and Takamaru-kun pin button.



No location map since it's no longer there.

These locations were visited on 2019/04/24 and 2019/04/25.

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