[Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture] Introducing recommended shops in Hirosaki, which has a mix of unique "Senbero bars"!

Hirosaki City, which was the first city in Japan to become a city during the Meiji Restoration, is a castle town with a population of 300,000 and is known as one of Japan's leading apple producing areas.

It is a city with wonderful colors in all four seasons, with apple blossoms blooming all over the vast fields and cherry blossoms at Hirosaki Castle in the spring, brightly colored Neputa floats paraded in the summer, autumn leaves on Mt. Iwaki in the fall, and pure white in the winter. Snow and cold are coming.

In addition to being blessed with seafood and mountain produce, the area is also blessed with underground water from Mt. Iwaki and the Shirakami Mountains, making it a rice- and sake-producing region, and home to a lively downtown area called Kaji-machi.

In Hirosaki, where there is a university in the city and many students, the number of cheap Senbero restaurants has been increasing recently, and you can enjoy a wide variety of Senbero at yakitori shops, takoyaki shops, coffee shops, etc.

What is the definition of “senbero”?

The word originally referred to a bar where you could get very drunk for 1,000 yen, but now it has come to mean a bar where you can get 2 to 3 drinks and snacks for 1,000 yen.

In this article, we have defined the criteria for certification as a "Senbero" bar as follows.

• You can order two glasses of alcohol (type and quantity are free) and one snack in addition to the appetizer and drink it for less than 1,000 yen.
• Set prices such as "Senbero Set" are available for less than 1,000 yen.
• Family restaurants where you can eat rice crackers are not eligible.

We also introduce sets that cost less than 1,500 yen as "high-priced rice crackers," but we appreciate your understanding.

Please note that the prices listed in the article include tax unless otherwise stated and are as of the end of September 2023.

Yakitori Sankyu Hirosaki Joto branch

This yakitori restaurant, which opened in November 2021 in the Joto area of ​​the city and has an amazing price of 39 yen per yakitori (prices do not include tax), is a franchise chain with its main store in Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, and its first location in Tohoku is Hirosaki. It's the only one.

In addition to the standard 39 yen yakitori (8 types), other skewers range in price from 69 yen to 129 yen, but the restaurant has gained a reputation for being reasonably sized and delicious, and has now become a popular ``Senbero Sakaba'' among Hirosaki residents.

In addition, there is a wide selection of snacks such as edamame, fried horse mackerel, and kimchi for 199 yen, and takowasa and crab miso for 299 yen.Alcoholic drinks include beer, kaku highball, and lemon sour from the specialty bar for 399 yen.

With all-you-can-drink sours, cocktails, whiskey, shochu, and soft drinks (500 yen per hour), you can get full for less than 1,000 yen with an appetizer (300 yen).

We also recommend the reasonably priced Choisawa Set (1,299 yen), which includes 3 slightly luxurious snacks and 2 drinks, such as fried shrimp and mosquito cream croquette.

Yakitori Sankyu <Information>

• Store name: Yakitori Sankyu Hirosaki Joto branch
• Location: 2-4-2 Joto Chuo, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
• Phone number: 090-1448-3900
• Business hours: 15:00-26:00
• No regular holiday
• URL: Yakitori Sankyu official website
• gourmet site
  • eating log

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Takoyaki/Akashiyaki Bonkura

This is a popular restaurant in front of Hirosaki Station where you can enjoy authentic takoyaki and akashiyaki, which are rare in Tohoku.

You can also take out the authentic Osaka-style takoyaki, which is crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside, and the Akashiyaki, which is called ``tamagoyaki'' in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture and is eaten piping hot with soup stock.

The Senbero menu includes the ``Takoyaki Set'' and ``Akashiyaki Set'' for 1,100 yen, and although there is only one drink, it is recommended that you can have lunch as well. In addition, the 1,300 yen "Omakase Dinner" includes a small side dish, takoyaki, Akashiyaki, and yakisoba with one drink, so you can enjoy your evening drink while tasting Kansai's "Konamon".

Takoyaki/Akashiyaki Bonzo <Information>

• Store name: Takoyaki/Akashiyaki Bonzo
• Location: 1F, 17-10 Ekimae-cho, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
• Phone number: 0172-34-1975
• Business hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 - 21:00
• Closed: Monday
• URL: Bonzo official website
• gourmet site
  • eating log
  • hot pepper gourmet

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Coffee shop TOP

Located near Hirosaki Station, this cozy coffee shop has a bright and welcoming interior and has been loved by the locals for over 50 years, having been established in 1969.Currently, the second generation owner is the owner, a mother who was a regular customer of the shop. I am.

The reason why I'm introducing such a coffee shop in this article is that they have a ``Senbero Set'' on the menu that you can enjoy for lunch.

With this set, you can choose two drinks from draft beer, highball, or sour, and come with two snacks chosen by mom for just 1,000 yen, allowing you to enjoy the ideal rice cracker.

In addition, there is a ``choinomi set'', which includes one draft beer and three ``bite snacks'' for a reasonable 800 yen, making it a coffee shop where you can casually enjoy lunch and be very grateful for Gobei.

Coffee shop TOP＜Information＞

• Store name: Coffee shop TOP
• Location: 16-3 Ekimae-cho, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
• Phone number: 090-4317-2486
• Business hours: Wednesday-Monday 7:00-17:00
• Closed: Tuesdays
• URL: Cafe TOP official website
• gourmet site
  • eating log
  • hot pepper gourmet

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Although it is not a "tavern", I would like to introduce the Tsugaru Railway's stove train

On the Tsugaru Railway, which runs north-south on the Tsugaru Peninsula, a stove train with a coal stove inside the train runs from December 1st to March 31st of the following year between Goshogawara and Kanagi.

Although it is not a bar, this ``Train Izakaya'' is a must-see for fun in Tsugaru during the cold and snowy winter months.

To ride, you will need an 870 yen ticket from Tsugaru Goshogawara Station to Tsugaru Nakazato Station and a 500 yen stove train ticket.

Stove sake and canned beer are sold on the train for 350 yen, and if you buy dried squid for 500 yen, an attendant will grill it on the on-board stove and peel it for you.

Looking out the window at the snow-covered Tsugaru Plain while soaking some fragrant dried squid in alcohol, the combination of the umami of the dried squid and the flavor of Hirosaki's local sake is the best.

The cost of the drink and fare will cost you a little more than two rice crackers, but why not enjoy the winter tradition of the Tsugaru plains?

Tsugaru Railway Co., Ltd. <Information>

• Company name: Tsugaru Railway Co., Ltd.
• Location: 39 Omachi, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture
• Phone number: 0173-34-2148
• Stove train operation period: December 1st to March 31st of the following year
• Number of services: 3 round trips per day
• URL: Tsugaru Railway official website

Google Maps (Tsugaru Goshogawara Station)

summary

A food stall village called Kadare Yokocho, which was planned as Hirosaki City's ``business sales recovery support subsidy project,'' has been created in Shimodote-cho, near Hirosaki Castle and Kaji-cho, and has become a hot topic of conversation.

There is a wide variety of shops that serve local cuisine and local sake, oden shops, local Chinese restaurants, shops specializing in pork dishes, cafes with delicious crepes, wine bars, and more.Recently, a bar for professional wrestlers has opened.

In addition, the event hall is used as a place for socializing, such as banquets with catered food from each restaurant and sports viewings.

However, none of the stores currently support "Senbero", and I have judged that it does not fit the purpose of this article, so I would appreciate it if you could write a detailed introduction in another article. .