Hirosaki Transportation

Unfortunately, Hirosaki is not easily accessible from the major cities of Japan. It is about an eight hour drive from Tokyo and the Shinkansen doesn't even go as far as Aomori. I usually catch the overnight train to Aomori (shindai-ressha) - it takes around 14 hours from Kyoto, but you don't really notice it as you depart at night, sleep for most of the journey and then you arrive in the morning. It is expensive so you would probably want to have other plans in Tohoku or maybe even continue on to Hokkaido via the undersea Seikan tunnel. FYI, the total length of the Seikan tunnel which connects Honshu with Hokkaido is 53.85km and at its deepest point reaches 240m below sea level. Construction began in 1971 and was completed in March, 1988.