This popular 37-hectare park in Hachinohe features a botanical garden, open lawn, amusement park, animals, and around 2,000 sakura including somei yoshino, yaezakura, and yamazakura varieties. The Hachinohe Park Spring Festival is held from late April to early May and offers food stalls, baton twirling, cheerleading, and singing and jazz performances. In Hachinohe, Japanese wheat crackers called Nanbu Senbei that originated in the area and many local specialties made with senbei crackers can be found.