Urabandai and Lake Goshikinuma
This is an area of scenic beauty, with Lake Goshikinuma and another 300 lakes created as a result of volcanic eruptions of Mt. Bandai.
There are driving and cycling roads that have been constructed in this area.
You can enjoy various plants in each season, starting from skunk cabbage and Hare’s-tail Cottongrass budding in spring, fresh green in early summer, the colors of marshland in summer, red/yellow leaves reflecting on water in fall, and water birds gathering in winter.
You can enjoy feelings of the seasons.
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Ouchijuku
Ouchijuku quietly resides between mountains in Shimogo Town.
It was prosperous as a post town in the Edo period (17th-19th centuries).
There are private houses in traditional yosemunezukuri with a thatched roof, and gables oriented to a side of the street, standing at almost equal intervals on both side of the 450 m street.
This area is designated as a Preserved Area with a Group of Important Traditional Constructions because it has local characteristics with traditional constructions and the neighboring environment.
http://www.town.shimogo.fukushima.jp/kanko/meishoshiseki/index.html... |
Tsurugajo Castle
Tsurugajo Castle is a symbol of Aizu Wakamatsu City.
It was under the control of many warlords such as the Date family and the Uesugi clan in the times of warlords (16th century).
In the Boshin war (1868-9) at the end of the Tokugawa period (feudal age) where the Emperor's army fought supporter lords of the Tokugawa shogun, the lord of Aizu as a supporter of the shogun resisted the to the end.
Aizu therefore became a field of a fierce battle.
A famous tragedy of Byakkotai (a boy samurai battle team) occurred in this war when samurai boys in the team committed suicide.
http://www.tsurugajo.com/ |
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Abukuma Cave
This is a 600 m limestone cave that has developed over 8 million years.
This area is a highland called the Abukuma Mountains, where limestone and marble have been quarried since long ago.
The Abukuma Cave was found in 1969 when limestone was being quarried.
Limestone of various shapes is preserved and creates a mysterious world.
http://abukumado.jp/
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Bandai Azuma Skyline
This road runs through the Azuma mountain range in the Bandai Asahi National Park with the highest point of 1,622 m and an average height of 1,350 m.
It extends for a distance of 28.8 km.
There are points with panoramic views named Azuma Hakkei by Yasushi Inoue, a famous author, along this road, where there are dead volcanic craters, reserved areas for alpine plants, marshland, and so on.
You can see fresh leaves in spring and summer that color mountains, and great scenery of beautiful red/yellow leaves with colors of trees and good harmony.
http://www.dorokosha-fukushima.or.jp/
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Fruit Picking
You can enjoy fruit picking in the fruit kingdom of Fukushima.
The fruit-picking season starts in mid-June, for "satonishiki" cherries well known across the country, melons, blueberries, etc., and continues in July and August for peaches and grapes, September and October for pears, apples, and chestnuts, December for persimmons, and January through May for strawberries. Thus you can enjoy it all through the year.
http://www.f-kankou.jp/frut/01.html |
Aquamarine Fukushima
This is a marine museum with a theme of the sea of Fukushima where the Kuroshio current and the Oyashio current meet, showing mysteries of the sea from various points of view.
The building is in a novel design and is wholly glass-paneled.
About 1,200 species of marine life will talk to you about "the relationship between mankind and nature" and "the future of human beings and the earth."
http://www.marine.fks.ed.jp/
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Aizu Railway View Train
This view train is a three-car train made up of a tatami-matted cars, a trolley car, and an observation car, where you can enjoy panoramic views of nature and scenery along the railroad through large windows.
It stops at three view spots, and in a tunnel, the lights of the trolley car are put out, and a view of "fantasy of constellations" appears.
Enjoy train travel with many such events.
http://www.aizutetsudo.jp/index.php |
