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Iimoriyama
Where the Byakkotai took their own lives. The Sazaedo stands on this hill.
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Tsurugajo Inari
It stood here before Tsuruga Castle was built. It burned with the castle and was rebuilt.
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Nisshinkan
The site of the Aizu domain school. The Ju no Okite was the code for the sons of samurai.
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Tsuruga-jo
It withstood a month-long siege in the Boshin War. A keep with red tiles.
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Nanukamachi
Western-style buildings and storehouses from the Taisho era. The street runs on from Nanukamachi Station.
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Beside Tsuruga Castle; Aizu's dense Buddhist heritage means Heian sculpture is unusually well represented.
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Aizu Sazaedo
A wooden double helix where those climbing and those descending never meet - a structure with almost no parallel.
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Aizu Samurai Residence
A 38-room chief retainer's mansion reconstructed, showing how rank was expressed in space.
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Aizu Lacquerware
Begun when Gamo Ujisato brought lacquerers from Omi; known for auspicious motifs and sprinkled gold.
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Akabeko and Aizu Papier-mache
A red papier-mache ox with a nodding head, made to ward off plague - the colour itself is the charm.
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Aizu Cotton
Thick striped cotton the domain spread as farmers' workwear, each district with its own stripe.
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Aizu Painted Candles
Flowers painted onto candles for altars in winter, when no real blossom could be found.
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Byakkotai Memorial Hall
A private collection on the Boshin War, on the slope of Mt Iimori beside the Sazaedo.
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Aizu Sake Breweries
Aizu keeps many Edo-period breweries, their brewing halls framed in massive timber.