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Fukushima travel guide

The Sazaedo, a double helix where the way up and the way down never meet, and Isasumi Jinja, first shrine of Iwashiro Province. Peaches among the highest yields in Japan, Ouchi-juku, the red-tiled Tsuruga Castle, and Aizu lacquerware. Fukushima, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Miharu · Place · candidate to visit

    Miharu Takizakura

    A weeping cherry said to be more than a thousand years old. One of the three great cherry trees of Japan, and the tree itself has long been revered.

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    Iwaki · Place · candidate to visit

    Nakoso no Seki

    One of the three barriers of the north. A frontier place written into poetry for centuries.

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    Aizuwakamatsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Nisshinkan

    The site of the Aizu domain school. The Ju no Okite was the code for the sons of samurai.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Aizumisato · Place · candidate to visit

    Isasumi Jinja

    The shrine that carries the origin of the place name Aizu. It has long been held to be the tutelary shrine of the whole region.

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    Aizuwakamatsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Sazaedo

    A double helix in which the way up and the way down never meet. A practical idea, that worshippers should not have to pass one another, produced a wooden building that is rare anywhere in the world.

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    Fukushima · Place · candidate to visit

    Ioji

    The funerary temple of the Sato family, and known as a temple Basho visited on the Narrow Road to the Deep North.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

    Look up local specialties and save them to your shopping notes.

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    Crafts & industry

    Find ideas for hands-on experiences in craft and industry entries. Check whether visits are accepted.

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    AIST Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute FREA

    An AIST research institute in Koriyama. It researches renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydrogen.

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    Fukushima Robot Test Field

    A robot testing ground in Minamisoma. Drones and disaster response robots can be tested in real environments.

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    Fukushima High-Tech Plaza

    A public testing and research institute of the prefecture. It supports the lacquerware of Aizu and the robot industry of Hamadori.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Fukushima · Place · candidate to visit

    Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art

    Pairs the masterwork of Shoji Sekine, dead at twenty, with a collection of Andrew Wyeth watercolours.

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    Kitashiobara · Place · candidate to visit

    Morohashi Museum of Modern Art

    One of the world's largest Dali collections - 340 works - assembled by a single businessman at the foot of Mt Bandai.

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    Aizuwakamatsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Fukushima Museum

    Beside Tsuruga Castle; Aizu's dense Buddhist heritage means Heian sculpture is unusually well represented.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Fukushima City Photography Museum (Hana-no-Shashinkan)

    A museum in a building raised in 1922 as the Ministry of Communications' Electrical Testing Laboratory, Fukushima Testing Station. It has shown photography since 2003.

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    Horikawa Dam

    A multipurpose dam in Nishigo, completed in fiscal 2000, with the Nasu range reflected on the water.

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    Iwana-no-Sato

    A fishing pond and eating house started in 1986. Catch char raised in clear water and eat it on the spot.

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