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A double-helix ramp. People going up and coming down never pass each other, in a building rare anywhere in the world.
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Thatched houses line both sides of the road. A post town on the Aizu Nishi Kaido.
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A group of ponds formed by the eruption of Mount Bandai. Each holds water of a different colour.
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Called the Ise of the north. It was built alongside the reclamation of the Asaka plain.
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01Visit Tsuruga CastleExplore the red-tiled keep and survey the historic castle town of Aizu.See related entries →くろふね · CC BY 4.002Walk Historic Ouchi-jukuStep into the Edo period among thatched houses lining a former post town.See related entries →MathieuMD · CC BY-SA 4.003Hike Goshikinuma PondsFollow a nature trail linking volcanic ponds of remarkably varied colors.See related entries →lumoplank · CC0
04Ride the Tadami LineWatch the Tadami River and mountain villages unfold through the train window.See related entries →Jun Imaizumi · CC BY-SA 3.0
05Tour Kitakata StorehousesExplore streets lined with historic storehouses and taste famous Kitakata ramen.See related entries →nnh · Public domain
06Visit an Aizu Sake BreweryDiscover sake-making traditions supported by Aizu's rice and clear mountain water.See related entries →Breakover · CC BY-SA 3.0NEED TO KNOW
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- AirportFukushima Airport
- ShinkansenFukushima and Koriyama stations
- From TokyoAbout 1 hr 20 min by shinkansen
- Best seasonAll year (highlights change by season)
- Local specialtiesKitakata ramen · Sauce katsudon · Enban gyoza
- Typical temperatureSummer: around 26°C / Winter: around 2°C
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What each season brings
SQUAREZERO · CC BY 4.0Spring
MAR–MAYCelebrated trees led by Miharu Takizakura burst into bloom across the prefecture.
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Namiryu · CC BY-SA 4.0Summer
JUN–AUGGreen highlands and blue skies frame Goshikinuma Ponds and Lake Inawashiro.
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Raita Futo · CC BY 2.0Autumn
SEP–NOVThe mountains of Bandai-Azuma and Tadami blaze with expansive autumn color.
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DEC–FEBEnjoy Aizu's snowy scenery, hot springs, and powder-covered ski slopes.
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LOCAL FOOD / 13
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Kozuyu
Taro, carrot, wood ear mushrooms, shredded konjac, bracken and bean-sized wheat gluten are simmered in dashi of dried scallop and dried shiitake and seasoned with soy sauce.
Area：Aizu region excluding Minamiaizu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Ika ninjin
Shredded dried squid and carrot are steeped for half a day to several days in a seasoning liquid of coarse sugar, sake and soy sauce cooked down together.
Area：Fukushima
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Nishin no sanshozuke
Dried migaki-nishin herring and sansho leaves are layered alternately, a mixture of vinegar, sake and soy sauce is poured over, a weight is placed on top and it is pickled for two or three days.
Area：Entire Aizu region
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Sanma no popoyaki
The flesh of Pacific saury is chopped with a knife, mixed with minced green onion and ginger, miso and potato starch, formed into rounds and grilled on both sides.
Area：Iwaki
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Miso Kanpura
Small potatoes are stir-fried in oil with the skin on, then simmered until the moisture cooks off, and seasoned sweet and salty with sugar, mirin and miso.
Area：Furudono
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Shingoro
Cooked rice is mashed, rolled into balls and skewered, then coated with junen miso, made by roasting and grinding perilla seeds and mixing them with sugar, miso and sake, and grilled.
Area：Shimogo, Minamiaizu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Koi no Kanroni
Carp cut into chunks is simmered for several hours in a broth of sake, soy sauce, water and sugar, then left overnight so the flavor settles in.
Area：Aizu region
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Zakuzaku
Taro, carrot, burdock, daikon, konjac, dried shiitake and chicken are cut into uniform one-centimeter cubes, simmered in dashi and seasoned with soy sauce.
Area：Nihonmatsu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Cabbage Rice Cakes
Stir-fried cabbage is seasoned with sake, mirin and soy sauce and tossed with cut mochi softened in hot water.
Area：Koriyama
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Sagohachi Zuke
Cooled cooked rice is mixed with koji and salt and left for more than a month to make a pickling bed, in which cucumber, eggplant, carrot and turnip are pickled overnight.
Area：Nihonmatsu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Basashi
Horse meat is sliced thin and eaten raw, dipped in karashi miso (miso mixed with mustard) or soy sauce. It is known for lean red meat with no marbling.
Area：Aizuwakamatsu, Aizubange
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Hatto
Buckwheat flour and rice flour are kneaded with boiling water, rolled thin, cut into diamond shapes and boiled, then eaten with junen miso, made by grinding perilla seeds and mixing them with sugar and miso.
Area：Hinoemata, Minamiaizu region
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), "Our Regional Cuisines"
Kitakata Ramen
A noodle dish pairing thick wavy noodles with a rich soup made with locally produced soy sauce and sake. There is a custom of eating it in the morning.
Area：Kitakata
Source：Fukushima Prefecture Tourism & Local Products Association "Fukushima Travel"
MICHI-NO-EKI / 37
Michi-no-Eki roadside stations
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Rest facilities registered by Japan's national government. Each has parking and toilets open 24 hours, and by definition includes a facility that sells local products. This is where the making and the food of this prefecture can actually be bought.
- TsuchiyuFukushimaRegistered April 1993Official site
- KawamataKawamata, Date DistrictRegistered April 1994Official site
- TajimaMinamiaizu, Minamiaizu DistrictRegistered April 1995Official site
- AdachiNihonmatsuRegistered April 1996Official site
- Kita-no-SatoKitakataRegistered April 1997Official site
- UrabandaiKitashiobara, Yama DistrictRegistered April 1997Official site
- NarahaNaraha, Futaba DistrictRegistered August 2000Official site
- SomaSomaRegistered August 2002Official site
- HanawaHanawa, Higashishirakawa DistrictRegistered August 2002Official site
- Aizu YanaizuYanaizu, Kawanuma DistrictRegistered August 2002Official site
- NishiaizuNishiaizu, Yama DistrictRegistered August 2004Official site
- Fukushima TowaNihonmatsuRegistered August 2004Official site
There are 37 stations in this prefecture in all (national registry).
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Earthquake Disaster Remains Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School ／ Little Leaf Art Museum Fukushima
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Highlights of this prefecture
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Shrines & TemplesAizumisato
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.
Nature & SceneryMiharu
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.
MuseumsAizuwakamatsu
Nisshinkan
The site of the Aizu domain school. The Ju no Okite was the code for the sons of samurai.
ArchitectureAizuwakamatsu
Tsuruga-jo
It withstood a month-long siege in the Boshin War. A keep with red tiles.
Contemporary ArtFukushima
Hanamiyama
A flower farmer opened his own hillside to the public without charge. A paradise, in Fukushima.
GardensAizuwakamatsu
Oyakuen
A daimyo garden where medicinal herbs were grown, laid out around a heart-shaped pond.
SMILE NEWS / 136
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Aquamarine Fukushima team details how Pacific saury develop from eggs
Researchers from Aquamarine Fukushima, Kansai University and the National Institute of Genetics have published a paper in a U.S. academic journal detailing how Pacific saury develop from fertilized egg to juvenile. They found a trait unique to saury: body segments begin forming while gastrulation is still under way.
source: Aquamarine FukushimaFukushima's Ioji Temple to unveil its hidden Yakushi Buddha for the first time in over a century
Ioji Temple in Iizaka, Fukushima City, marks 1,200 years since its founding by showing its hidden Yakushi Nyorai statue in the main hall on the afternoon of October 4. It is the first showing in more than 100 years, since the mid-Taisho era, and a special commemorative goshuin stamp will be offered.
source: Fukushima Minyu ShimbunWomen rangers return Darwin's rheas to the wild in Chile
In Chile's Patagonia National Park, a women-led ranger team returned 13 Darwin's rheas to the wild in April 2026. Working with the Rewilding Chile Foundation, they care for the birds around the clock; surveys once estimated only about 11 to 15 remained.
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70th Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Dolls
2026-10-10 ～ 2026-11-23
Taimatsu Akashi Torch Festival
2026-11-14 ～ 2026-11-14
Soma Nomaoi
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Abukuma-do Lavender Garden
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