Travel / Tourism Spots in Fukushima Area

  • Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Kengamine 1093-23
    This art museum is located along National Route 459, at Kengamine Hibara, Kitashiobara Village, Yama County Fukushima Prefecture. Since its opening in 1999, exhibits have centered on the collection of Teizo Morohashi—the founder of Xebio Holdings Company. It is known for housing roughly 330 pieces in its Salvador Dali collection, making it the only museum in Asia that permanently maintains works by Dali.

    紅葉が始まる時期に訪れました。裏磐梯を車で走り、紅葉を眺めながらしばらくすると素敵な建物が見えてきます。 諸橋廷蔵氏の熱い思いで建てられた美術館、その周りは小川もあり、山の景色と建物と池があり、素敵な美術館です。 パリの小さな美術館には行ったことがあり、そこに置いてあったブロンズ像より、大きく立派な像が何体か置いてあり、見ごたえがありました。 絵画は、テトゥンアンの大会戦が観れて、こんな大きなダリ...

  • Oyaku-en (Aizu Matsudaira Clan Garden)
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    28 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Aiduwakamatsushi Hanaharumachi 8-1
    A Japanese garden located in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. The garden was originally created in the Muromachi period as part of a villa built by Ashina Morihisa. Oyaku-en means medicinal herb garden -the name is derived from the many medicinal plants which are grown in it. Visitors can enjoy the garden's seasonal scenery as well as a cup of medicinal herb tea. The garden was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty as one of the best examples of an Edo period daimyo landscape garden.

    Right on the town loop ¥120 bus route, so I stopped in. Not especially attractive, but the remedial herb garden history is unusual.

  • Goshikinuma Lakes
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara
    The Goshikinuma (five-colors) lake group consists of dozens of large and small lakes, such as the Bishamon-numa, the Akanuma, and the Rurinuma. The water color of each lake varies according to the size of the particles in the water. The emerald green or cobalt blue shining water surface is mysteriously beautiful. It takes an hour and a half to stroll along the walking path.
  • Eryu-ji Temple Tachiki Kannon-do Hall
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    Fukushima Pref. Kawanumagunaidubangemachi Toudera Matsubara 2944
    A Shingon Buddhist temple located in Aizubange Town, Kawanuma County Fukushima Prefecture. The temple's principal object of worship is an 11 faced, thousand hand statue of Kannon nicknamed the Tachiki Kannon. It is believed that the hermitage was constructed by the Liang Chinese monk Seigan in 540. Inside the Kannon-do hall, there is a pillar that is said to grant your wish if you embrace it, and many people come here to do just that.

    金塔山恵隆寺 立木観音 御本尊は千手観音菩薩 御詠歌は「遙るばると参りて拝む恵隆寺 いつも絶えせぬ松風の音」 巨大な千手観音立像は、立木に直接掘り込んだ一木造りで、床下にはいまなお根があるといわている。 両脇には、室町時代の作といわれる「二十八部衆立像」の眷属と風神・雷神が取り囲んでおり、国重要文化財に指定されている 抱きつくと願いが叶うという抱きつき柱がある

  • Birthplace of Chieko Takamura and Chieko Takamura Memorial Hall
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    Fukushima Pref. Nihonmatsushi Yui Urushiharamachi 36
    A museum dedicated to Chieko Takamura, poet and wife of sculptor Kotoaro Takamura, located in Yui Urushihara-machi, Nihommatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. The museum design is modeled after a sake brewery and displays drawings and paintings. Occasionally, the living room used by the artist located on the second floor, normally closed to the public, is specially opened for viewing. The facility also holds workshops on making papercut art, postcards, and bookmarks with Kamikawasaki washi paper, attracting many visitors.

    5年ぶりの訪問でした。今回は病に侵された智恵子の紙絵をゆっくり鑑賞、素朴でイノセントな紙絵はどこか儚く、言葉を失った智恵子の想いを伝えているような気がしました。

  • Fukushima Museum
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    26 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Aiduwakamatsushi Joutoumachi 1-25
    A museum located in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. The museum presents the history and culture of Fukushima from the Paleolithic to the modern day. The museum is divided into people, nature, archeology, history, art, and exhibition spaces. The museum also holds special exhibitions and provides visitors with the chance to try on historical folk costumes. The museum is frequently used for school field trips.

    This museum displays the ancient history of the area from stone age to post WWII, some geology and some dynasour time artifacts. Displays are pretty nice. The buildjng architecture creates space and...

  • Soma Nakamura Jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    25 Reviews
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    Fukushima Soma-shi Nakamura Kitamachi 140
    A shrine in Kita-machi, Nakamura, Soma City. It was originally the Myokensha Shrine founded 1000 years prior by Taira no Masakado, an ancestor of the Soma family, before it was moved in 1611 to the grounds of Soma Nakamura Castle (the current temple grounds). The current main shrine building was constructed in 1643 and has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Archeological remains such as the stone walls of Soma Nakamura Castle are still present on the temple grounds.

    中村城跡の敷地内にある神社です。 かなり古い建物になっていましたが、その分雰囲気がありました。 入り口にある巨大な杉の木(親子杉)は必見です。 「相馬」の地名の名の通り、馬にゆかりのある場所のようで、入り口には狛犬のように馬の像が2体並んでいました。

  • Mt. Bandai Eruption Memorial Hall
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    27 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Kengamine 1093-36
    A museum dedicated to Mt. Bandai located in Kitashiobara Village, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. Visitors can vicariously experience the 1888 eruption of Mt. Bandai via a giant model in the museum. The museum also displays various items and materials about and from the time of the eruption, in addition to presenting the history of Mt. Bandai and the plants and animals which live there. Visited by large numbers of families, the museum holds nature watching and other events several times a year.

    磐梯山の噴火で湖ができた過程がよくわかる。観光客にはあまり人気がないらしく訪れる人は少ない。展示内容は大人向けなので子供は楽しめないと思う。貴重な資料がたくさんあり、どうやって湖ができたのか、湖には村が沈んでいるとか、いろいろ勉強になる。

  • The Aizu Bukeyashiki - Samurai Residence
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    Fukushima Pref. Aiduwakamatsushi Higashiyamamachishiyama Innai 1
    An outdoor museum featuring the Edo period Aizu residential complex of Saigo Tanomo, along with the old Nakahata encampment, a tea house, a rice mill, and other buildings of historical interest on the grounds. It is a comprehensive cultural facility built for the purpose of disseminating and transferring the history and culture of Aizu on a site of about 23,100 square meters. There are also shops and restaurants, and it is also possible to purchase special products and dine. You can experience the culture of Aizu by painting Akabeko (red bull dolls) and Okiagari Koboshi (papier-mâché roly-poly dolls of priests). (Reservations required)

    会津若松の名物料理をあれこれ食べたくてセットメニューがあるお店を探していたところ、会津武家屋敷に併設されたレストランにそういうメニューがあったので訪ねました。 わっぱ飯、会津蕎麦、こづゆ、棒鱈煮付け、にしんの山椒煮など食べたいと思っていたものが揃っていました。一緒に地酒をいただけば完璧です!武家屋敷見学に合わせて是非オススメです。

  • Suehiro Sake Brewery Kaeigura
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    22 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Aiduwakamatsushi Nisshinmachi 12-38
    A sake storehouse located in Nisshinmachi, Aizuwakamatsu City. A free tour is offered and visitors can see the actual storehouse area, exhibit room, and concert hall housed in traditional earthen wall storehouse. There’s a store selling limited edition sakes with a tasting corner; as well as a café housed in a storehouse built in 1892 which serves coffee brewed from the same water used for the sake, and chiffon cake made with daiginjo top quality sake.

    1時間に一度、説明をしていただきながら見物出来ます。説明は、わかりやすくて興味をもてます。 震災後の復興にも力をいれている酒蔵さんで、野口英世とも縁がある由緒ある家系です。 最後に、ショップで試飲もさせていただけます。 とても美味しかったです。

  • Adachigahara Furusato Village
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    11 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Nihonmatsushi Adachigahara 4-100
    This theme park is located on Prefectural Route 62 in 4 Chome, Adachigahara, Nihonmatsu City. You can experience the history and culture of Nihonmatsu on this 7.6-hectare site with a reconstructed samurai residence, a traditional farmhouse, and other old buildings, as well as a tearoom and the Rural Life Museum. There is also a gift shop selling produce and specialty products, a playground for the kids, and a restaurant.

    無料の子供施設で遊びまくった後に古民家を散歩していたら、竹とんぼを教えてもらい家族4人で熱中しました。 4歳の娘が竹とんぼにはまっていて100円で購入。 散歩コースも丁度いい大きさで秋の晴れ間に気持ち良い散歩が出来ました。 食事するところも広く、値段・量とも良心的でした。 お土産を買う場所でも駄菓子コーナーがあり100円以内でのお買い物させて ちょっとした勉強もしながら楽しい時間が持てました...

  • Roadside station Furudono, Ofukuro no Eki
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    Fukushima Pref. Ishikawagunfurudonomachi Taguchi Hiradate 25 muukuro station
    A roadside station located Furudono Town, Ishikawa County, Fukushima Prefecture. Here you can buy seasonal produce from local farms and edible mountain vegetables as well as sake, miso, and other local specialty products. In the Ofukuro Shokudo restaurant, you can eat handmade soba noodles, udon noodles, and tendon tempura rice bowls. The station has a spacious parking area and toilets and is a great place for drivers cruising through the area to take a break.

    国道349号沿いの道の駅。おふくろの里というニックネームがついています。勿論、糠味噌女房のみならず婿殿の訪問もウェルカムです。

  • Roadside Station Kinosato Ten-ei
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    Fukushima Pref. Iwasegunteneimura Osato Tembou 50-1
    A roadside station located in Tenei Village, Iwase County, Fukushima Prefecture. The station sells farm-fresh vegetables; rice, beans, and mushrooms picked by local farmers and delivered that morning. There's also a restaurant where you can eat handmade soba noodles, a Fukushima specialty; and dishes made with yacon.

    小さな道の駅です。 蕎麦がメインの食堂が併設されていますが、土産物の方が人気ですね。 その土産物ですが、地元の野菜や手作りのお菓子、ご飯、パンなどが魅力的です。 ここの焼きおにぎりやシソの葉で包んだおにぎりはお勧めです。レンジでチンして食べると良いですよ。

  • Sukagawa Peony Garden
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    Fukushima Pref. Sukagawashi Botanen
    A garden located in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture. The garden is 10 hectares, and here visitors can enjoy tree peonies and other seasonal flowers and scenery. The garden is the only tree peony garden in the country designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. An entrance fee is required when the tree peonies are in bloom but otherwise the garden is generally free.

    JR東北本線の須賀川にあります。牡丹園では有名です。雪の中に咲く赤い牡丹……かつて高畠で見たことがあるので、同じイメージで出かけてみましたが……今年の暖冬で雪が全くありませんでした。

  • Ioji Temple
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    21 Reviews
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    Fukushima Fukushima-shi Iizakamachi Hirano Teramae 45
    A temple in Teramae, Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City. It was established in 826. The principal object of worship in the main hall is the Dainichi Nyorai while in the Yakushi Hall the object of worship as introduced by the monk Kobo Daishi is the Yakushi Nyorai, also called the Saba-no-Yakushi. The temple was also the family temple for the Sato family of the Northern Fujiwara clan who ruled over Iizaka. While on his Narrow Road to the Interior, poet Matsuo Basho recalled the devotion of lord Sato Tsugunobu, who died taking an arrow for lord Minamoto no Yoshitsune, with a verse, 'Decorate the satchel and the sword with streamers, in the month of May.' The temple grounds have a slab with Basho's verse carved into it as well as a treasure hall.

    空海が開山したと伝えられる医王寺は駅から15分ほど。この寺は奥州藤原氏の家臣佐藤一族の菩提寺で境内には本堂・薬師堂・宝物殿と一族の墓がある。また「奥の細道」の芭蕉が立ち寄ったことでも知られている。その為本堂左脇には「笈も太刀も5月にかざれ帋幟」の句碑や寺入り口右手に「奥の細道芭蕉坂」の道標が建てられている。「義経記」の愛書家だったという芭蕉は、義経に忠義をつくし「屋島の合戦」で討ち死にした佐藤継信...

  • Kaiseizan Dai Jingu Shrine
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    21 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Koriyamashi Kaisei 3-1-38
    A Shinto shrine located in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. Because the shrine enshrines a division of the deity of Ise-jingu Shrine, it is nicknamed the Ise-sama of Tohoku. The shrine is surrounded by the lush natural beauty of Kaiseizan Park and during the shrine's cherry blossom festival and on New Year's Day, the shrine is visited by many people. The shrine also provides ceremonial cleansings from evil influences and shichi-go-san (ages seven, five, and three) blessings for children.

    散歩の途中で開成山神社へ行きました。立派な鳥居で、歴史を感じる本殿も立派です。始まりは明治時代のこの地域の開墾に関係しているようです。また、東北のお伊勢さまと呼ばれているようであり、立派な神社であることがわかります。開成山公園が近くで、この時期は桜が綺麗に見えます。満開の桜が近くで、威厳のある開成山神社がより映えて見えます。また、行きます。

  • Bandai-Azuma Skyline Drive
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    Fukushima-shi, Fawashima-shi, Inawashiro-machi
    This is a sightseeing road in Fukushima City. It’s a 28.7 kilometer line connecting Takayu Onsen to Tsuchiyu Pass. It was once a toll road but is now free to use. Taking the route through to Azuma Mountain Range to an elevation of 1,350 meters offers a beautiful view of Mt. Azuma-kofuji and more. Every season has its attraction, such as the lovely foliage in fall, but the road is closed in winter.
  • Suirakuen
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    Fukushima Shirakawa-shi Gorokubo Yama 45-1
    This park said to be Japan's oldest was created by Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was the lord of the Shirakawa Domain. In addition to being a wise ruler, Matsudaira was a master of the tea ceremony and an excellent gardener. At the Shorakutei tea house, visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery set in front of the backdrop of Mt. Kagami's bamboo thickets. At the Shusuian tea house, it is possible to enjoy the scenery of the Chiyo no Tsutsumi and Mt. Seki. Visitors can also enjoy the seasonal scenery created by the park's 4,000 trees of various sizes representing 59 varieties, its 21,000 shrubs representing 49 varieties, and the ever-changing reflections in the lake. The park can also be used as a venue for traditional cultural activities.

    松平氏の庭園。手入れも行き届いていて美しく、一周散歩するのにはよい。お茶をいただける施設はあるが、今回は利用しなかった。

  • Fukushima City Minka-en
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    19 Reviews
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    Fukushima Fukushima-shi Kaminagura Oishi Maeji
    A cultural preservation establishment located in the Azuma Sports Park in Oishimae, Kaminagura, Fukushima City. It contains houses from the prefecture's northern area and the Aizu area that were first built between the mid-Edo Period and the mid-Meiji Period and the moved and reconstructed. The onsite museum has exhibits around the theme of Home Life and there's a hands-on area with straw craft and classic toys.

    One of my favorite places in Fukushima City. There are events and workshops on some weekends and public holidays which are amazing, but it is still really interesting on a quiet weekday when there...

  • Yuji Koseki Memorial Hall
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    19 Reviews
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    Fukushima Fukushima-shi Iriecho 1-1

    母校の校歌も古関裕而氏の作だったことを思い出し立ち寄りました。校歌、歌謡曲、軍歌やスポーツ関係の曲の数々の他、NHKラジオの「ひるのいこい」のテーマ曲なども古関氏の曲と知り、その幅広さに驚きます。館内の撮影はできませんが、曲と映像も楽しめる施設となっています。

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Fukushima is a blend of fantastic scenery, delectable sake, and kaleidoscopic colors. This nature-rich prefecture displays its splendor from the hidden Abukuma Cave underground right to the top of its sky-high mountain road, known as the Bandai-Azuma Skyline.

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