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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nanukamachi Street is a historic shopping street and streetscape remaining in the center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. Remnants of its prosperity as a castle town from the Edo period through the Meiji and Taisho periods remain, with rows of storehouse-style buildings, Western-style merchant houses, and retro signboard buildings.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Aizu Bukeyashiki (Samurai Residences) is a historical museum and tourist facility located near Higashiyama Onsen in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. It is a spot that recreates and exhibits the samurai culture and townscape of the Aizu domain. It displays the lifestyles and customs of Aizu samurai from the Edo period, as well as weapons, armor, ancient documents, and folk implements...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Aizu Sazaedo (official name: Entsu Sanso-do) is a wooden building from the late Edo period located in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. Built in 1796 (Kansei 8), it is called "Sazaedo" because of its unique appearance resembling a conch shell (turban shell).

Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum (Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum is a facility showcasing the life and achievements of bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928). Noguchi was a world-renowned medical scientist born in Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture, and is known for his research on infectious diseases such as yellow fever....

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Iimoriyama is a small hill about 200 meters above sea level in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, located east of the center of Aizuwakamatsu. It is particularly known as the site of the tragic suicide of the Byakkotai (White Tiger Corps), 19 young men, during the Boshin War (1868) at the end of the Edo period.

Tsuruga Castle (Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture) — Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Tsuruga Castle (Aizuwakamatsu Castle) is a castle located in the center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. Its beautiful castle landscape is surrounded by moats and stone walls. Originally built during the Muromachi period, it served as the seat of government for the Aizu Domain from the Sengoku to Edo periods...