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Ouchi-Juku / Minamiaizu

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Ouchi-juku

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Fukushima Pref. Minamiaidugunshimogoumachi Ouchi Yamamoto

O-uchi-juku was designated an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1981. It was founded around 1640 as the third post station from Aizu Castle town in the 130 kilometer road connecting Aizu Castle and Imaichi, Nikko City in Tochigi Prefecture. The townscape remains as is, taking visitors back in time to the Edo period. There are also night tours available from the end of April to late November.
Ouchi-Juku Pavilion

4.0

44 Reviews

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Fukushima Pref. Minamiaidugunshimogoumachi Ouchi Yamamoto 8

A facility located in the almost exact center of Ouchi-juku a 15 minute drive by car from Yunokami-Onsen Station which contains presents the lifestyle lived in the area during Japan’s era of post station towns. Ouchi-juku’s honjin, or troop headquarters, was one of the strongholds along the Shimotsuke Kaido highway built in the early Edo period, and was used by the lords of Aizu Domain when travelling to and from the capital of Edo. This honjin was remodeled into the Ouchi-Juku Pavilion. The hall provides information on areas as such as the lord’s exclusive entranceway, jodan-no-ma raised floor room, bath, and thatched roof, as well as exhibits presenting the tools and other items people once used here as part of everyday life. In addition, firewood is continually lighting in the building’s traditional sunken hearth year-round as part of measures necessary to keep the thatch roof in good working order.

大内宿の問屋本陣を復元した建物でちょっとした資料館になっています。規模は小さいですが、大内宿のことがいろいろと回折されていますので、取り敢えず最初に行くといいと思います。
Tadami Town Beech Center “Tadami Beech and River Museum”

4.0

4 Reviews

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Tadamimachi

A museum attached to the Tadami Town Beech Center. Centered around the theme of Tadami town's beech trees and nature they provide permanent exhibition in the Panorama Theater as well as screening of videos and display of local Tadami town flora and fauna specimens. Four times a year they hold special exhibitions in the second-floor hall.

こちらの入館料を払うと、ふるさと館田子倉も見学できます。ふるさと館田子倉では、田子倉ダム建設で沈んだ集落の写真が展示してあり大変興味深かったです。
Okuaizu Museum

3.5

4 Reviews

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Minamiaizumachi Itozawa Nishi Sawayama 3692-20

This museum collects and exhibits materials historical, folk cultural, and natural history materials with a goal of conveying the appeal of Okuaizu region's nature, culture, and history. The facility, which first opened in 2004, changed to its current name in 2009. Its collection of around 24,000 items includes many folk crafts and tools that were used for hundreds of years. 5,058 of the items in the collection have been designated as National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties. Around 3000 items are currently on display.

博物館の中に昔の農耕具などが展示されているだけかと思いきや、かやぶき屋根のちょっとした集落のようなところも見学出来て、藍染めなどの体験ができるようでした。ちなみに、展示館以外に再現されているのは、馬宿、染屋、旧猪俣家住宅、旧山王茶屋です。このうち旧山王茶屋はレストランになっているので、食事をするのであれば、無料で入れます。
Hinoemata Village History Folk Museum

3.0

2 Reviews

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura

This museum introduces the history and way of life of Hinoemata Village as well as the nature of Oze. The first-floor features exhibits including hunting equipment, old folk crafts, wooden products, costumes used in the village's kabuki theater performances, and taxidermy animal specimens. The second-floor features exhibits such as fishing equipment and everyday articles that teach visitors about the wisdom for everyday life of the people of the past.

福島県の秘境、檜枝岐村へドライブで行きました。新潟県から入るルートを選択。奥只見シルバーラインで奥只見湖。そこから檜枝岐村に沼田街道３５２号線で行きました。道中は細い道が続きますので運転に自信が無い方は福島県から入った方が良いです。檜枝岐村は街道沿いに広がります。村役場の横に檜枝岐村歴史民俗資料館があります。国道からちょっと横に入ります。開館前でしたので入場なし。檜枝岐村は温泉もあり。自然いっぱい...
Kawai Tsuginosuke Memorial Hall

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Tadamimachi Shiozawa

A memorial hall in Uenodai, Shiozawa, Tadami Town, Minamiaizu County. On display are exhibits related to Kawai Tsuginosuke, a retainer for Echigo Nagaoka, who fell in Shiozawa, Tadami during the Boshin War at the end of the Edo Period. Materials include documents related to the novel Toge by author Shiba Ryotaro about the life of Kawai Tsuginosuke as well as the House where Kawai Tsuginosuke Met his Demise, the reconstructed house of village doctor Yazawa Soeki where he passed away. It is closed in winter from mid-November to late April.
Aizu-Tajima Gion Kaikan

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Minamiaizumachi Otsubo 30-1

A museum on Okurairi Street in Otsubo, Tajima, Minamiaizu Town, Minamiaizu County. On display are materials and exhibits related to the Aizu Tajima Gion Festival, a tradition which stretches back over 800 years. A special portable shrine that shows the features of the four portable shrines that are used during the festival and a series of dolls showing the procession reproduce the particulars of the festival in realistic fashion. There's also a buffet serving local home cooking using local ingredients, a restaurant serving traditional local cuisine, an a shop.
Koyasu Kannon

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Fukushima Pref. Minamiaidugunshimogoumachi Ouchi

A Buddhist temple in Shimogo Town, Minamiaizu County, Fukushima Prefecture. The temple's Kannon-do hall stands on hill with a sweeping view of the thatched roof homes of the Ouchi-juku post station district. The temple hall is normally closed but a festival is held once a year when the Buddhist image inside is displayed to the general public. The temple is dedicated to the protection of children and women and many worshippers come here to pray for children, safe childbirth, and healthy child growth.
Yunokami-Onsen Station

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Shimogomachi Yuno Kamioshima Otsu 74

An Aizu Railway, Aizu Line station located in Shimogo Town, Minamiaizu County, Fukushima Prefecture. The station is one of only two in the country with a thatched roof like that of an old-fashioned Japanese home. The station's waiting area has an irori sunken hearth and other old-fashioned accoutrements and the hearth is kept lit for visitors when staff are working. The station was selected as one of the 100 best stations in the Tohoku region in 2002 and is visited by many tourists.
Shoho-ji Temple

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Shimogomachi Ouchi Yamamoto 51

Located in Ouchi-juku, a sightseeing spot in Oku-Aizu, this temple enshrines the Amida Nyorai Buddha and is the family temple of the residents of Ouchi-juku. During the Boshin War, the temple was used by the government army as a military feed station and first-aid station. From the observatory, a panoramic view of Ouchi-juku can be seen.
Nakanosawa Kannon-do

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Shimogomachi Nakazuma Kannon-mae 228

The 11th temple of the Okurairi 33 Kannon Temples. The Kannon Hall is one of the few remaining pure Japanese style buildings in the Aizu region. It is presently a retainer temple of the Kyokudenji Temple. The building retains its classic form, including having no nails in its construction, and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Kanozu Checkpoint (Former Hasebe Family Residence)

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Tadamimachi

A former checkpoint from the Warring States period along the Hachijurigoe road which connected Aizu and Echigo. It has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Fukushima Prefecture. The building features high ceilings and a secret room and will make you feel you've slipped back in time. Behind the guardhouse is the Former Igarashi Family Residence which is said to have been built 300 years ago and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. It's free to visit and view.
Aizu Tadami Archeology Museum

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Tadamimachi Okura Kubota 33

This archaeology museum is located at the Kubota Ruins, which was the site of a settlement on the terrace of the Inagawa River from the late Jomon period to the mid Yayoi period. The museum, which was built for the purpose of preserving the historical site, features exhibits including a pit dwelling and earthenware from the Jomon and Yayoi periods. The facility is open from late April to late November and is closed for winter.
Omomo no Butai

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Minamiaizumachi Omomo

This farming village kabuki stage was built on the grounds of the Komagatake Shrine in 1895. The stage, which is a reconstruction of an older stage, is 7.64 meters wide and 8.56 meters deep. It features a kabuto-zukuri style thatched gabled roof with a small eave on the front. This uncommon style of roof is named after its resemblance to a samurai helmet. The stage features a central elevated fixed second stage of double steps located behind the front stage. Printed paper screens can be installed in front of and behind the second stage. There is also an area behind the second stage with a floor at one step lower height as the second stage that serves as a green room. The stage, which is a National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, hosts performances of regional performing arts every year in early August.
Former Minamiaizu District Government Office

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Minamiaizu Machida Shimane

This two-story western-style building was originally constructed to serve as the Minamiaizu County Office in 1885. It was relocated and restored in 1970 after the construction of the Tajima Joint Fukushima Prefectural Government Building. The building has a number of unique features including columns evocative of Greek architecture, chidori hafu bargeboards reminiscent of a Japanese castle, and ranma fan-shaped stained glass transoms. It was designated as any Importance Cultural Property of Fukushima Prefecture in 1971. The building features permanent exhibits on subjects such as the history of westernization in Minamiaizu and of history of Shigiyama Castle (also known as Minamiyama Castle). Some of the items on display exhibits include a diorama of the Shigiyama Castle, artifacts excavated from the castle, and informational panels.
The Six Jizo

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura Idaira

This row of six Jizo statues is one of the must-see sightseeing destinations in Hinoemata. Many people visit the Jizo, which are said to grant prayers for the gift of children and child care protection. The statues outfits are changed three to four times per year by villagers, so many people enjoy seeing a different look every time they visit.
Hashiba no Banba

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura Idaira 659

This stone statue of a banba (old woman) is located along the approach to the Hinoemata no Butai kabuki stage and the Chinju Shrine. It was originally worshiped as a god that protects children from drowning. In more recent years, however, it has become a place where people offer rusty scissors to tie the knot with a good match and sharp scissors to cut ties with bad matches.
Hinoemata Stage

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura Idaira 670

Kabuki theater in Hinoemata Village was originally performed as offerings to the local tutelary deity that were also enjoyed by villagers. Due to the religious nature of the performances, the stage, which is shaped like a worship hall, was built facing the local shrine. The current stage is an 1897 reconstruction of the original, which was lost in a large fire in 1893. It was designated as a National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property in 1976.
Group of Itakura Homes

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura Kaminohara 478-1

These historic buildings are storehouses built in fields away from homes in order to protect grain and other important items from fires. They are an Important Cultural Property of Hinoemata Village. The windowless structures are built from 10-centimeter-thick planks put together much like a bamboo steamer without the use of nails or pillars. The architectural style of the storehouses are important in terms of architectural history, is identical to that of Nara's Shosoin Treasure House.
Oze Buna-no-mori Museum

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Fukushima Minamiaizu-gun Hinoematamura Hiuchigatake 1

This museum is attached to the Oike Lodge, a mountain hut surrounded by the quiet of a marshland and a Japanese beech forest. The facility features a collection of exhibits that cover all of the attractions of Oze, the branch point of Lake Ozenuma, Ozegahara Marsh, and Mt. Hiuchigatake. Visitors can learn about the preciousness of the nature of Oze by viewing a model of the entire Oze area, videos, and other media.

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