History / Culture / Tour Spots in Bandai Highland / Inawashiro Area

  • Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum
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    4.5
    144 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Mitsuwa Maeda 81
    A museum dedicated to presenting materials relating to as well as items which belonged to Hideyo Noguchi, a prominent bacteriologist from the Tohoku region. Standing along National Route 49 near Lake Inawashiro, the museum was remodeled and reopened in 2015. Noguchi’s childhood home is preserved inside the museum complex, including the sunken hearth where he was burned when a baby. There’s also a robotic figure of Noguchi in an exhibition space modeled after his research room which greets visitors.

    This museum was interesting to learn about the man who is on the ¥1000 bill. There is his real childhood home and many interesting panals about his life. All this had a lot of English. There was some...

  • Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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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...

  • Mt. Bandai Eruption Memorial Hall
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    3.5
    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。

  • Mt. Bandai 3D World
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    2.5
    10 Reviews
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Kitashiobara Mura Hibara Kengamine 1093-716
    A memorial museum that helps visitors understand everything about volcanos and eruptions. Although the Bandai Highlands are beautiful in any season, that beauty was built on top of the many casualties of the steam-blast eruption of the mountain in 1888. This facility teaches visitors about what happened to the Bandai Highlands after the eruption. It also has exhibits about the connection between volcanos (worldwide and in Japan) and meteorological phenomena, as well as temporary seasonal exhibits.

    30年ぶりくらいに訪ねました。その頃は、3D画像が珍しく、磐梯山の噴火で飛んでくる岩にびっくりし、思わず身体をひねって避けたりしました。その迫力は変わらなかったのですが、3Dが珍しくなくなったこともあるのか、他のシーンは、それなりでした。画像の色ももう一つと感じました。

  • Tenkyokaku
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Okinazawa Godenyama 1048
    A historic Renaissance-style Western building located in Inawashiro Town, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. The building was used as a villa by Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Today, visitors can enjoy a cup of tea in the tea room. For a small fee, women can try on and take pictures in period Western-style dresses. Visited by large numbers of tourists, the building has been selected as a National Important Cultural Property.
  • Hanitsu Shrine
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Mineyama 1
    A Shinto shrine located in Inawashiro Town, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture dedicated to Hoshina Masayuki, the first lord of the ancient Aizu Domain. Shrine highlights include the Kame-ishi, one of the largest stone monuments in Japan, and a National Historic Site-designated graveyard for the Matsudaira clan, who once rules Aizu Domain. The shrine is also a renowned destination for viewing fall foliage and holds an autumn foliage festival during the season.
  • Fukushima State Guest House
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Okinazawa Hatakeda 1072-4
  • Choshoji Temple
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Mitsuwa Sanjogata 982
    Founded in 1603, this is the historic family temple of the Noguchi clan. It is considered No. 33 of the 33 temples in the Inawashiro region devoted to the Shokannon bodhisattva. The lotus flowers that bloom in front of the main gate during the summer attract large numbers of visitors. The famous bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928) is buried here in a quiet corner of the temple grounds, along with his parents and wife. Visitors can apply for the workshops such as Zen meditation, hand-copying Buddhist sutras, listening to the Buddha's teachings.
  • Aizu Folklore Museum
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Mitsuwa
    A museum devoted to the Aizu region, which presents the culture and lifestyles arose over a long period of time in the land among the mountains. Visitors can see and touch houses and furniture and see traditional houses that are National and Prefectural Important Cultural Properties, as well as various kinds of illustrated candles. Visitors can also try drawing pictures on traditional akabeko cow figures.
  • Mt. Bandai Enichiji Museum, the ruins of the Kondo of Enichiji Temple
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Bandai Machi Bandai Teranishi 38
    Ever since 1969, when it was designated a National Historic Monument, Enichiji Temple has received heightened interest from the townspeople, due to its history as a cradle of Buddhist culture. The whole community has come together to preserve and protect the ruins of the temple. In order to prevent the scattering and destruction of the cultural treasures, the museum was opened in 1987 to preserve, publicize and make use of these objects. It traces the 1200-year history of the temple and displays artifacts excavated from the ruins.
  • Aizu-Yonezawa Road Historical Museum
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Kitashiobara Mura Hibara Asahata Sawa 1034-19
    A historical museum housed in the former Kendan Yashiki, which was built during the Edo Period (1615-1868), rebuilt after the eruption of Mt. Bandai in 1888, and then moved to its present site and remodeled. Its purpose is to present the role played by the Aizu-Yonezawa Highway and the lives of the people who used it and lived alongside it. Exhibits of documents, artifacts, and old photographs outline the story of the former Yonezawa Highway and the woodworkers, mines, and ceremonies associated with it. In addition, there is a diorama of the ruins of the former Hibarajuku, which sank into Lake Hibara after the explosion of Mt. Bandai, and pottery excavated from the bottom of the lake. This facility allows visitors to remember the lifestyles of the earlier inhabitants of the lake area.
  • Bandaisan Toshinichitera Museum
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    3.5
    9 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagumbandaimachi Bandai Teranishi 38

    冬季は閉館しているので、4月1日から再開館します。会津仏教文化の理解が深まる資料館です。史跡の発掘資料も展示しています。入場料は、一般500円、高校生400円、小・中学生300円です。

  • Hajimarino Art Museum
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Aramachi 4873

    猪苗代湖方面へ出かけた際に立ち寄りました。古い酒蔵を利用したり、障がい者支援の福祉法人が運営している事など行く前から興味が有りました。プランツ・プラネッツという作品展が開催されていて、そのダイナミックな作風が印象的でした。

  • Inawashiro Castle Ruins (Kamegajo Park)
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi
  • Inawashiromachi History Folk customs Museum
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Shirominami 34-1
  • Inawashiromachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Numata 3972-1
  • Kobirakata Tenmangu Shrine
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Nakakomatsu
  • Iwahashijinja
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Nishimine
  • Annonji Temple
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Uramachi
  • Kannonji Temple
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    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Kawageta

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