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  • Shingu Kumano-jinja Shrine
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    4.5
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Keitokumachishingu Kumano 2258
    A Shinto shrine built in the late Heian period located in Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture. The front shrine, known as the Kumano-jinja Nagatoko, is designated a National Important Cultural Property, while the beautiful gingko trees in front of this shrine have been designated Natural Monuments by the city of Kitakata. In fall during the autumn foliage season, the shrine's grounds are covered with golden leaves, attracting large numbers of visitors.

    The history of the shrine can be traced back to the twelfth century when the local feudal lord invited the three sacred shrines of Kumano to this site. Upon approaching the shrine from the main torii...

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  • Yamatogawa Sake Brewery Northern Museum
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    4.0
    43 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Teramachi 4761
    Established in 1790, this is an old sake brewery shop. Various sake making tools are displayed in the oldest warehouse, “Edo Warehouse”, built during the Edo period. You can also see in part how sake was made in those days. In the shop on the premises there is a sake tasting corner where you can taste over 10 different kinds of Yauemon rice wine for free. You can enjoy tasting as well as purchasing the sake which has been made from chosen local ingredients for local consumption.

    喜多方でラーメンを食べた後に無料で見学出来るこちらを知り訪れました。 既に知り得た知識ではありますが、精米歩合の話や展示物、お酒が出来るまでの工程やそれらを担っていた道具などもあり、日本酒好きなら確実に楽しめます。 こちらの酒造(現在は別の場所)で作られた日本酒も試飲出来るので、購入を考えているなら味を知ることも出来ます。 なかなか高級なお酒も飲めますが、最上級のお酒だけは有料となります。 (いろ...

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  • Kitakata Kura no Sato
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    4.0
    39 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Oshikiri 2-109
    Kitakata Kura no Sato was created to communicate kurazukuri (warehousing) culture to the next generation. On the expansive 4,500 square meter lot, there are the misegura (shop dwellings), misogura (miso storehouse), and kurazashiki (city storehouse) centered around the garden, recreating Japan’s ancient landscape. Kitakata specialties and souvenirs are available for purchase at the “Kyu-kanbokuke Misegura”, formerly a drapery store. Try out a challenging quiz on Kitakata Kura no Sato, and receive a gift to remember your trip.

    蔵の町喜多方の蔵について学ぶことができる民俗資料館です。実際の蔵に資料が展示されているため、より深く学ぶことができます。

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  • Kitakata City Museum of Art
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    3.5
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Oshikiri 2-2
    An art museum located in the Kitakata Kura-no-Sato (Warehouse Village) in Oshikiri 2-Chome, Kitakata City. Along with works by artists native to Kitakata and Aizu their collection also includes paintings, sculptures, and industrial art by other domestic and foreign artists. There isn't a permanent exhibit but rather special exhibitions displaying part of the collection that change over throughout the year.

    蔵の街にふさわしいレンガ造りの美術館です。入館料かかりますが、そんな高くありませんので、ぜひ、見てください。レンガの建物がすごく素敵ですから。

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  • Kitakata Zohin Art Museum
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    4 Reviews
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Umetake 7294-4
    This brick-built art museum stands out in the Kitakata urban area. Found across from the city hall, it has a collection of about 700 pieces of art carefully collected by local farm and merchant families. The gallery extends from the first to third floors, and offers a chance to see pottery from private collections, lacquerware from Aizu and the rest of Japan, paintings and calligraphic work, and more. The Imari ware collection, which ranges from the Edo period to modern work, is a must see. There are many other items well worth seeing such as the Makie collection and the maps of the Aizu Wakamatsu castle town.

    喜多方はどこに行っても蔵造りです。周りの景観に合わせてのことですが、それがまた、よく調和されています。見事です。そして素敵です。喜多方は。で、この美術館ですが、地元の人のコレクションの陶磁器などの美術品を多数、集めたものです。中身の展示品も素敵ですが、外の建物も素敵です。

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  • Oki Kannon-do Joan-ji Temple
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    5.0
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Shiokawamachi Otaki Tsukada 3281-1
    This is the first temple on the Aizu 33 Temple Pilgrimage, a registered Japan Heritage. This Kannon-do hall in the temple precincts of Shingon-shu school Kobaizan Joan-ji temple enshrines a statue of the 11-Faced Kannon, once owned by someone called Millionaire Joan. The current hall was apparently rebuilt between 1598-1601 after the original was burned by soldiers of the Date clan in 1589. This place still resonates with the ancient echoes of the faith of Aizu, said to be the first place in the Tohoku region where the culture of Buddhism flourished.

    御本尊は十一面観音 御詠歌は「万代の願い大木の観世音 あの世とともに救け給えや」 立派な仁王門もあって会津三十三観音巡りの出発の御堂にふさわしい

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  • Urushi Museum
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Higashimachi 4109
    A lacquerware gallery museum located in Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture. Operating out of an old detached residence which once belonged to a local wealthy landowner, the gallery displays lacquerware vessels and utensils. The gallery also exhibits tools used to harvest lacquer and create lacquerware, and visitors can learn how Japanese lacquerware is made. Lacquerware is available for sale in a detached building off of the main gallery, and you can also find local craft souvenirs here as well.

    入場料、大人一人300円でした。漆器の展示、漆器の作り方、漆作りの道具の展示がありました。器作りに興味のある人にはおもしろい、と思います。

  • Kitakata Kurazashiki Art Gallery
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi 3-4844
    An art museum adjacent to the Sasaya Hotel in 3 Chome Kitakata City. The hotel storehouse—originally constructed in 1891—was reformed into this museum. Over 100 works of art are on display—paintings, books, and ceramics that are mainly the work of Yumeji Takehisa, a painter and art dealer who lodged here thanks to his connection with the third landlord.
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  • Kurayashiki Azumasa
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Higashimachi 4109
    This restaurant and souvenir shop located in Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture operates out of a remodeled old Japanese warehouse and home complex which once belonged to the top rice merchant in the prefecture. The restaurant side of the establishment serves handmade soba noodles created with Aizu-grown buckwheat, and dengaku roasted dishes made with a signature miso paste. The store side carries Aizu specialty products and local souvenirs such as regional sakes, lacquerware, and folk crafts.
  • Mitsuya Climbing Kiln
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Iwatsukimachi
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  • Tota Kannon-do Hall (Daikoji Temple)
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Shiokawamachi Tota Yajinaka 3227
    This is the ninth temple in the Aizu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage that is said to have been started by Masayuki Hoshina, the founder of the Aizu domain. The main deity, the thousand-armed Kannon, is enshrined on the temple grounds of Fukushuzan Daikoji Temple surrounded by rich nature. According to legend, it was a magnificent building of 12.6 meter-square gold pillars and a cypress bark roof. In the past, there were many historic Buddhist temples and shrines in Aizu domain, and it is said that many residents of the domain, including men and women of all ages, made the Aizu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.
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  • Takeya Kannon-do Temple
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Shiokawamachi Nakayazawa Daihata Hei 697
    This Kannon-do temple is in the Takeya district, a green and lush region. The hall is adjacent to Daiunzan Kannon-ji main temple, and enshrines a sitting wooden statue of Nyoirin Kannon that is said to be the work of Kamakura period Buddhist sculptor Unkei. Legends say that this Takeya Kannon, the eighth temple on the Aizu 33 Kannon pilgrimage, was founded by a monk named Kaigen who visited here from Echigo. The 86.9-centimeter-tall yosegi-zukuri style wooden statue of the sitting Nyoirin Kannon retains much of its Kamakura period character, and as such is a prefecturally registered Important Cultural Asset.
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  • Wakaki Shoten Shimagaki no Kurazashiki
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi 3-4786
    "These are the first brick warehouses built in Kitakata, and date back to 1904. They include three-story equipment stores and two-story zashikigura (tatami-room style) warehouses at the back of Wakaki Shoten, a soy sauce and miso maker that dates back to 1755. Kitakata, famous as a brick town, built many brick warehouses due to a big fire in 1880. The brick zashikigura offers a Western atmosphere even as it holds a traditional Japanese tatami room inside. The first floor ""Shimagaki no Ma"" is completely done in striped persimmon wood, including the ceilings, trim, pillars, and even the hibachi pot trimmings. The second floor is the ""Keyaki no Ma"", and is outfitted with luxurious fittings of Japanese zelkova wood."
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  • Jigenji Temple
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Atsushiokanomachi Atsushio Atsushio Ko 795
    This ancient temple is said to have been founded by legendary monk Kukai early in the Heian period. The former Shingon-sect temple is named after Genno Shinsho, famous for his role in the legend of the Nasu killing stone, and was rededicated as a Soto-sect temple. This Kannon-do temple is the fifth temple on the Aizu 33 Kannon pilgrimage, and enshrines a Thousand-Handed Kannon Bodhisattva. The temple grounds also hold the nationally designated Important Cultural Asset Engraved Camellia-wood Lacquered Closet, and many other important cultural pieces demonstrating Kitakata's rich history. Legends say that Atsushio's hot spring source was discovered when Genno's akaza wood staff pierced the ground. Every year on January 4th they carry out a Yudono Iri festival to offer thanks for the hot springs.
  • Kitakata City Nicchu Line Museum
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Atsushiokanomachi Atsushio Maeda Tei 602-2
    This museum is dedicated to the old National Railway Nicchu Line, which ran between the Kitakata Station in old Kitakata Town, Yama County and Atsushio Station in the old Atsushio Village. The museum displays materials related to the 11 kilometers of line and five stations that it served for almost 50 years from its opening in 1938 to its closing in 1984. The museum is now housed in the old final station building, Atsushio Station, and you can see the old waiting room benches, ticket boxes, and pictures of the trains while they were running. The grounds still hold old railroad crossings and turntable.
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  • Anshoji Temple
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    3.0
    7 Reviews
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Teramachi 4706

    初めて見た、蔵造りのお寺さんです。昔からそうなのかな、と思いましたら、明治時代に火事で再建するとき、蔵造りにしたそうです。それにしても、喜多方らしいですね。

  • Kitakata Kaikyo Land Takasato
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Takasatomachinishihaga Oshoudou 3163

    初め、意味がわかりませんでした。昔、この地区で発見された、ジュゴンの仲間のことのようです。駐車場がありますので、時間の余裕のある方はよろしいのではないでしょうか。

  • Kitakata Local Folk customs
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    3.0
    2 Reviews
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Yanagihara 7503-1

    図書館の中にこの民俗館がありました。図書館には何人か、地元の人だと思いますが、いました。民俗館は僕、ひとりでした。ラーメンだけでなく、いろいろと喜多方を勉強したい人は静かですので、いいと思います。

  • Chuzenji Temple
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Sekishibamachi
  • Kitakata Plaza Culture Center
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    Fukushima Kitakata-shi Oshikiri 2-chome 1
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