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Shirakawa Barrier

3.5

39 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukushima Pref. Shirakawashi Hatajuku Shirakawauchi

One of Japan's ancient checkpoints located a 30 minute bus ride from JR Shirakawa Station in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture. Considered one of the three major checkpoints of the bygone Mutsu Domain, descriptions of the barrier appear in the poems of Matsuo Basho and many other poets. Shirakawaseki no Mori Park is located nearby as well as facsimiles of ancient facilities that once stood here based on literature and other sources from the time. The barrier has been selected as a National Historic Site and is visited by many tourists.

芭蕉が白川（江戸時代）の関で詠んだ歌がある心許なき日かず重るまゝに、白川の関にかゝりて旅心定りぬ白河の関は東北の入口でここに関所があり、東北へ入る者を監視していたのだとずっと思っていたが、ここを訪れてボランティアガイドのおじさんから、いわゆる江戸時代の箱根の関所のような関ではなく、もっと古く「奥州三古関のひとつに数えられる「白河関」。奈良時代から平安時代頃に機能していた国境の関で、当時は人...
Koriyama City Museum of Art

4.0

31 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Pref. Koriyamashi Yasuharamachi Oyaji 130-2

This art museum is run by Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture. It has four major exhibitions: British art including Turner, modern Japanese art including Ryusei Kishida, works from artists hailing from Koriyama such as Yukimura and wood block printing such as book cover designs and so on. Exhibition contents are changed four times a year so visitors can see different works each season. There is a bronze statue in the garden which visitors can enjoy strolling around.

地方美術館としては規模が大きく内容も充実していた。その割にはシニア割などもあり助かる。兵士として死亡してしまった作家を中心にした無言館展が企画展、常設展の方も充実していた。
Kaiseizan Dai Jingu Shrine

4.0

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。
Asaka History Museum (Former Fukushima Prefectural Ordinary Middle School Main Building)

4.0

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Koriyama-shi Kaisei 5-25-63

郡山駅からタクシーで約10分。あまり期待していなかったのだけど、尋常中学校の建物がそのまま保存されていて、教室の机、黒板、当時の教科書や文書まで保存されていてびっくり。壁だけは震災で崩れたので再生したそうですが、床や階段などはそのまま。期待以上でした。ただし、冬は暖房がないのでかなり寒いです。春、秋などに訪れることをお勧めします。
Shirakawa Komine Castle

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Fukushima Pref. Shirakawashi Kakunai 1

Shirakawa Komine Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle that is just north of Shirakawa Station on the Tohoku Main Line. It is among Japan’s Top 100 Castles and one of Top 3 Tohoku Castles thanks to its stone walls which are rare in the Tohoku region. It was built in the Nanboku-cho period by Yuki Chikatomo on Kominegaoka Hill. In the Edo period it was lived in by Shogunate families such as the Honda and Matsudaira families. The modern three-story keep was reconstructed based on images from the Edo period and was designated as a National Historical Site in 2010.
Yamamoto Fudoson

4.5

10 Reviews

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Fukushima Pref. Higashishirakawaguntanaguramachi Kitayamamoto Kohizawa 94-2

A Shingon Chisan Buddhist temple frequented by tourists. Located in Tanagura Town, Higashishirakawa County, Fukushima Prefecture, the temple is dedicated to Acala. Visitors can enjoy seasonal scenery here, such as a beautiful ravine area and an avenue of cedar trees over 100 years old. The temple is also a popular fall foliage destination and during the season the grounds are lit up at night.

まずはじめにすみません。実際に訪れるまでは大したこと無い普通のお寺だろうと高を括っていました。 ※紹介してくれたK氏には心から感謝栃木県と福島県の県境にある山本不動尊。地元では厄除けや開運で有名な歴史あるお寺なんだと知りなるほどと一人納得。細い道を抜けた先に駐車場があるのですが道が狭いのでペーパードライバーの方は要注意です。車を停めて参道を歩くと何とも言えない雰囲気の灯篭の連続に圧倒され...
Komine Jo History

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Shirakawa-shi Kakunai 1-73 Shiroyama Park Nai

白河駅から徒歩5分ほど。城山公園内にある小峰城のガイダンス施設。入館料は300円だが訪館日は文化の日のため無料。展示室は3室ある。展示室1は「小峰城ガイダンス展示」で、小峰城の模型や小峰城をCGで復元したVRシアター、小峰城の歴史を解説するパネルなどがある。展示室2・3は歴代城主の紹介と古文書などを展示する「小峰城の歴代城主と美術」であるが、特別企画展「松平定信と渋沢栄一」の展示に置き換えられてい...
Fukushima Mori no Kagaku Taiken Center (Mushitec World)

4.0

6 Reviews

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Fukushima Sukagawa-shi Nijinodai 100

"This insect-themed science museum is located about 13 kilometers from Sukagawa Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. It features hands-on exhibits that teach visitors about the ecology of insects, the ecosystem, and the fun of science. The museum offers a variety of programs that require a reservation such as their ""Field Work"" program, which includes activities such as nature observation and crafting items with natural materials. Other programs that do not require a reservation include the ""Mini Experiment Lab"" as well as live experiment shows intended to inspire interest in science. The Sukagawa Flight Academy, which features flight simulators that allow visitors to experience what it is like to pilot an aircraft, is also popular."

コロナウィルスの影響で多くのイベントや施設が利用できず、とても残念な施設でした。コロナが収まるまでは、もう行かないかもしれないです…
Eiji Tsuburaya Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Sukagawa-shi Nakamachi 4-1
Ono Town Furusato Bunka-no-Yakata (Cultural Hall)

4.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Tamura-gun Onomachi Ononiimachi Nakadori 2

A multipurpose cultural facility made up of a library, art museum, local history museum, and the Oka Toshio Memorial Museum. Through actual materials, models, and pictures the local history museum will introduce you the history, nature, and lifestyle of Ono town. We also highly recommend visiting the Oka Toshio Memorial Museum where records and other materials will teach you about Oka Toshio, a lyricist native to Ono town.

コードＦ８で訪問しました。図書館は、約6万3000冊の蔵書をはじめ、視聴覚資料の貸出しを行っているということです。郷土史料館は、実物資料や模型、写真パネルなどを用い、小野町の歴史と自然、人々の暮らしを紹介していますなかなか建物は古いですがお洒落な感じです。
Nanko-jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Fukushima Pref. Shirakawashi Sugoudate 2

A Shinto shrine located in Nanko Prefectural Nature Park in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture dedicated to Matsudaira Sadanobu. The temple's treasure hall is a museum which displays items which belonged to Matsudaira. The temple is also famous for the Rakuo-zakura, a beautiful cherry tree some 200 years old, and when it blossoms in spring many visitors come here to view it.
Shirakawa City Museum of History and Folk Culture

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukushima Shirakawa-shi Nakada 7-1

"The museum founded in 1979 introduces the history and culture of the Shirakawa region. The museum's permanent exhibit is entitled ""The History and Culture of Shirakawa."" It includes materials dating from primeval to ancient times excavated in Shirakawa City and the surrounding region including Jomon pottery, Haji pottery, Sue pottery, and ancient roof tiles. The exhibit also includes ancient documents and artifacts from the middle ages as well as materials from the early modern period related to Komine Castle, its castle town, and its lord Matsudaira Sadanobu. Other exhibits include also features materials related to the Boshin War."

タンメン好きのわたしが一番オススメするお店です。白味噌タンメンや赤味噌タンメンもあり、どれも文句なしです。
Sukagawa Municipal Museum

3.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Sukagawa-shi Ikegamicho 6

Open in 1970, this was the first public museum opened in the prefecture. This facility in one corner of Midorigaoka Park has a permanent exhibit on the history and culture of Sukagawa, and holds temporary exhibits four times a year. The permanent exhibit of the Denzen Aodo Copperplate Print collection shows pieces by western-style copperplate printer Denzen Aodo, who was born in Sukagawa during the late Edo period. His major series, Copperplate Prints of Famous Scenes in Edo, are handmade copperplate prints depicting the daily life and work of the people of Edo. Aodo studied both copperplate print and Western art techniques, and his use of minute perspective and chiaroscuro earned him extremely high reputation.

須賀川駅から徒歩20分ほど。翠ヶ丘公園内にある。 1970年に開館した福島県内最古の公立博物館。観覧料は200円だが、訪館日は文化の日のため無料となっていた。館内には遺跡から出土した土器・石器、須賀川を支配した二階堂氏に関する武具・資料、須賀川出身である東京オリンピック(1964年)銅メダリスト・円谷幸吉に関する品々などが展示されている。こじんまりとした博物館なので、須賀川観光でちょっとした時間...
Koriyama City Fureai Science Center (Space park)

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Koriyama-shi Ekimae 2-11-1

A science museum covering floors 20th to 23rd of the high rise Big-I building in Ekimae 2-home, Koriyama City. The museum is made up of multiple areas including the Exhibition Zone where you can learn about space with a variety of hands-on exhibitions including a simulated experience of the moon's gravity. There's also the observation lobby and a Railroad Area with a huge train diorama. On the top floor is a planetarium with a state-of-the-art projector which can display nearly 650,000 stars including the Milky Way. It holds the Guinness World Record for the World's Highest Planetarium (104.25 meters).
Koriyama Bungaku no Mori Museum of Literature

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Fukushima Koriyama-shi Toyotamachi 3-5

A museum along Uchikanjosen in Toyota-machi, Koriyama City. Their collection includes works by and works related to Koriyama writers including Masao Kume, Yuriko Miyamoto, and Yutaka Mafune. In addition to the permanent exhibition they also hold regular themed exhibitions. Located nearby is the Masao Kume Memorial Hall which is Masao Kume's former Kamakura residence that has been relocated.
Miharu History and Folk Museum

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Fukushima Tamura-gun Miharumachi Sakuradani 5

A museum in Sakuradani, Miharu Town, Tamura County. The permanent exhibition centers around the two themes of Miharu of Yesterday and the Miharu of Long Ago. These exhibits include traditional Miharu folk toys including Hariko papier-mache dolls and Miharu Ponies, restored shops and houses and documents from when Miharu flourished as a silk producing region, and even historical documents reaching back to the Jomon Period. Special themed exhibitions are also held and located nearby is the Free Civil Rights Museum.
Tanagura Castle Ruins (Kamegajo Park)

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Fukushima Higashishirakawa-gun Tanaguramachi Tanagura Castle Ruins

Castle remains in Tanagura Town, Higashishirakawa County. It was built on the orders of Niwa Nagashige in 1627. During the Edo Period the lord of the castle changed frequently, seemingly every time a large turtle was seen floating in the castle moat, leading to it also being called Kamegajo (Turtle Castle). The castle fell during the Boshin War at the end of the Edo Period and in modern times the area is now Kamegajo Park. It's a well-known spot for cherry blossom viewing and the Juman-goku Tanagura Castle Festival is held during the blooming season.
Naganuma Castle Ruins

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Fukushima Sukagawa-shi Naganuma Hidaka Miyama Chinai

These are the remains of Naganuma Castle, supposedly built by Naganuma Chunagon Takatoki in 1260-1261. Legend says that the Naganuma clan used to live in the hills located in the northern area of town stretching from west to east. Later, the castle became the center of continued strife, but in 1569 it fell into the hands of Ashina Moriuji, who installed Niikuni Sadamichi as the lord. The current ruins include the full scope of the fortress that was completed in the Bunroku or Keicho eras (between 1592 and 1615). It's also a famous cherry blossom spot, with around 300 hill cherry, Yoshino cherry, and Higan cherry trees.
Fukujuji Temple

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Fukushima Tamura-gun Miharumachi Gomenmachi 194

The temple is the family temple of the Tamura family, who ruled the region during the Warring States period (1467-1568). The temple's grounds are also home to a number of cultural assets, including the "Code of Takakien Tamura" and the "Code of Kiyoaki Tamura," which were handed down in the past to govern the area evenly.
Miharu Kyodo Ningyo Kan

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Fukushima Tamura-gun Miharumachi Omachi 30

A museum located in the Omachi district in the center of Miharu Town. The museum occupies two former storehouses and displays traditional local dolls from throughout the Tohoku region with a focus on Miharu Dolls. The storehouses are traditional white walled buildings said to have been built 130 years ago. Around the Rakko Collection, started by the late Nakai Atsushi who was a student at Tohoku University in the early Showa period, you can see clay dolls and Miharu Dolls from the Tohoku region, as well as folk toys from various regions. Their collection includes a number of must-sees, such as staircase cabinets, fusuma paintings, and calligraphy of poem on the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup.

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