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福島県 · Tourism

Lake Inawashiro

猪苗代町会津

The fourth largest lake in Japan. Called the mirror of heaven, it reflects Mount Bandai.

福島県 · Tourism

Miharu Takizakura

三春町中通り

A weeping cherry more than a thousand years old, one of the three great cherry trees of Japan.

福島県 · Tourism

Hanamiyama

福島市中通り

A flower farmer opened his own hillside to the public without charge. A paradise, in Fukushima.

福島県 · Tourism

Nanukamachi

会津若松市会津

Western-style buildings and storehouses from the Taisho era. The street runs on from Aizu-Wakamatsu station.

福島県 · Tourism

Oyakuen

会津若松市会津

A daimyo garden where medicinal herbs were grown, laid out around a heart-shaped pond.

福島県 · Tourism

Soma Nomaoi

南相馬市ほか浜通り

Five hundred mounted warriors in full armour. It is said to have run for a thousand years.

福島県 · Tourism

Tsuchiyu Kokeshi

福島市中通り

One of the three birthplaces of the kokeshi doll. The patterns are drawn on the lathe.

福島県 · Tourism

Abukumado

田村市中通り

A limestone cave found during quarrying. It runs 600 metres.

福島県 · Tourism

Hawaiians

いわき市浜通り

It was created by turning the hot water and the workforce of a closed coal mine to another use.

茨城県 · Tourism

Kobuntei

水戸市県央

A garden open to the people of the domain from the day it was made. Hence the name: pleasure shared.

茨城県 · Tourism

Seizanso

常陸太田市県北

Where Tokugawa Mitsukuni spent his last years and carried on compiling the Dai Nihonshi.

茨城県 · Tourism

Ryujin

常陸太田市県北

The name Ryujin Gorge comes from belief in a dragon that governs water.

茨城県 · Tourism

Kairakuen

水戸市県央

One of the three great gardens of Japan. It was open to the people of the domain from the start.

茨城県 · Tourism

Hitachi Seaside Park

ひたちなか市県北

Four and a half million nemophila turn Miharashi Hill blue.

茨城県 · Tourism

Fukuroda Falls

大子町県北

One of the three great waterfalls of Japan. It falls in four stages, hence its other name.

茨城県 · Tourism

Ushiku Chateau

牛久市県南

Japan's first full-scale winery.

茨城県 · Tourism

Kodokan

水戸市県央

The largest domain school in Japan, teaching letters, arms and medicine as one.

茨城県 · Tourism

Oarai

大洗町県北

Anglerfish hotpot and whitebait. The port runs on into the seaside park.

茨城県 · Tourism

Himatsuri

笠間市県央

Kasama potters set up their own stalls. One of the largest pottery markets in eastern Japan.

茨城県 · Tourism

JAXA Tsukuba

つくば市県南

A full-size H-II rocket lies outdoors.

茨城県 · Tourism

Yuki Tsumugi

結城市県西

It uses hand-spun thread. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

茨城県 · Tourism

Itako Ayame

潮来市鹿行

A bridal boat moves along the waterway. Five hundred varieties of iris bloom.

茨城県 · Tourism

Hitachi Furyumono

日立市県北

Five-storey floats stage mechanical puppet plays. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

茨城県 · Tourism

Koga Peach

古河市県西

Two thousand flowering peach trees. They were first planted as a guard against famine.