Ouchijuku
It is a former post town along the Aizu-Nishi Kaido trade route which connected Aizu with Nikko during the Edo Period. Restrictions set by the shogunate required travelers to make their long journeys on foot and as a result, post towns developed along the routes to provide travelers with food, accommodations and rest.
Hanamiyama Park
A magnificent flower-filled mountain that has been cultivated by local farmers for around 60 years. Hanamiyama Park was opened to the public in 1959 to give the local community the opportunity to see the mountain’s beautiful array of flowers. In spring, the mountain comes to life with plum, cherry, and forsythia blossoms, as well as a wide range of other flowers. In full bloom the flowers paint the mountain in a gentle shade of pink, creating a surreal, fantastic atmosphere. On a clear spring day, you can see the distant snow-crested Azuma mountain range silhouette across the blue sky. A truly lovely landscape.
Nanokamachi
Many historical buildings are still dotted along Nanokamachi-dori in Aizu-wakamatsu-shi in Fukushima. Visitors can find aspects of Aizu’s distinctive culture everywhere as they stroll along the street, enjoying the nostalgic atmosphere with echoes of the Taisho period.
Tsuruga Castle
This castle was built in 1384 and changed many times between rulers of the Aizu region. It was destroyed after the Boshin War in 1868 and rebuilt as a concrete reconstruction in the 1960s. Visitors can climb to the top floor of the castle keep and look out onto the surrounding city. The inside of the building is an interesting museum with attractive displays about the history of the castle and the samurai lifestyle.
Goshikinuma Lake
Goshikinuma, the "Five Colored Marshes," is a group of very picturesque lakes and ponds on a highland plain in Bandai-Asahi National Park. From the mineraloid, allophane (consisting mainly of aluminum and silicon) and the sludge at the bottom of the most of the lakes contain this and other chemicals that give the water a distinctive deep blue tint that changes subtly with the sunshine. Furthermore, a combination of iron oxide and various kinds of plants and algae in the lakes produced a reddish tinge often evident in some of the lakes. Each lake or pond, therefore, it has a different, unusually vivid which can change day-to-day or throughout the year.
Inawashiro Lake
Inawashiro is in the center of Fukushima, taking its name from Inawashiro area and is known as the fourth largest lake in Japan. Its high level if transparency reflects the sky like a mirror. On sunny days, the clear water appears an even deeper shinning blue. It is also famous for its sightseeing boats, the ice droplets that form on trees when strong winter blow water into the air.