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Dish · Aizuwakamatsu
Kozuyu
Aizu festive soup, made with dried scallop and dried shiitake broth, taro, carrot, mushrooms, bracken shoot, ginkgo and wheat-gluten balls (mamefu), served in the region’s lacquered bowls.
Fukushima · Japan
Aizuwakamatsu
In the destination Aizu (Japan) — Aizuwakamatsu; Shimogo.
In the photo: Pond and pavilion of Oyakuen Garden, in Aizuwakamatsu.
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The city
What to expect from Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu is the former castle-town of the Matsudaira clan in western Fukushima. It has Tsuruga Castle, rebuilt with red tiles, Mount Iimori with the graves of the young Byakkotai samurai and the wooden pagoda Sazaedo, the samurai residence Aizu Bukeyashiki and the herbal garden Oyakuen. The town is known for sake, lacquerware and the red cow doll akabeko.
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What to see in Aizuwakamatsu
Castle
Tsuruga Castle (Aizuwakamatsu)
The castle of the Matsudaira clan of Aizu, besieged in the Boshin War of 1868, with a reconstructed keep covered in red tiles, a museum, stone walls and the Rinkaku tea house, set in a park with cherry trees.
Historic site
Mount Iimori (Iimoriyama)
Hill northeast of downtown Aizuwakamatsu with the graves of the Byakkotai young samurai and the Sazaedo, a 1796 wooden pagoda with a double-spiral ramp where those who ascend don’t cross those who descend.
Museum
Aizu Samurai Residence (Aizu Bukeyashiki)
Reconstruction of the large residence of Saigo Tanomo, chief counselor of the Aizu clan, with dozens of rooms, scenes of the Boshin War, a rice mill and other old buildings brought to the grounds.
Garden
Oyakuen Garden (Oyakuen)
Garden of the Aizu lords, with a heart-shaped pond, an island with a teahouse and a medicinal herb garden cultivated since the 17th century, a few minutes from Tsuruga Castle.
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