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Hanamiyama Park

[Update: Hanamiyama area (including Hanamiya Park) will be closed until further notice from March 14 2020 due to the Coronavirus. Please check the Fukushima Guide website for updates] Hanamiyama Park is a privately-owned field for flowering and ornamental trees, in southeast Fukushima City. T...

Hanamiyama Park
Nature & Scenery

Fujita River Fureai-Zakura Cherry Blossom

Somei Yoshino cherry blossom trees bloom along both sides of the Fujita River for three kilometers, centering around Horinouchi Bridge near Kikuta Station.

Fujita River Fureai-Zakura Cherry Blossom
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Fukushima Prefecture's Snow Corridor (Bandai-Azuma Skyline)

The Bandai-Azuma Skyline is a 29-kilometer sightseeing road to the west of Fukushima City. The roadway makes for a lovely drive as it weaves its way through the Azuma Mountain Range, tying together Takayu Onsen and the Tsuchiyu Mountain Pass. It has even been nicknamed “the road that runs a...

Fukushima Prefecture's Snow Corridor (Bandai-Azuma Skyline)
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Koriyama Nunobiki Kaze-no-Kogen (Koriyama Nunobiki Wind Farm)

These windy highlands are located at the peak summit of Mt. Aizu-Nunobiki. It’s located to the south of Lake Inawashiro which provides ample breeze to power the 33 windmills standing majestically on the highland plateau. This is one of Japan’s largest wind farms and the plateau has an...

Koriyama Nunobiki Kaze-no-Kogen (Koriyama Nunobiki Wind Farm)
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Mt. Adatara

Mt. Adatara is actually multiple active volcanoes that form a broad mountain. It last erupted in 1996. Poems in the book Chieko-sho by Kotaro Takamura (1883-1956) helped make the mountain famous. Although the active crater is also surrounded by naturally formed hot springs these should not be ent...

Mt. Adatara
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Oguninuma Wetlands

Oguninuma (the name of the marshland area) is in Urabandai area, and is part of the stunning national park. Be swept off your feet by the amazing scenery at the Oguninuma Wetlands. Lots of people visit the Oguninuma Wetlands every year at the start of summer to see the field of seasonal yellow f...

Oguninuma Wetlands
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Daiichi Tadami Bridge View Spot

A panoramic view of the arch bridge stretches over Tadami River. On clear winter days, the bridge is reflected in the river, surrounded by deep, glistening snow. Spring's fresh leaves, summer's lush greenery, autumn's red leaves… the view changes with each season.

Daiichi Tadami Bridge View Spot
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Nicchu Railway Line Memorial Cycling Pedestrians' Path Weeping Cherry Blossom

The tracks of the now-closed Nicchu Line have been restored as a cycling path, from which you can view 1,000 weeping cherry blossom trees along a 3 km stretch. A steam train is also displayed near the Kitakata Plaza.

Nicchu Railway Line Memorial Cycling Pedestrians' Path Weeping Cherry Blossom
Nature & Scenery

Lake Hibara

The rock slides caused by the steam eruption of Mt. Bandai in 1888 blocked countless rivers, and lead to the creation of over 300 lakes and ponds spread throughout the area. Lake Hibara is the largest of these lakes, and with a length of 10km running along the ravine of the Hibara River, and a sh...

Lake Hibara
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Mt. Azuma-Kofuji

Every year in spring, as the snow melts away it leaves behind the shape of a giant white rabbit on the side of Mt. Azuma-Kofuji. This snow-made rabbit is called the “seeding rabbit” and it signals to the people of Fukushima that the farming season has come. If you visit the area in sp...

Mt. Azuma-Kofuji
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Abukuma Cave

A world of mystical beauty created over millions of years, Abukuma Cave is said to have the greatest variety and the largest number of stalactites in the whole of Asia. It takes about an hour to explore the inner world of the cave and the terrain is easy to navigate on foot. Abukuma Cave is a ...

Abukuma Cave
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Goshiki-numa Ponds

The Goshiki-numa ponds of Urabandai are a cluster of five volcanic lakes at the foot of Mt. Bandai. When Mt. Bandai erupted in 1888, the Five Colored Lakes were formed; in actuality there are dozens of lakes, but the Goshiki-numa are the most famous. It was thanks to the eruption that the lakes e...

Goshiki-numa Ponds
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Mt. Bandai

Originally known as Iwahashi-yama, literally a rock ladder to the sky, the renamed Mt. Bandai is no less impressive. “Aizu Fuji,” as it is sometimes called, is one of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan and has even been selected as one of the top 100 geographic landmarks in Japan....

Mt. Bandai
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To-no-hetsuri Crags

A national natural monument, To-no-hetsuri Crags consists of tower-shaped cliffs overlooking Okawa River. Hetsuri is an Aizu word meaning "a cliff overlooking a river" or "a steep slope" in the local dialect. These strange-shaped cliffs are thought to be made of various types ...

To-no-hetsuri Crags
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Miharu Takizakura

Miharu is a small town in central Fukushima. The town’s name means “three springs” and it is easy to see how it got such a name. With cherry, plum, and peach trees blossoming into spectacular displays every spring it is almost as if spring has tripled! But the most famous of the...

Miharu Takizakura

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