Aizuwakamatsu City

It is said to have begun about 630 years ago when Lord Ashina Naomori built it, and it became known as a famous castle that endured fierce battles for about a month during the Boshin War. Reconstructed in 1965, in 2000, the building "Hōhan Yagura and Nansō Nagaya" leading to the main keep was restored using Edo period construction methods and techniques, and in 2011, the replacement of the roof with "red tiles" was completed, recreating its appearance from the late Edo period, making it the only existing keep with red tiles in Japan.
 

Famous as the site of the Byakkotai's tragic suicide.
From the summit, you can overlook Tsurugajo, and at the Byakkotai Memorial Museum and the historical museum, you can touch the history of Aizu.

Nanakachō Street, with an atmosphere of Taisho Romance, was the main road for the Nikkō, Echigo, and Yonezawa routes among the five main roads of Aizu during the feudal era, serving as the western gateway of the castle town lined with wholesalers, inns, and restaurants.
Even now, it is a popular street for tourists where you can feel the Taisho Romance.

A beautiful Japanese garden designated as a national scenic spot. Particularly, due to the presence of a sacred spring (medicinal water) where successive lords cultivated medicinal herbs, it became known as "Oyakuen." The founder of the Aizu Matsudaira clan, Lord Masayuki, developed it as a daimyō garden, and the second lord, Masakane, established a medicinal herb garden for the research of herbs used for preventing and treating diseases (encouraging the cultivation of Korean ginseng).
 

Aizu was known as the "Aizu Domain" during the Edo period and became the stage of the Boshin War. The tale of the tragic boy soldiers, the Byakkotai, is
particularly famous and is still regarded as a symbol of Aizu Bushido.

Famous traditional crafts include "Aizu lacquerware" and "Akabeko." Akabeko is cherished as a talisman for warding off evil and for health prayers.

Also known as the Koyasan of Aizu, there is a hall of Amida Buddha said to have been established by the monk Kuya. There is a custom of placing the belongings of deceased relatives in a small tower known as the "Wooden Gorintō" for memorial services, and over 14,000 Gorintō have been dedicated at the hall of relics. It is also famous for Aizu Koyasan pilgrimages and Kuya Nenbutsu dances. A nationally designated important cultural property.

Serious sake brewing tailored to the climate of Aizu. We follow traditional methods and create sake by observing its face (appearance).
Sake (moromi) is a living thing... We brew while watching its changing state day by day.

Aizu is known for its good rice and water, and is also recognized as a region of fine sake.