Aizuwakamatsu City

It is said that the beginning was around 630 years ago when Lord Ashina Naomori built it, and during the Boshin War, it gained fame as a famous castle that endured a fierce battle lasting about a month. Reconstructed in 1965, in 2000, the buildings leading to the main keep, "Hōhan Yagura and Nansō Nagaya," were restored using Edo period construction methods and techniques, and in 2011, the replacement with "red tiles" was completed, recreating its appearance from the late Edo period, making it the only existing keep in Japan with red tiles.
 

Famous as the tragic site where the Byakkotai committed seppuku.
From the summit, you can overlook Tsurugajo, and at the Byakkotai Memorial Museum and the historical museum, you can touch upon the history of Aizu.

Nanakachō Street, with an atmosphere of Taisho Romanticism, was a major road during the feudal era, connecting the five main roads of Aizu, including Nikko, Echigo, and Yonezawa, serving as the western gateway of the castle town with many wholesalers, inns, and restaurants lining the street.
Even today, it remains a popular street for tourists, where you can feel the essence of Taisho Romanticism.

A beautiful Japanese garden designated as a national scenic spot. Particularly, it is called "Oyakuen" because the successive lords cultivated medicinal herbs in the area where the sacred spring (medicinal water) flows. 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 research on herbs used for disease prevention and treatment (encouraging the cultivation of Korean ginseng) to save the people from epidemics.
 

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's bushido.

Traditional crafts such as "Aizu lacquerware" and "Akabeko" are famous. 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 said to have been built by the monk Kuya. There is a custom of placing the belongings of deceased relatives into a small tower known as the "Wooden Gorintō" for memorial services, and more than 14,000 Gorintō have been dedicated to the reliquary on the temple grounds. It is also famous for Aizu Koyasan pilgrimages and Kuya Nembutsu dances. Nationally designated important cultural property.

Serious sake brewing tailored to the climate of Aizu. We follow traditional methods and create sake while 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 rice production and good water, making it famous for its fine sake.