Aizu-wakamatsu

Aizuwakamatsu City Hall
Aizu-Wakamatsu-shi ; 会津若松市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Fukushima
Coordinates :	37 ° 30 ' N , 139 ° 56' E Coordinates: 37 ° 29 '42 " N , 139 ° 55' 47" E
Basic data
Surface:	383.03 km²
Residents :	118,643 ; (April 1, 2020)
Population density :	310 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	07202-8
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese red pine
Flower :	Hollyhock
Bird :	cuckoo
town hall
Address :	Aizuwakamatsu City Hall ; 3 - 46 , Higashisakae-machi; Aizu-Wakamatsu -shi ; Fukushima 965-8601
Website URL:	http://www.city.aizuwakamatsu.fukushima.jp/
Location of Aizu-Wakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture

Aizu-Wakamatsu ( Japanese 会津若松市 , -shi ) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture in the northern part of Honshū , the main island of Japan . Lacquer and lacquerware have been produced here since the 16th century .

geography

Aizu-Wakamatsu is the center of the Aizu prefectural region and extends over the Aizu Basin ( 会津盆地 , Aizu-bonchi ). Inawashiro Lake is to the east .

Attractions

Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle

The Aizuwakamatsu Castle , also Tsurugajo ( 鶴ヶ城 , "Crane Castle", built in 1384), the Prince of Aizu was the strongest fortress in northeastern Japan. It was the heart of the city for over 600 years and was the last retreat of the Shogun-loyal troops under Saigō Tanomo and Ōtori Keisuke in Aizu during the Boshin War after the Battle of Bonari Pass . Destroyed by the Meiji government in 1874 , it was restored as a museum in 1965.

In the herb garden Oyakuen grow over 200 medicinal plants species .

The Aizu Bukeyashiki samurai residence is a reproduction of a feudal estate with main ancillary and servant houses and a mill. The one-story main house has 38 rooms.

The tombs of the Byakkotai are located on Iimoriyama Hill . In memory of the young samurai from Aizu there is a marble column from Pompeii (a gift from Mussolini in 1928) and a memorial stone “A German to the young knights of Aizu”, donated by the then German ambassador Hasso von Etzdorf .