Genraiken

Northern Honshū (Tōhoku)


There are only so many bowls of ramen one can eat in a day, so best to eat them at the oldest and most well-known ramen joint in town. Find it one block north and one block east of the train station, with a red facade.


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Nearby Northern Honshū (Tōhoku) attractions

1. Yamatogawa Sake Brewing Museum

0.39 MILES

Step into the Yamatogawa Sake Brewing Museum to peek inside a kura (mud-walled storehouse) that dates from 1790 and, until 20 years ago, functioned as a…

2. Kitakata Kura-no-Sato

0.64 MILES

This collection of 10 kura (mud-walled storehouses) has been arranged as a small local museum, as well as the obligatory gift shop or two.

3. Sazae-dō

10.54 MILES

Halfway up Iimori-yama, Sazae-dō is a weird and wonderful hidden gem in a Buddhist temple complex. Built in 1796 the 16.5m-high hexagonal wooden structure…

4. White Tigers Memorial Hall

10.66 MILES

At the foot of Iimori-yama, this museum tells the story of the dramatic suicides of the teenage samurai who died during the Bōshin civil war of 1868, and…

5. Iimori-yama

10.71 MILES

On the eastern edge of Aizu is Iimori-yama, the mountain where the White Tigers (Byakkotai) samurai killed themselves during the civil war of 1868. You…

6. Tsuruga-jō

11.95 MILES

The towering 1965 reconstruction of Tsuruga-jō sits in sprawling grounds framed by the original moat and some ruins of the old castle walls. Inside is a…

7. Aizu Bukeyashiki

12.45 MILES

This is a superb reconstruction of the yashiki (villa) of Saigō Tanomo, the Aizu clan’s chief retainer. Wander through the 38 rooms, which include a…

8. Uesugi-jinja Shrine

22.15 MILES

In the centre of Matsugasaki-kōen, surrounded by a koi-filled moat, this shrine sits on the land previously occupied by the inner castle during feudal…