The Koriyama area offers tourist attractions such as Lake Inawashiro, Mt. Adatara, and Suwa Shrine; sightseeing events such as the Cherry Blossom Festival, Koriyama Uneme Festival, and Sukagawa City Shakado River National Fireworks Festival; and local delicacies such as lemon, ika carrot, and thin skin buns.
The Koriyama area is dotted with numerous tourist attractions. One of the characteristics of the area is that it is home to a wide range of facilities, from scenic spots that retain a rich natural environment to modern facilities.
As one of the largest cities in the prefecture, Koriyama also has an abundance of city-run facilities built. Representative examples include the Koriyama Municipal Museum of Art, which offers many attractions for a reasonable admission fee, and the Koriyama Fureai Science Museum Space Park, which offers free admission.
Koriyama Culture Park, operated by a public interest incorporated foundation, is also popular. The facility includes Dreamland Amusement Park with attractions for both adults and children, a large swimming pool with water slides, and a culture center with a gymnasium and conference rooms.
The Abukuma Kogen area, located southeast of Koriyama City, offers a variety of sightseeing spots centering on the Abukuma Kogen Road, an automobile-only road that runs between the Tohoku Expressway and the Banetsu Expressway.
Fukushima Airport, which is the gateway to the sky, Mushitek World, which was built as the theme pavilion for the Utsukushima Mirai Expo, and Iwase Ranch, where tasteful buildings have remained since the Meiji era, are particularly popular tourist spots.
The nationally famous Miharu Waterfall Cherry Blossoms are also located in this area, and many people from inside and outside of the prefecture visit during the blooming season to see the magnificent weeping cherry trees, which are said to be over 1,000 years old.
To the east of the Ban-Etsu Expressway, visitors can enjoy facilities that preserve nature, such as Abukuma-do Cave and Irimizu Cave, which were created by nature over a period of 80 million years, the Hoshi-no-Mura Observatory, where visitors can see and experience the mysteries of space, and Kodomonokuni Mushimushi-land, which has an exhibition and observation garden for rhinoceros and stag beetles.
Near the Ono IC, there is also the Rica-chan Castle, which manufactures and displays Rica-chan dolls popular mainly among girls.
The Koriyama area has more sightseeing spots than you can visit in a day, and it is an attractive area with various aspects, such as having fun and enjoying the grandeur of nature.
The limestone caves were created by the metamorphism of limestone into crystalline limestone over a period of 80 million years. Since long ago, limestone and marble mining has been active in the area, and stalactites of various shapes and sizes have developed along the 600-meter public tour route. Stalactites that drop from the ceiling, stalagmites that accumulate like bamboo shoots from under t...»
Adatara is the main peak of the Adatara mountain range and is commonly referred to as Nyukubuyama. It is famous for Chieko Sho. It takes about 5 hours from the Ishihato-Matu trailhead. Altitude: 1,700m Adatara, the leader of the Adatara Volcanoes, is a rugged mountain with a vast view from its summit. One of several Adatara-yama climbing courses, there are two access points from the Inawashiro di...»
Lake Inawashiro" is the fourth largest lake in Japan and has an almost oval shape. The lakeside scenery is diverse, and fishing, swimming, and camping can be enjoyed. This lake is the largest in Japan at approximately 100㎢ and has an expanse that resembles an ocean. It is also known as "Lake Tenkagami" (meaning "Heavenly Mirror Lake" in Japanese) because of the clarity of its water and its beauty...»
The Japanese garden along the 500-meter river offers a variety of flowers and autumnal foliage. Beautiful flowers such as cherry blossoms (Someiyoshino, weeping cherry, Kawazu cherry, mountain cherry, and yaezakura), lentil, rose, wisteria, azalea, moss, azalea, mossberg, and skunk cabbage add color to the garden in each season. In addition, although small, visitors can see the descendant trees o...»
It has been selected as one of the 100 best hot springs in Japan and is famous as one of the three most beautiful hot springs in Banetsu. Close to popular tourist spots such as Lake Inawashiro and Mt. Bandai, this hot spring resort is visited by many people. There are many Japanese-style inns and the entire town has a quiet atmosphere. The spring water is alkaline simple spring water and is know...»
This is a comprehensive park consisting of an amusement park "Dreamland," a "Culture Center" with rental meeting rooms and a gymnasium, a "swimming pool" open only in summer, and an "indoor children's playground" free of charge for children up to 15 years old and their parents. Dreamland sells free pass tickets that allow unlimited rides on 11 different attractions for a fixed fee on Saturdays, S...»
An open factory and museum where you can learn all about Licca-chan, the idol of girls. It is a dream castle with a tour of the factory where Licca-chan is manufactured and an exhibition zone where Licca-chan from the first generation to the present day are displayed. You can make your own original Rica-chan that coordinates with your own style. Rika-chan" has been loved by many girls since its r...»
The Japan Kimono Culture Museum mainly exhibits old-fashioned kimonos (antique kimonos) from the Edo period to the early Showa period. The museum's collection consists of approximately 3,000 kimonos, of which about 60 are on display at any given time, including many valuable kimonos such as the kimono worn by oiran (courtesans). Three times a year, special exhibitions are held, and kimonos relat...»
The shrine, built on a mountainside cliff, is called "kake-zukuri," or "suspended structure," because half of the building is suspended over the rocky hillside. The three corners of the foundation are built on natural stone, and access to the shrine is through a passage under the floor. While kake-zukuri structures can be seen in Buddhist temples in the prefecture, there are no other examples of...»