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Festival · Fukushima · Tohoku

Mt. Shinobu Dawn Procession

A Fukushima winter festival in which volunteer bearers carry Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and made in an Edo-period tradition, through the city.

Fukushima · 21–22 Feb 2027

Public Facility · Fukushima · Tohoku

Fukushima Prefectural Library

The public library of Fukushima Prefecture, founded in 1929 and housed since 1984 in Moriai beside the Prefectural Museum of Art.

Fukushima

Sport & Competition · Fukushima · Tohoku

Fukushima City Half Marathon

Premier half-marathon running event through Fukushima City's scenic neighborhoods and parks, featuring aid stations every 5 kilometers and spectator support.

Fukushima · 17 May 2027

Museum · Fukushima · Tohoku

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural art museum at the foot of Mt. Shinobu, opened in 1984, with American painting by Andrew Wyeth and Ben Shahn and the prints of Saito Kiyoshi.

Fukushima

Festival

Mt. Shinobu Dawn Procession

A Fukushima winter festival in which volunteer bearers carry Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and made in an Edo-period tradition, through the city.

21–22 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Sport & Competition

Fukushima City Half Marathon

Premier half-marathon running event through Fukushima City's scenic neighborhoods and parks, featuring aid stations every 5 kilometers and spectator support.

17 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Festival

UFO Festival

A town in Fukushima that calls itself the UFO village closes its shopping street for an alien costume parade, with prizes for the most convincing.

31 Oct 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Quick poll

Museum

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural art museum at the foot of Mt. Shinobu, opened in 1984, with American painting by Andrew Wyeth and Ben Shahn and the prints of Saito Kiyoshi.

Fukushima

Public Facility

Fukushima Prefectural Library

The public library of Fukushima Prefecture, founded in 1929 and housed since 1984 in Moriai beside the Prefectural Museum of Art.

Fukushima

Festival

Mt. Shinobu Dawn Procession

A Fukushima winter festival in which volunteer bearers carry Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and made in an Edo-period tradition, through the city.

21–22 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Sport & Competition

Fukushima City Half Marathon

Premier half-marathon running event through Fukushima City's scenic neighborhoods and parks, featuring aid stations every 5 kilometers and spectator support.

17 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Food Fair

Summer Festa IN KORIYAMA

Summer Festa in Koriyama turns JR Koriyama Station into a beer garden inspired by a 1993 delegation visit to Munich's Oktoberfest, drawing 60,000 visitors.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKoriyama · Fukushima

Festival

UFO Festival

A town in Fukushima that calls itself the UFO village closes its shopping street for an alien costume parade, with prizes for the most convincing.

31 Oct 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

Castle

Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle

Also called Tsuruga Castle, the seat of the Aizu Domain held out for a month in the 1868 Boshin War; its rebuilt red-tiled keep houses a museum.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

Museum

Aizu Bukeyashiki

A museum of samurai life in Aizuwakamatsu, built around a 1975 reconstruction of the house of the Aizu domain elder Saigo Tanomo.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

Area & Points of Interest

Ouchi-juku

Former Edo-period post town on the Shimotsuke Kaido road, where thatched-roof houses still stand along the street as homes and shops.

Shimogo · Fukushima

Museum

Fukushima Prefectural Museum

Fukushima Prefecture general museum in Aizuwakamatsu, covering local history from the Paleolithic to the Showa era, folk culture, art and fossils.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

Museum

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural art museum at the foot of Mt. Shinobu, opened in 1984, with American painting by Andrew Wyeth and Ben Shahn and the prints of Saito Kiyoshi.

Fukushima

Public Facility

Fukushima Prefectural Library

The public library of Fukushima Prefecture, founded in 1929 and housed since 1984 in Moriai beside the Prefectural Museum of Art.

Fukushima

Area & Points of Interest

Abukuma Caves

A limestone cave in Fukushima with 600 metres open to walk, holding an unusual range of formations, including a rare disc-shaped shield.

Tamura · Fukushima

Lake

Inawashiro Lake

Inawashiro Lake, Japan's fourth-largest lake, lies among mountains in northeastern Fukushima, known for its clear water and for fishing, boating and camping.

Fukushima

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