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Ōuchi-juku
was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō.Visit Minami Aizu Ouchijuku Visit Minami Aizu. Accessed November 29, 2007. It is now located in the town of Shimogō in Minamiaizu District, , and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Groups Of Traditional Buildings
is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castle town A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns were common in Medieval Europe. Some examples include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles. In Western Europe, ...s, mining towns, merchant quarters, ports, farming or fishing villages, etc. The Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes and protects the country's cultural properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. Municipalities can designate items of particular importance as and approve measures to protect them. Items of even higher importance are then designated by the central government. The Agency for Cultural Affairs then provides guidance, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aizu Nishi Kaidō
300px, Ōuchi Pass '' ichirizuka'' The was a pre-modern highway constructed in Edo period Japan. It was built to connect Imaichi, Shimotsuke Province (in modern-day Tochigi Prefecture) with Aizuwakamatsu Castle in modern-day Fukushima Prefecture. It is roughly traced by Japan National Route 121 and Fukushima Prefectural Route 131. History and background With the establishment of Aizu Domain, the ''daimyō'' Hoshina Masayuki (1611-1673) called for the construction of a road to connect his castle with the Ōshū Kaidō, which was the main route north-south from the Tokugawa shogunate's capital of Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Part of the reason for this road was economic, as the Aizu area was geographically isolated by mountains. It was also political, as the ''daimyō'' (regional ruler) of Aizu were required to travel back-and-forth to Edo on alternative years with a large retinue under the ''sankin-kōtai'' system and needed a well-maintained road with suitable post stations for re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fukushima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. Fukushima, Fukushima, Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki, Fukushima, Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa. Fukushima Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast at the southernmost part of the Tōhoku region, and is home to Lake Inawashiro, the fourth-largest lake in Japan. Fukushima Prefecture is the third-largest prefecture of Japan (after Hokkaido and Iwate Prefecture) and divided by mountain ranges into the three regions of Aizu, Nakadōri, and Hamadōri. History Prehistory The keyhole-shaped Ōya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shimogō, Fukushima
file:Shimogo town hall.JPG, Shimogō town hall is a Towns of Japan, town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5,517 in 2216 households and a population density of 17 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Shimogō is located in the mountainous southern portion of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, bordered Tochigi Prefecture to the south. *Mountains : Onodake, Mount Nasu, Nasudake, Futamatayama *Rivers : Okawa *Lakes: Okawa Dam, Ouchi Dam Neighboring municipalities *Fukushima Prefecture ** Aizumisato, Fukushima, Aizumisato ** Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Aizuwakamatsu ** Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Minamiaizu ** Nishigō, Fukushima, Nishigō ** Shōwa, Fukushima, Shōwa ** Ten-ei, Fukushima, Ten-ei *Tochigi Prefecture ** Nasushiobara, Tochigi Climate Shimogō has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
