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Aizu Homare Junmai Daiginjo Kiwami
Aizu Homare Junmai Daiginjō Kiwami (会津ほまれ 純米大吟醸 極) is made of Gohyakumangoku rice milled to 50% and Association 1801 yeast. The brewery states that this inexpensive daiginjō was made to be enjoyed at home. The Kiwami has an elegant aroma and a crisp, robust flavour crafted by master brewer...- JREF
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- aizu aizuwakamatsu fukushima homare junmai daiginjō-shu 純米大吟醸酒
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Hanaharu Daiginjō
Hanaharu Daiginjō (花春純米吟醸酒) is made of Yume no Kaori rice grown in Fukushima Prefecture and milled down to 49%. It has a gorgeous fragrance and a spicy taste. It is recommended to drink it slightly chilled, hilled, or on the rocks. -
Hanaharu Junmai Ginjo
Hanaharu Junmai Ginjō (花春純米吟醸酒) is a cold-brewed sake, matured at low temperatures. It has a moderate aroma and rounded taste, with a delicious flavour, excellent mouthfeel, and an exciting finish. It is made of rice grown in Aizu and milled to 55%.- JREF
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- aizuwakamatsu fukushima hanaharu junmai ginjō-shu 純米吟醸酒
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Hanaharu Yume no Kanade Junmai Daiginjō
Hanaharu Yume no Kanade Junmai Daiginjō (花春 結芽の奏 純米大吟醸酒) is made of "Maihime" rice from Aizu. "Yume no Kanade" translates into "dream melody" and was brewed to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the brewery's founding. The rice is polished to 50% and slowly brewed at low temperatures. Junmai...- JREF
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- aizuwakamatsu fukushima hanaharu junmai daiginjō-shu 純米大吟醸酒
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- Category: Junmai Daiginjō
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Hanaharu Nojun Junmaishu
Hanaharu Nojun Junmaishu (濃醇純米酒) is made of "Maihime", rice from Aizu, by ageing at low temperatures. A nojun junmaishu with a perfect balance of acidity. The brewery describes it as medium dry with a mild fragrance. Best served hot, lukewarm, at average temperature, or cold. Awards: Slow Food...- JREF
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- aizuwakamatsu fukushima hanaharu tokubetsu junmai-shu 特別純米酒
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Aizuwakamatsu Tourist Guide 2019-08-10
A tourist brochure on all things to see in and around Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima (PDF, 8.65MB). -
Aizu Bukeyashiki
Aizu Bukeyashiki (会津武家屋敷): in the final days of the Battle of Aizu the women of the senior retainers committed collective suicide in order not to burden their fighting husbands, fathers, and relatives in battle. The reconstructed main hall depicts a scene of the women's suicide, with Saigō...- thomas
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- aizuwakamatsu boshin
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Travel Matsudaira Tombs
The Matsudaira Tombs (会津藩主松平家墓所 院内御廟 Aizuhan shumatsu dairake bosho in'naigobyō) are located in the southeastern part of Aizuwakamatsu, close to Higashiyama Village, on a hill not far from the Aizu Bukeyashiki samurai mansions. The mountain contains the tombs of eight out of nine generations... -
Castle Aizuwakamatsu Castle
Tsuruga Castle Aizuwakamatsu Castle (会津若松城 Aizu-Wakamatsu-jō), commonly referred to as Tsuruga Castle (鶴ヶ城 Tsuruga-jō), is a reconstruction of the original castle built by the Ashina clan (蘆名氏) in the fourteenth century. It was an important administrative centre in eastern Japan and the seat of... -
Travel Iimoriyama
Mount Iimori (飯盛山 Iimoriyama) is located east of Aizuwakamatsu JR Station in the town of Aizuwakamatsu in western Fukushima. In 1868, it was the location of a mass suicide of a Byakkotai unit consisting of twenty teenagers, all sons of Aizu samurai fighting against the invading pro-imperial... -
Aizuwakamatsu
House from the Taisho Era in the streets of Aizuwakamatsu.- thomas
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Shinsengumi Museum
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- aizuwakamatsu shinsengumi
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- Album: Impressions of Aizuwakamatsu
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Byakkotai Museum
The Byakkotai (白虎隊 White Tiger Force) was a group of young teenage samurai of the Aizu domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868-1869). Nineteen of them committed suicide when they thought that Aizawakamatsu castle had fallen.- thomas
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- aizuwakamatsu byakkotai
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Byakkotai Museum
The Byakkotai ( White Tiger Force) was a group of young teenage samurai of the Aizu domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868-1869).- thomas
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- aizuwakamatsu byakkotai
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Byakkotai Museum
The Byakkotai ( White Tiger Force) was a group of young teenage samurai of the Aizu domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868-1869). On display here are personal belongings of Kondo Isami, commander of the Shinsengumi.- thomas
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Aizuwakamatsu
Akabeko ( red cow) in front of Aizuwakamatsu Station: Aizu legend claims that the toys are based on a real cow that lived in the 9th century and showed its devotion to Buddha by willing its soul away or by refusing to leave the site of a temple it had helped to construct. The earliest akabeko...- thomas
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- aizuwakamatsu akabeko
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Aizuwakamatsu
A Byakkotai (白虎隊 White Tiger Force) statue in front of Aizuwakamatsu Station.- thomas
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- aizuwakamatsu byakkotai
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Aizuwakamatsu
Underground passage in pseudo-traditional style right in front of Aizuwakamatsu Station showing hte emblem of the Byakkotai (the White Tiger Unit)- thomas
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Aizuwakamatsu
Neoclassical buildings in Aizuwakamatsu, western Fukushima Prefecture (left a lacquerware store, a construction company on the right).- thomas
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Aizuwakamatsu
Traditional inn in Aizuwakamatsu, western Fukushima Prefecture- thomas
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