Regions & prefectures
JapanRegions & prefectures
Fukushima
The Aizu country, its die-hard samurai and its thatched-roof post towns.
- Capital
- Fukushima
- Status
- Prefecture
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Must-see
- The Ōuchi-juku post town
- Local specialty
- Kitakata ramen, peaches, sake
The country’s third-largest prefecture reads in three bands: the Hamadōri coast, the central valley and the Aizu basin, loyal to the shogunate until the 1868 siege and the Byakkotai episode, when teenage retainers took their own lives believing their castle ablaze. The prefecture’s name remains tied to the March 2011 nuclear accident, whose evacuation zone shrinks year by year.
What to see there
Places, dishes and traditions tied to this territory.
In the magazine
Articles that cover this topic.