Koriyama City Guide Welcome to the enjoyable city, Koriyama Koriyama City Guide Welcome to KORIYAMA Koriyama City Travel Guidebook Welcome to the enjoyable city, Koriyama Beautiful nature all year round Rich traditional culture and history Delicious food and relaxing hot springs…. Koriyama welcomes you from all over the world by providing a wide range of entertainment, including sight-seeing, food, and experiences. Koriyama City Guide Book Contents Explore Koriyama in all seasons……………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Experience 1【 Hot Spring】 Enjoy the Onsen atmosphere at Bandai Atami Hot Springs … 5 Experience 2【 Craft Works】 Deko Walk at Takashiba Deko-Yashiki……………………………………… 7 Gourmet Have delicious food in Koriyama……………………………………………………………………… 9 Sight-seeing spot Start your trip from Koriyama. Interesting trips in Fukushima… 11 History Reclamation of Asaka Plains / Spiritual Sites in Koriyama……………………… 13 Accommodation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 Shin-Hakodate Hokuto Manners and Etiquette in Japan…………………………………………………………………………………… 16 Koriyama City Map / Festivals and Events in Koriyama……………………………………… 17 Shin-Aomori Hachinohe Akita Morioka 【Outline of Koriyama City】 ■Establishment of a municipal system Yamagata 1924 Sendai ■Geography Niigata 磐梯河東 Fukushima 4 North Latitude; 37° / East longitude; 140° Fukushima Koriyama Motomiya I.C. Altitude: 245 m / Area 757.20 km²IC Ban-etsu Expressway prefecture Bandai Motomiya City Iwaki Atami I.C. ■Population 49 Lake Inawashiro Koriyama Utsunomiya JCT 335,915 (as of February, 2016) Koriyama Higashi I.C. 船引三春IC ■Climate (in 2015) Koriyama I.C. Omiya Average temperature:12.8℃ Koriyama City Tokyo Koriyama 田村市 Highest: 35.1℃ Koriyama Lowest; −6.0℃ Minami I.C. 4 Precipitation; 1,018.5mm 三春町 Tohoku Expressway About 80 minutes 49 Fukushima Airport by the Tohoku Shinkansen 小野IC Sukagawa I.C. from the metropolitan area Welcome to KORIYAMA 1 Takashiba Deko-Yashiki Honke Daikokuya Old Japanese-style House 2 Spring Summer Cherry Trees at Kaiseizan Park Nunobiki Kaze no Highland Kaiseizan park is a popular place for Sunflower field citizens to relax, and it is also a symbol of Asaka pioneering to be the foundation of In the highlands at an altitude of 1,000m, development of Koriyama City. The park there are 33 100m-high windmills for wind is one of the best spots in Fukushima, and power generation with their blades slowly there are 1,300 cherry trees planted there. revolving in the wind. From the middle of The trees are lit up at night when they are August to the beginning of September, in full bloom. there is a splendid view of the brightly colored sunflower fields. ◆10 minutes by bus (Fukushima Transportation) from Koriyama Sta. ◆60 minute drive from Koriyama Minami I.C. Welcome to Four Seasons Koriyama Explore Koriyama in each season In addition to the beautiful seasonal colors of the owers, sky, mountains, and lakes, Koriyama has lots of ever-changing scenery. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Wi nter, Colors of the four seasons Autumn leaves in Ryokusuien Lake Inawashiro and swans You can enjoy many kinds of outdoor You can enjoy watching about 2,000 activities, such as forest bathing, bird swans come to Lake Inawashiro from watching, camping, and barbequing in a Siberia in winter and spring. From huge area of about 100 km². In autumn, Konan-machi, Koriyama, there are the leaves on the maple, cherry, magnificent views of Mt. Bandai located dogwood, and ginkgo trees change to a on the other side of Lake Inawashiro. bright red color. ◆45 minute drive from Koriyama Minami I.C. ◆10 minute drive from Koriyama I.C. Autumn Winter 3 4 Welcome to Hot spring Koriyama A famous spa with Hagihime legend Legend of Hagihime Enjoy the atmosphere It is said that a daughter of a Court noble in ancient Kyoto visited here and she recovered of the old hot spring town from an incurable disease. at Bandai Atami Hot Springs ❶ Shikisai Ichiriki ❷ Hotel Hana no Yu A long-established Japanese inn that You can enjoy many attractions, such will mark its 100th anniversary in as the 30 different spas, delicious 2018. It has many rooms with views local food, and comfortable rooms. of the beautiful Japanese garden. TEL. 024-984-2115 TEL.024-984-2222 4-161, Atamimachi Atami, Koriyama City, Fukushima 5-8-60, Atamimachi Atami, Koriyama City ◆ 5 minute walk from Bandai-Atami Sta. ◆ 8 minute drive from Bandai Atami Sta. The hot spring has a good reputation as a “Hot Spring of Beauty”, making visitors’ skin smooth with the refreshing water since times gone by. ❸ Hatago Shohaku ❺ Kinranso Hanayama BANDAI- This location provides hospitality to heal More casual and friendly than traditional It was opened about 800 years ago. It is an the traveler’s heart, which might remind Japanese inns. This inn has the you of the good old days of Japan. You Japanese style of a relaxing atmosphere alkaline simple hot spring and the water is kind can enjoy a relaxing time there. mixed with a Western feeling. to the skin. It is very popular as a “Hot Springs TEL.024-984-2525 TEL.024-984-2111 of Beauty” and famously effective for burns, 5-283,Atamimachi Atami, Koriyama 4-321, Atamimachi Atami, Koriyama injuries, and skin diseases as well. ◆ 3 minute drive from Bandai Atami Sta. ◆ 10 minute walk from Bandai Atami Sta. Ishimushiro Numagami Power Plant Fureai Bokujyo ATAMI Keyaki no Mori Foot Bath Atami By-pass Farm ❷ Gensen Shrine Gohyaku❸ River Bandai Atami Ban-etsu West Line Sports Park Keyaki no Mori Koriyama Skating-rink (in winter season) 13 minutes by rapid train Foot Bath in front of the station (Ban-etsu West Line) and 25 minutes Onsen Shrine by car from Koriyama Sta. ❹ Hot Spring Yunomachi Gallery to Bandai Atami Sta. Bandai Atami Hot Springs are popular hot springs situated at the center of Fukushima Prefecture and are very easy to access. ❶ Yukemuri Park Bandai Atami Ice Arena There are many Japanese inns along the Gohyaku River which flows through this hot spring town. It is a very convenient place Bandai Atami Hot Spring Inns Cooperative Marumori Power Plant for you to stay in while you explore other beautiful sight-seeing spots in neighboring areas. Bandai Atami Station Koriyama http://www.bandaiatami.or.jp Yurakkusu Atami ※The list of hot spring inns is shown on page 15. 5 6 Welcome to Craft & Specialty goods Koriyama The “Deko” in “Deko Yashiki” means a doll. This place was once part of the Miharu District, so people called the dolls produced here ‘Miharu Koma” and ‘Miharu Ningyo’. There are currently 4 craft-making houses that practice the traditional skills of making dolls. What is Takashiba Deko Yashiki? Originally, this was a village for craftsmen who were protected in the Miharu Domain during TAKASHIBA the Edo period (1603–1868). Takashiba Deko Yashiki is believed to have been established by people who came from Kyoto in Miharu 300 years ago. These people passed on the DEKO YASHIKI tradition of how to make these dolls. A traditional craft town passing down traditional skills since the Edo era 25 minute drive from Koriyama Sta. 4 craft-making houses carry on the traditional skills ❶ 10 minute drive from Koriyama Higashi I.C. Walking around ❹ ❷ 【Walking Course】 A guide will show you the ❸ Local toy painting experience available Local toy painting experience available Local toy painting experience available interesting features of Deko Takashiba Deko Yashiki ❶ Hashimoto Hiroji Mingei ❷ Honke Ebisuya ❸ Honke Daikokuya ❹ Hikoji Mingei Yashiki with workshops and Creating Hariko Dolls based on Lots of lucky charms are exhibited, such as There are many modern works Wooden Miharu Goma are made in explain the history and how to Kabuki stories and masks for masks of Tengu, Shichifukujin (Seven Deities like life-sized polar bear Hariko a 400-year-old house. Koshidaka while enjoying the traditional crafts traditional dance.You can watch of Good Luck), and Daruma Dolls, whose faces dolls.You can visit a gallery in an Tora, which were adopted for the make the crafts. the craftsmen work on an all have different facial expressions. Among old Japanese-style house. design of a New Year’s postcard old-fashioned veranda. them, you can see a narrow-faced one. stamp, are also made. TEL.024-971-3900 TEL.024-972-2204 TEL.024-971-3176 TEL.024-972-2412 Hariko Mask e Birthplace of Miharu Goma Hariko masks like Shichifukujin, Hyottoko, and Otafuku are also & Miharu Hariko well-known as traditional folk Local toy painting Everyone can join! crafts from the Takashiba district. 【 experience course 】 Hariko Doll Takashiba Deko Festival Takashiba’s Hariko dolls were In Deko Yashiki, you can experience created in the Genroku era ‘Takashiba Hyottoko Odori’, a dance painting on the local toys, including (17th-18th century). wearing Hariko masks, and ‘Takashiba and the Miharu Hariko Doll and Miharu Many of them were designed Shichifukujin Odori’, which are designated based on the style of painting as important intangible folk cultural Goma. and a kind of Ukiyo-e at that assets by Koriyama City, are performed on time. Layered Japanese paper is used to make the doll. the last Sunday in May every year. Feeling like a craftsman! Miharugoma The miharugoma is a wooden craft toy, which was used in the design for Japan's first postage stamp to be used on special Japanese New Year cards. The toy is also considered to be a lucky charm, signifying the healthy growth and long life of children. 7 8 Local sake in Koriyama Koriyama has 6 breweries that use traditional sake brewing methods. Some of them offer tourists a guided Sukiyaki, Shabu-shabu, tour of their brewery. Please enjoy grilled meat, and steak – the unique tastes of the sake produced in each brewery. they’re all delicious! ●Best breweries in Koriyama Niida Honke Fruit tart and fruit juice TEL.024-955-2222 139 Aza Takayashiki, Kanazawa, Hand-made tart specialty store using plenty of the best seasonal fruits.