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FukushimaPrefecture123TryJapaneseArcheryattheAizuClanSchoolNisshinkanExperienceJapanesecultureandspiritattheschoolwheresamuraichildrenoncelearned.TheAizuClanSchoolNisshinkanwasbuiltin1803,andwasusedtoeducatethechildrenofsamuraiinthearea.Morethan1,000samuraichildrenstudiedacademicsandmartialartshere,andtheschoolproducedmanynoteworthygraduates.Unfortunately,theschoolbuildingwasburneddownduringtheBoshinWarin1868—howeveritwasrebuiltatitscurrentlocationtooverseetheeducationofyoungpeopleoncemore.Inadditiontoamartialartsarea,thereisalsoanastronomicalobservatoryonthevastproperty,andvisitorscangethands-onwithculturebymakingtraditionalcrafts.VisitorscanalsotryKyudo,orJapanesearchery,whichisquitepopular.Eventheinexperiencedandchildrencantry,sincethebowsvisitorsusearesmallerthanthebowusedbypractitioners.Althoughdifcult,there’snothingmoreexhilaratingthannallyhittingthetarget!123EvenbeginnerscanenjoyKyudo,thankstotheinstructionofthestaff.Thebuildingslooksmagnicent,andhearkenbacktooldJapan.Theredcoloroftheroongtilescomesfromironmixedintopreventfrombreakinginwinter.LocalDelicaciesinFukushimaReferenceWebsite:AizuClanSchoolNisshinkanOfcialWebsitePeachesFukushimaisaprefecturewithorchardsasfarastheeyecansee,andsummerispeachseason.Manyorchardsoffervisitorsthechancetopickripe,juicypeachesrightfromthetree!JapaneseSakeTherearemorethan50sakebreweriesinFukushimaPrefecture,manyofwhichproducemultipleaward-winningsakevarietals!Notwobreweriesarealike,sowerecommendsamplingasmanyasyoucan.KitakataRamenKitakataRamenoriginatedinthecityofKitakata.OneofJapan’s“ThreeGreatRamen”,itssoysaucesoupissurprisinglylight.Thereareabout120ramenrestaurantsandshopsinthearea,soyoushoulddenitelydoatastetest!23
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