We would like to introduce retro architectures of Aizu-Wakamatsu City. If you are interested in other retro structures, please refer to the Aizu-Wakamatsu City Official Site. Many are designated as historic landscape architecture by Aizu-Wakamatsu City.
The main building of Aizu-Wakamatsu city hall *
It was one of the valuable architectures constructed in maturation period of the Japanese Architect in 1937. For more, see.
Aizu Ichibankan (former Kaiyo Clinic) *
It is one of the famous places in connection with pioneering bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi. The first floor is a cafe while the second floor is the museum. For more, see.
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Takiya Construction Co., Ltd. *
It was constructed in 1937 as a bank branch. Six pillars which was conscious of one of the colonnade styles of the ancient Greece architecture remind Greek architecture. For more, see.
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Mukaitaki (the Higashiyama Hot Spring) *
The nostalgic wooden building standing on the riverside attracts attention. It was designated as a recreation facility of the Aizu feudal clan, and is now designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.
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Kaisyuichigura *
This building was used as a part of the oldest brewery in Aizu named Kaisyuichi. You can see the sword-cuts that were left by the Meiji government who occupied this building to use as an outstation in the time of the Boshin War.
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