What this area is like
Tsuruga-jo Castle has a red-tiled keep with a museum inside. Iimoriyama hill tells the story of the young Byakkotai samurai, and sake breweries offer tastings.
Plan your visit
The Haikara-san and Akabe loop buses connect the station with the main sights.
Choose your next step
Places to see in this area
Tsuruga Castle
The Aizu clan’s castle, besieged in the Boshin War of 1868, with a rare red-tiled keep rebuilt in 1965.
- Access
- Haikara-san loop bus from JR Aizu-Wakamatsu Station to Tsurugajo Iriguchi, then about 5 minutes on foot.
- Hours
- 8:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30), open daily.
- Fee
- Adults ¥410; elementary and junior high ¥150. With the Rinkaku teahouse ¥520.
- Address
- 1-1 Otemachi, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima
Cash only. Iimoriyama, where the young Byakkotai samurai fell, is a short bus ride away.
How to plan your time here
- Castle, Iimoriyama and the sake breweries of Nanokamachi in a day.
- From Tokyo, take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Koriyama, then about 1 hour 10 minutes on the Ban’etsu West Line.
Information checked 26 October 2026. Plans are JapaLens editorial suggestions, not on-site reviews. Hours and fees can change; check the official page before you go.