Sights in Kawamata, Fukushima

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• 川俣シャモ

  

  Kawamata Shamo Chicken

  #1 ranked in Kawamata

  Enjoy Kawamata Shamo, a Fukushima brand-certified local chicken and a town specialty.

• 長寿泉の桜街道

  

  Chojusen Cherry Road

  #2 ranked in Kawamata

  Cherry trees nourished by the Chojusen spring on Mount Choju, said to add ten years to your life if you drink it.

• 機織神社の小手姫桜

  

  Kotehime Cherry of Hataori Shrine

  #3 ranked in Kawamata

  About 1,400 years ago Otomo no Koteko, consort of Emperor Sushun, came here seeking her son and taught weaving.

• 大津ざる菊園

  Otsu Zaru Chrysanthemum Garden

  #5 ranked in Kawamata

  About 1,400 dome-shaped zaru chrysanthemums bloom in red, white and yellow.

• 長寿山、太郎坊山

  

  Mount Choju and Mount Tarobo

  #8 ranked in Kawamata

  Mount Tarobo (about 551 m) to the north and Mount Choju (about 566 m) to the south, either side of Niwasaka Pass.

• 花塚山

  

  Mount Hanatsuka

  #9 ranked in Kawamata

  Kawamata's highest peak, straddling Kawamata and Iitate.

• 福沢羽山

  

  Fukusawa Hayama

  #11 ranked in Kawamata

  A 607 m hill in the southwest of town with superb summit views.

• かわまた銘品館シルクピア

  

  Kawamata Specialty Hall Silkpia

  #13 ranked in Kawamata

  Displays and sells Kawamata's famous products inside Michi-no-Eki Kawamata.

• 川俣町「羽山の森美術館」

  

  Hayama no Mori Art Museum

  #14 ranked in Kawamata

  A museum in the renovated former Fukusawa Elementary School, closed after 133 years.

• 秋山の駒ザクラ

  

  Koma Cherry of Akiyama

  #15 ranked in Kawamata

  A giant Edo higan cherry over 500 years old, about 21 m tall, on a slope at the foot of Mount Megami.

• 羽田春日神社の大フジ

  

  Great Wisteria of Haneda Kasuga Shrine

  #18 ranked in Kawamata

  Three wisteria vines climbing cedar and hackberry trees beside the shrine approach, blooming in early summer.

• 春日神社

  

  Kasuga Shrine

  #19 ranked in Kawamata

  Legend says it was founded by Lord Yamakage, saved from mountain monkeys by a white deer, on divine instruction.