Sights in Kawauchi, Fukushima

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• 平伏沼

  

  Heifukunuma Pond

  #1 ranked in Kawauchi

  A small pond atop 842 m Mount Heifuku, ringed by broadleaf forest home to forest green tree frogs.

• 高塚高原

  

  Takatsuka Highlands

  #3 ranked in Kawauchi

  East of Mount Otakine, with azaleas and rhododendrons, fresh greenery and autumn colors.

• 平伏沼モリアオガエル

  

  Forest Green Tree Frogs of Heifukunuma

  #4 ranked in Kawauchi

  They lay white foam-wrapped eggs on waterside branches about 10 days into the rainy season.

• 八幡神社

  

  Hachiman Shrine

  #5 ranked in Kawauchi

  Shrine founded in the 1070s, said to enshrine the Iwashimizu Hachiman deity brought by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi.

• 天山文庫

  

  Tenzan Bunko

  #6 ranked in Kawauchi

  A thatched library given by Kawauchi villagers to the poet Kusano Shinpei, an honorary resident.