Sights in Nishigo, Fukushima

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• 堀川ダム

  

  Horikawa Dam

  #1 ranked in Nishigo

  A multipurpose rockfill dam completed in 2000 in Nishigo.

• 延生地蔵のしだれ桜

  

  Weeping Cherry of Ensho Jizo

  #2 ranked in Nishigo

  A Jizo invited from Tochigi in 1851, worshipped for safe childbirth and child-rearing.

• 台上地区の桜並木

  

  Daijo Cherry Avenue

  #3 ranked in Nishigo

  500 Somei Yoshino and 100 Oyamazakura line the 3 km Daijo road.

• 西郷村高助地区のしだれ桜

  

  Takasuke Weeping Cherry

  #4 ranked in Nishigo

  Lone weeping cherry standing in the middle of rice fields in Nishigo.

• 甲子地区のカタクリ

  

  Dogtooth Violets of Kashi

  #5 ranked in Nishigo

  Colonies along Route 289 in the Kashi district.

• 那須白河フォレストスプリングス

  

  Nasu Shirakawa Forest Springs

  #6 ranked in Nishigo

  Nature fishing grounds, among the largest in Tohoku.

• 雪割橋

  

  Yukiwari Bridge

  #7 ranked in Nishigo

  Steel bridge about 60 m above the Abukuma gorge, famous for autumn colours.

• 楽翁渓

  

  Rakuokei Gorge

  #8 ranked in Nishigo

  Named because lord Matsudaira Sadanobu praised the gorge's beauty.

• 新甲子遊歩道

  

  Shin-Kashi Promenade

  #9 ranked in Nishigo

  A riverside walk by the Abukuma's source, listening to the stream.

• 西郷村歴史民俗資料館

  

  Nishigo History and Folklore Museum

  #10 ranked in Nishigo

  Opened in 1992 in the former army remount office, a village cultural property.

• 堀川親水公園の桜

  

  Cherries of Horikawa Waterside Park

  #11 ranked in Nishigo

  About 700 cherry trees around the park and the neighboring welfare facility.

• 甲子大橋

  

  Kashi Bridge

  #12 ranked in Nishigo

  A bridge at 1,000 m on the Kashi Road (Route 289) linking southern Fukushima and Aizu.

• 甲子温泉

  

  Kashi Onsen

  #14 ranked in Nishigo

  Named for being found in a kinoe-ne (kashi) year more than 600 years ago.

• 赤面山

  

  Mount Akazura

  #17 ranked in Nishigo

  A 1,701 m mountain east of the Nasu range.

• 那須権現一之鳥居

  

  First Torii of Nasu Gongen

  #19 ranked in Nishigo

  Nasu Gongen sits on Chausudake and was widely worshipped as a mountain deity.

• 田土ケ入水芭蕉自生地

  

  Tadogairi Skunk Cabbage Habitat

  #20 ranked in Nishigo

  A remnant of once-plentiful colonies reduced by rice fields and housing.

• 甲神社のキャラボク

  

  Japanese Yew of Kabuto Shrine

  #21 ranked in Nishigo

  Named for the helmet Minamoto no Yoshiie offered here in 1056 praying for victory.

• 剣桂

  

  Tsurugi Katsura

  #22 ranked in Nishigo

  A twin-trunk katsura tree over 300 years old and 35 m tall.