Sights in Showa, Fukushima

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• 大芦地区のカタクリ

  

  Dogtooth Violets of Oashi

  #1 ranked in Showa

  Quiet colonies of small, pale purple flowers in the Oashi district.

• からむしラーメン

  

  Karamushi Ramen

  #2 ranked in Showa

  Noodles kneaded with leaves of karamushi, the ramie plant used for Showa's famous weaving.

• 矢ノ原高原そば

  

  Yanohara Plateau Soba

  #3 ranked in Showa

  Fields at about 700 m where big day-night temperature swings grow tasty crops.

• カスミソウ

  

  Baby's Breath

  #4 ranked in Showa

  A Mediterranean flower that thrives in Showa's cool summers.

• からむし織

  

  Karamushi Weaving

  #5 ranked in Showa

  Cloth woven from karamushi, a perennial of the nettle family also called ramie.

• 代官清水

  

  Daikan Shimizu Spring

  #6 ranked in Showa

  A spring so delicious that a shogunate inspector ordered the magistrate to protect it.

• 渓流釣り

  

  Mountain Stream Fishing

  #7 ranked in Showa

  The clear Nojiri River and its tributaries along Route 400 are a mecca for sweetfish angling.

• 綱木渓谷

  

  Tsunagi Gorge

  #8 ranked in Showa

  A gorge of the Nojiri River, a Tadami tributary sourced in Oze, seen from Route 400.

• 博士山

  

  Mount Hakase

  #9 ranked in Showa

  The name is said to come from samurai who climbed the ridge wearing their swords.

• 玉川渓谷

  

  Tamagawa Gorge

  #10 ranked in Showa

  An 18 km gorge sourced from the Komado wetlands, on the Shin-Toriipass road (Route 401) to Nango.

• 慈眼山観音寺（佐倉観音寺）

  

  Sakura Kannonji Temple

  #12 ranked in Showa

  Seventh temple of the Okurairi 33 Kannon pilgrimage, founded in 1616 as a branch of Shoboji.

• 道の駅 からむし織の里 しょうわ

  

  Michi-no-Eki Karamushi-ori no Sato Showa

  #14 ranked in Showa

  Seasonal mountain produce delivered by careful village hands.

• 交流・観光拠点施設「喰丸小」

  

  Kuimaru School Exchange Center

  #15 ranked in Showa

  A two-story wooden school built in 1937.

• 冷湖の霊泉

  

  Reiko Sacred Spring

  #16 ranked in Showa

  A pure spring tied to a legend of a tengu who revealed water in a village head's dream during a drought.

• 春日神社の桜

  

  Kasuga Shrine Cherry Blossoms

  #17 ranked in Showa

  Hilltop shrine in Nakamukai with cherry blossoms and a view over the hamlet.

• 藤八の滝

  

  Tohachi Falls

  #18 ranked in Showa

  Near the site of a poor woodturners' settlement that made bowls and trays from mountain timber.

• 水芭蕉としらかばの杜

  

  Skunk Cabbage and Birch Forest

  #19 ranked in Showa

  A natural birch forest on Route 401 below Mount Hakase, for walks to birdsong.

• 矢ノ原湿原

  

  Yanohara Wetland

  #20 ranked in Showa

  A village natural monument since 1973 and prefectural nature conservation area since 1976.

• 福寿草

  

  Pheasant's Eye

  #21 ranked in Showa

  Yellow pheasant's-eye flowers cover a roadside slope in Shimonakatsugawa near the Yamazaki bus stop.

• 駒止湿原（昭和村）

  

  Komado Wetlands (Showa)

  #22 ranked in Showa

  A wetland straddling Minamiaizu and Showa; 148 ha with surrounding forest is a national natural monument.

• 御前ヶ岳

  

  Mount Gozengatake

  #23 ranked in Showa

  A 1,234 m mountain tied to the tragic love of Prince Mochihito and Lady Kobai.