Aizu Samurai Residence Complex
The land covers an area of 7,000 tsubo. Designated as an important cultural property of the prefecture, the tearoom, rice-cleaning mill, and other items on display here, are shown to visitors to this magnificent museum. This large manor gives a wonderful idea of how samurai lived during the Edo Period. Here, we can feel the heart of samurai spirit.

Takizawa Historical Daimyo House
This is an old thatched-roof inn that once served as a rest stop for the Aizu clan while enroute to Edo (present-day Tokyo). It has been designated an important national cultural property by the Japanese government. During the Boshin Civil War at the beginning of the Meiji period, it became the military headquarters for the local ruler. The famous soldier band Byakkotai went out to fight from this inn. Bullet holes and sword marks can still be seen on the pillars. It takes only 5 minutes on foot from here to Iimoriyama.

Mt. Iimoriyama
After being defeated in a battle against the imperial forces, twenty members of the Byakkotai, aged from 16 to 17, retreated to this hill. When they saw Tsurugajo burning, they thought it had fallen to the enemy and committed suicide. Their graves lie together on the hillside, and even now, incense always burns on their behalf. The hill offers a fine view of the castle as well as the old castle town. There is a Byakkotai memorial museum at the bottom of this mountain.

Oyakuen Botanical Garden
Originally planned as a garden for a teahouse belonging to the lords of Aizu, in 1670. Oyakuen began to grow medicinal herbs. The name is derived from the fact that herbs were planted here to provide medicine for citizens. About 400 different kinds of herbs are still grown at this national treasure today.

Fukushima Prefectural Museum
A first-rate display relating the history, nature, archaeology, and arts of Fukushima prefecture from primitive times to the present. The museum is located on the east side of Tsurugajo. It was opened as a museum to promote a richer human nature.

Aizu Machikata History Museum
This museum displays traditional crafts and other special products of the Aizu area such as sake, lacquer ware, pottery, aka-beko, kokeshi, kites, etc. It provides the information and history of traditional Aizu industry. Lacquer ware and other traditional local products are available for purchase at the gift shop.

Aizu- Sake Historical Museum
The museum displays the sake-making equipment in Ichibangura building. Also on display are old documents and family treasures. Visitors can sample the sake brewed here. Beside this museum, there is the Aizu Meiho Kan, which shows the various treasures in Aizu.

The site of the Matsudaira daimyo graves
In a wood at the entrance to Aizu-Wakamatsu's Higashiyama Spa, there is a line of stone tortoises bearing gravestones on their backs. These are the graves of the Aizu Matsudaira daimyos (feudal lords) who owned Tsurugajo Castle for 226 years until the Meiji revolution. There were nine generations of Matsudaira daimyos, and all but the first daimyo were buried at this site. The grave of the first Matsudaira daimyo, Masayuki Hoshina, can be found in the Hanitsu Shrine in Inawashiro Town under the name of Hanitsu. Matusdaira daimyos valued Shinto very highly.
The daimyos' graves are traditional Shinto-style, except for the second daimyo, Masatsune, which is Buddhist-style. Apart from the stone tortoise gravestones, each daimyo has two other gravestones, "omoteishi" and "shizumeishi" which are simpler designs.
The last of the Aizu daimyos, Katamori Matsudaira, was forced to leave his castle. He became the chief priest of the Nikko Toshogu and Futaarai shrines after his clan's defeat in Boshin Civil War. He died of illness in 1894 at Nikko at the age of 59.
In 1918 his remains finally came to rest alongside those of his ancestors in Aizu-Wakamatsu with the name of "Chuseireishin".