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Ouchi-juku under Snow
Tom RoseveareOuchi-juku is an Edo-Period post station located in Shimogo Town, Aizu County, Fukushima Prefecture.
Ouchi-juku was a small post office in the Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaido trade route. Merchants who were passing through could get food and accommodation here. It is located in Shimogo City, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture is famous for the traditional thatched roof buildings that line its main street.
Ouchi-juku has been recognized as an important cultural heritage and much is being done to keep the small town in its original form. For example, there are no overhead power cables here and the buildings are kept in their original form. Nowadays, the buildings along the wide main street in Ouchi-juku are mainly used for restaurants and small souvenir shops where you can find local and traditional products. The area is best known for its soba noodles and roasted char.
Ouchi-juku is a popular travel destination all year round, but especially in winter, when the thatched roofs are covered in snow, the scenery turns into a winter wonderland.
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Located 20 km south of Aizu, the nearest station is Yunokami Onsen. It takes about 35 minutes from Aizu-Wakamatsu and costs 1030 yen. A bus runs up and down around every hour form April to November and costs 1000 yen round trip.
Ouchi-juku is an Edo-Period post station located in Shimogo Town, Aizu County, Fukushima Prefecture.
In a remote area of Aizu, this small village of old wooden houses stopped a hundred years ago.
A thatch-roofed village of rural refuge for those who travelled along the Aizu-Nishi Kaido road in Edo Japan. Localized soba, traditional goods, and soaring scenery.
Ōuchi-juku, a beautiful tourist spot in Fukushima is an old fashionsed village that used to be a stopover for Edo Era travelers. If you are ever in Fukushima, it is definitely worth visiting.
Enjoy a delicious trout burger in Aizu Shimogo. Indulge yourself into a mouth-watering snack!
While the area of Ouchijuku in Fukushima Prefecture is well-known as a traditional post town from the Edo period and its Negi Soba (Buckwheat noodles eaten with a leek), try a new experience by making your own soba!
Shimogo's Okawa-Keiryu Taiko Preservation Society is a group of local Japanese taiko drummers, whose lively performances are well-received.
Visit Tou-no-hetsuri: Fukushima's spectacular and towering natural monument.