# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Spa Resort Hawaiians](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/spa-resort-hawaiians): Fukushima, Amusement park. Built over a natural hot spring, Spa Resort Hawaiians is a massive indoor tropical paradise in Iwaki, Fukushima. Originally opened in 1966 to revitalize the local coal mining community, the resort features heated pools, water slides, a Polynesian show, and multiple onsen baths. Open year-round regardless of weather.
- [Shioyasaki Lighthouse](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shioyasaki-lighthouse): Fukushima, Landmark. Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Iwaki, Shioyasaki Lighthouse is one of Japan's most scenic lighthouses. Built in 1899, the 27-meter tower offers panoramic views of the rugged Fukushima coastline. It was famously associated with singer Misora Hibari, whose monument stands nearby. A popular spot for sunrise watching.
- [Kitakata](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kitakata): Fukushima, City. Famous as one of Japan's three great ramen cities, with over 100 ramen shops serving the signature thick curly noodles in soy-based broth. The town is also known for its 2,600 traditional kura storehouses.
- [Aizu-Wakamatsu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/aizu-wakamatsu): Fukushima, City. A historic castle town known for its samurai heritage, Tsuruga Castle, traditional Aizu lacquerware, and the tragic story of the Byakkotai. The Nanukamachi street retains beautiful Edo-period architecture.
- [Ouchi-juku](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ouchi-juku): Fukushima, Historic site. An Edo-era post town lined with thatched-roof houses, Ouchi-juku is famous for its negi soba -- buckwheat noodles eaten with a whole leek as a chopstick.
- [Lake Inawashiro](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-inawashiro): Fukushima, Attraction. Japan's fourth-largest lake, nicknamed the Mirror of Heaven for its crystal-clear waters reflecting Mount Bandai.
- [Goshikinuma](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/goshikinuma): Fukushima, Attraction. A series of volcanic lakes near Mount Bandai, the Five Colored Lakes display hues of cobalt blue, emerald green, and rust red created by dissolved minerals.
- [Tsuruga Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsuruga-castle): Fukushima, Castle. Castle with a distinctive red-tiled roof, Tsuruga Castle is the symbol of Aizu's samurai spirit and one of the few castles in Japan with such vermilion tiles.
- [Miharu Takizakura](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/miharu-takizakura): Fukushima, Attraction. One of Japan's three great cherry trees, this magnificent weeping cherry is over 1,000 years old and stands 13.5 meters tall. During bloom in mid-April, its cascading branches create an unforgettable spectacle.
- [Michi-no-Eki Fureai Park Kita-no-Sato](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-fureai-park-kita-no-sato): Fukushima, Michi no eki. A station on Route 121 just north of Kitakata, where the restaurant makes its ramen with flour from Kitakata-grown wheat. Kura-no-Yu, a day spa fed by the station's own hot spring, sits next door.
- [Michi-no-Eki Namie](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-namie): Fukushima, Michi no eki. A Route 6 station in a town that reopened after the 2011 nuclear evacuation. Suzuki Shuzoten brews its Iwaki Kotobuki sake on site, the food court serves thick Namie yakisoba, and nine Obori Soma kilns sell their pottery.
- [Mount Bandai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-bandai): Fukushima, Mountain. A 1,816-meter volcano above Lake Inawashiro whose north side blew out on July 15, 1888, burying villages and damming the rivers that became Lake Hibara and the Goshikinuma ponds. The shortest climb starts at Happodai on the Bandai Gold Line: about 3.5 km and roughly 2 hours up.
- [Michi-no-Eki Aizu Yugawa Aizubange](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-aizu-yugawa-aizubange): Fukushima, Michi no eki. A farm market on Route 49 beside the Aga River, run jointly by Yugawa village and Aizubange town. Rice, seasonal vegetables and Aizu heirloom varieties come from around 240 registered farms, and there is a farm restaurant and a gelato shop.

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Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?prefecture_id=7)
Last updated: 2026-11-02