Fukushima

Travel guide to Fukushima prefecture — Iwaki, Aizu, recovery, coastal spots.

Miharu Town: The Takizakura, Japan’s Thousand-Year-Old Weeping Cherry

The Miharu Takizakura is one of the Three Great Cherry Trees of Japan — over a thousand years old, 13.5 m tall, and wider than a tennis court in full bloom. Practical guide to timing, crowds, the night light-up, transport, and everything else in Miharu worth the detour.

Iwaki La La Mew: Onahama Seafood Market and the Story of Its Comeback

Inside Iwaki La La Mew on the Onahama waterfront — the working fish market, the BBQ Banya, the Joban-mono catch calendar, and how the place reopened within months of the 2011 tsunami.

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