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This is the main index for the Aizu Glossary. It includes links to all of the detailed information in the glossary.
ADATARAYAMA Mountain (Inawashiro)
AIKAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Yamato)
AIZU Name of this area
AIZU ASAHIDAKE Mountain (Tadami)
AIZU BANDAISAN Local Folksong
AIZU BANGE Town
AIZU BONCHI Aizu Basin
AIZU DAIGAKU University of Aizu (Aizu Wakamatsu)
AIZU DAIGAKU - MULTIMEDIA CENTRE University of Aizu - Multimedia Centre (Aizu Wakamatsu)
AIZU FUDOKI Book about the natural features of Aizu, written in 1666
AIZU HAN Aizu Clan
AIZU HONGOU Town
AIZU HONGOU ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Hongou)
AIZU KAWAGUCHI ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
AIZU KOMAGATAKE Mountain (Hinoemata)
AIZU KOUGEN TAKATSUE Mountain (Tateiwa)
AIZU NOZAWA ONSEN TENJU NO YU Hot Spring (Nishiaizu)
AIZU SHUZOU HAKUBUTSUKAN Aizu Sake Brewing Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
AIZU SHUZOU REKISHIKAN Aizu Sake History Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
AIZU TAKADA Town
AIZU WAKAMATSU City
AKI MATSURI Autumn Festival (Aizu Wakamatsu)
AKABEKO Red Cow
ARAKAISAN Mountain (Tajima)
ASAKUSADAKE Mountain (Tadami)
ASHINA Ashina Clan, ruled Aizu from 1384-1589
ASHINOMAKI ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Wakamatsu)
ATSUSHIO ONSEN Hot Spring (Atsushiokanou)
ATSUSHIOKANO Village
AZUKI ONSEN MADOAKE NO YU Hot Spring (Ina)
BALLOON FESTIVAL (Shiokawa)
BANDAI Town
BANDAI HIBARAKO HAN ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
BANDAI INAWASHIRO HAYAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
BANDAI KOUGEN Bandai Highlands
BANDAISAN Mountain (Bandai, Inawashiro, Kitashiobara)
BANETSU Banetsu toll highway
BANKOYAKI Pottery (Tajima)
BOSHIN SENSOU Boshin Civil War [1868-1869]
BUKEYASHIKI Samurai Residence (Aizu Wakamatsu)
BUSHIDOU Way of the Warrior
BUTSUDAN Small Buddhist temple inside for one's house
BYAKKOTAI (Aizu Wakamatsu) White Tiger Brigade, fought during Boshin Civil War
BYAKKOTAI DENSHOU SHIGAKUKAN Byakkotai Traditional History Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
BYAKKOTAI KINENKAN Byakkotai Memorial Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
BYRD, ISABELLA British woman who travelled through Japan
CHASHITSU RINKAKU Rinkaku Teahouse (Aizu Wakamatsu)
DAIBUTSUYAMA Mountain (Kitakata)
DAIMYOU Leader of the clan in a local area
EDO JIDAI Edo period [1603-1867]
E ROSOKU Painted Candles
FUJINBUTAI Group of female fighters during Boshin Civil War
FUKAZAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Tadami)
FUKUSHIMAKEN DENZOKU SANGYOU KAIKAN (Aizu Wakamatsu)
FUKUSHIMA KENRITSU HAKUBUTSUKAN Fukushima Prefectural Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
FUREAI LAND TAKASATO Hot Spring (Takasato)
FUREAI PARK KITA NO SATO ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitakata)
FURUMACHI ONSEN Hot Spring (Ina)
GAMOU Gamou clan, ruled Aizu from 1590 to 1598 and from 1601 to 1627
GAMOUDAKE Mountain (Tadami)
GIONSAI Gion Festival (Tajima)
GOSHIKI ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
GOZENGATAKE Mountain (Shouwa)
HADAKA MAIRI Naked Temple Visit (Yanaizu)
HAKASEYAMA Mountain (Aizu Takada, Shouwa, Yanaizu)
HAKUCHOU Swans (Inawashiro)
HANKA MATSURI Hanka Festival (Shimogo)
HAYATO ONSEN Hot Spring (Mishima)
HIBARAKO Lake Hibara (Kita Shiobara)
HIGANJISHI Local Folkdance
HIGASHIYAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Wakamatsu)
HINOEMATA Village
HINOEMATA ONSEN Hot Spring (Hinoemata)
HIUCHIGATAKE Mountain (Hinoemata)
HONGOYAKI Pottery (Aizu Hongo)
IIDE KOUSEN Hot Spring (Yamato)
IIDESAN Mountain (Atsushiokanou, Yamato, Nishiaizu)
IIDESOU Hot Spring (Yamato)
IIMORIYAMA Byakkotai Gravesight (Aizu Wakamatsu)
IINUMA SADAKICHI Sadakichi Iinuma, sole survivor of Byakkotai suicide (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1853-1931]
INA Village
INASAKU Rice Cultivation
INAWASHIRO Town
INAWASHIRO ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
ISASUMI JINJA Isasumi Shrine (Takada)
JIBIIRUKAN Microbrewery (Inawashiro)
JINBO SHUURI Shuuri Jinbo, warrior (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1838-1868]
JOUSHIGUN Troop of female warriors during the Boshin Civil War (Aizu Wakamatsu)
KABUKI Kabuki, Japanese theatre (Hinoemata)
KAISHUUICHI ZOUHINKAN Kaishuuichi Brewery and Art Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
KANEYAMA Town
KANNON Kannon, Buddhist goddess of mercy
KARAKURAYAMA Mountain (Nangou)
KARAMUSHI ORI Weaving with plant fibers (Shouwa)
KARATE Karate (Shimogou)
KAROU Advisor to the daimyou, elder in the clan (Aizu Wakamatsu)
KAWAGETAYAMA Mountain (Inawashiro)
KAWAHIGASHI Town
KAWAKAMI ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
KAYANO GONBEI Gonbei Kayano, Aizu Clan Elder Advisor (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1830-1869]
KENGAMINE GENSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
KIRI Paulownia Tree, also known as Empress Tree
KITAAIZU Village
KITAKATA City
KITAKATA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitakata)
KITA NO SATO (Kitakata)
KITASHIOBARA Village
KOGURIYAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
KOKESHI Wooden doll
KOKUSAI YACHT RACE TAIKAI International Yacht Race (Inawashiro)
KOMADO KOUGEN Mountain (Tajima)
KOMEI TENNOU
Emperor Komei [ ]KOWASHIMIZU Kowashimizu, spring (Kawahigashi)
KURA Kura, storehouses (Kitakata)
KUROIWAYAMA Mountain (Nangou)
LEO UJISAT0 NANBANKAN (Aizu Wakamatsu)
MACHIKATA DENSHOUKAN Machikata History Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
MADOAKEYAMA Mountain (Ina)
MAITAKE Maitake mushroom (Minami Aizu area)
MATSUDAIRA Matsudaira Clan, ruled Aizu from ... to ... (Aizu Wakamatsu)
MATSUZAWA NO YU KOUSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Takada)
MAYASAN Mountain (Bandai)
MEIJI JIDAI Meiji period [1867-1912]
MIKAGURADAKE Mountain (Kaneyama)
MINWA Folktales
MISAKA KOUGEN Mountain (Mishima)
MISAKAYAMA Mountain (Mishima)
MISHIMA Town
MITSUIWADAKE Mountain (Ina)
MIYASHITA ONSEN Hot Spring (Mishima)
MIYATOKO ONSEN Hot Spring (Nangou)
MOMEN Cotton
MYOUJINGATAKE Mountain (Aizu Takada)
NAKA NO YU ONSEN Hot Spring (Bandai)
NAKANO TAKEKO Takeko Nakano, member of the Fujinbutai (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1846-1868]
NAKANOSAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
NAKAYAMA Mountain (Shimogou)
NAGINATA Sword with a long handle
NANATSUGADAKE Mountain (Tajima)
NANGOU Village
NANGOU TOMATO Nango Tomatoes (Minami Aizu area)
NEKOMA HAPPOUDAI Mountain (Bandai)
NEKOMADAKE Mountain (Bandai)
NEPAL HAKUBUTSUKAN Nepal Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
NIITSURU Village
NISHIAIZU Town
NISHIAIZU-MACHI ONSEN KENKOU HOYOU CENTRE LOTUS INN Hot Spring (Nishiaizu)
NISHI AZUMAYAMA Mountain (Inawashiro)
NISHIKUBO ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
NISHINOSAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
NISHIYAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Yanaizu)
NISSHINKAN Aizu Nisshinkan, Samurai Training School (Kawahigashi)
NITCHUU IIMORIYAMA Mountain (Atsushiokanou)
NITCHUU ONSEN Hot Spring (Atsushiokanou)
NOGUCHI HIDEYO Hideyo Noguchi (Inawashiro)
NOGUCHI HIDEYO KINENKAN Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Hall (Inawashiro)
NOGUCHI HIDEYO SEISHUNKAN Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Building (Aizu Wakamatsu)
NOREN Cloth curtain used in entrances (Shiokawa)
NOU MEN Noh Masks (Atsushikano, Tadami)
NUMAJIRI ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
NUMAZAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
OGUNINUMA Oguni Marsh (Shiokawa)
OGUNIYAMA Mountain (Kitashiobara)
OKINAJIMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
OMOTE BANDAI ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
ONIGATSURAYAMA Mountain (Tadami)
ONODAKE Mountain (Shimogou)
ONOGAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
ONSEN Hot spring
OOKAWA DAM Ookawa Dam (Shimogou)
OOMORI ONSEN Hot Spring (Atsushiokanou)
OOSHIO ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
OOSHIO URABANDAI ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
OOTAWARAHIKI Giant Tug of War (Aizu Bange)
OOTODAKE Mountain (Aizu Wakamatsu)
ORIHIME Weaving Princess (Shouwa)
OTTATE ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
OUCHIJUKU Old post town (Shiomogou)
OUTLOOK Fukushima Prefecture's English Newsletter
OYAKUEN Medicinal Herb Garden (Aizu Wakamatsu)
OZE Oze Natural Park (Hinoemata)
OZEGAHARA Mountain (Hinoemata)
RAMEN Ramen, chinese noodles (Kitakata)
RINDOU Autumn Bellflower or Gentian (Minami Aizu Region)
SABASHIRI ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Bange)
SAGAWA KANBEI Samurai (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1831-1877]
SAIGOU TANOMO Aizu Clan Elder Advisor (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1803-1905]
SAITOU KIYOSHI Artist (Aizu Bange)
SAITOU KIYOSHI BIJUTSUKAN Museum (Yanaizu)
SAKAI ONSEN Hot Spring (Nangou)
SAKE Rice wine
SAKURA TOUGE ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
SANBONYARIDAKE Mountain (Shimogou)
SANSHOUUO Salamander (Hinoemata)
SAMURAI Warrior
SAYURI KAIKAN Hot Spring (Nangou)
SAZAEDOU Spiral Temple (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1796~, 1889~present]
SEABURIYAMA Mountain (Aizu Wakamatsu)
SEIKATSU KOUGEIKAN Traditional Crafts Centre (Mishima)
SENBEI Senbei, rice crackers (Kitakata)
SEPPUKU Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment
SHIBOSAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Hinoemata)
SHIDAHAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
SHIKKI Lacquerware
SHIMAI TOSHI Sister Cities (Kitashiobara)
SHIMOGOU Town
SHIOKAWA Town
SHIROKIYA SHIRYOUKAN Shirokiya Historial Materials Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
SHIZUKURAYAMA Mountain (Mishima, Shouwa)
SHOUGUN Military leader of Japan before Meiji Restoration
SHOUWA Village
SHOUWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Shouwa)
SILKROAD BUNMEIKAN Silkroad Museum (Aizu Wakamatsu)
SOBA Soba (buckwheat) noodles (Yamato)
TADAMI Town
TADAMI ONSEN Hot Spring (Tadami)
TADAMI-YANAIZU KENRITSU KOEN Tadami-Yanaizu Prefectural Park (Tadami, Yanaizu)
TAIKO Taiko drums (Tajima)
TAISHAKUZAN Mountain (Tateiwa)
TAJIMA Town
TAKASATO Village
TAKATSUE ONSEN Hot Spring (Tateiwa)
TAKINOHARA ONSEN Hot Spring (Tajima)
TAKIZAWA GOHONJIN Military Headquarters (Aizu Wakamatsu)
TAMANASHI HACHIMACHI ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
TAMOKAKU Used Book Store (Tadami)
TARABU KOUGEN Mountain (Kaneyama)
TASHIROYAMA Mountain (Tateiwa)
TATEIWA Village
TENKYOUDAI ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
TENKYOUKAKU Imperial Villa (Inawashiro)
TENNOU Emperor
TOJINDAKO Kite
TOKUGAWA YOSHINOBU Last shougun [1837- ]
TOKUSA ONSEN Hot Spring (Tateiwa)
TOYASAN Mountain (Nishiaizu)
TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI Shougun
TSUCHIYUZAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
TSUJIRI ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Bange)
TSUKINOWAGUMA White Collared Bear (Tadami)
TSURUGAJOU Castle (Aizu Wakamatsu) [1384-, 1590-, -1874, 1965-present]
UNAI ONSEN Hot Spring (Aizu Bange)
URA BANDAI (Kitashiobara)
URABANDAI WASEZAWA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
URABANDAI YUDAIRAYAMA ONSEN Hot Spring (Kitashiobara)
UWADASHIRO Mountain (Hinoemata)
WINTER
YAJIDAIRA Mountain (Inawashiro)
YAMADA SHIKKI KAIKAN Yamada Lacquerware Plaza (Aizu Wakamatsu)
YAMAGUCHI ONSEN KIRARA 289 Hot Spring (Nangou)
YAMAGUCHI ONSEN Hot Spring (Nangou)
YAMATO Town
YAMATO-MACHI ONSEN HOYOU CENTRE IIDE NO YU Hot Spring (Yamato)
YANAIZU Town
YANAIZU ONSEN Hot Spring (Yanaizu)
YOKUMUKI ONSEN Hot Spring (Inawashiro)
YUGAWA Village
YUKI MATSURI Snow Festival (Tadami)
YUKI TO HI NO MATSURI Snow and Fire Festival (Mishima)
YUKURA HASHIDATE ONSEN Hot Spring (Kaneyama)
YUNOHANA ONSEN Hot Spring (Tateiwa)
YUNOKAMI ONSEN Hot Spring (Shimogou)
YUUTOPIA BANGE Hot Spring (Aizu Bange)
YUZURIHA Yuzuriha, group of artists (Atsushiokano)
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