Travel

Aizu 会津 original meaning – two gods met (会) by a river (津) in Aizu Takada Aizu Clan 会津藩 Katamori Matsudaira (松平容保) [1834-1893] was the lord (daimyo – 大名) of the Aizu Clan they were opposed to the Meiji Restoration and fought against the emperor’s forces in the Boshin Civil...

Aizu Wakamatsu’s Famous Castle [1384-, 1590-, 1639-1874, 1965-present] These are the notes that I would use to tell the story of Tsurugajo when I did a tour of the castle. The questions were used to make the tour more of an interactive activity than a lecture. This castle was originally...