Aizu-Wakamatsu’s Tsurugajo and Nanokamachi Street: walking through Fukushima’s history

About Fukushima

Fukushima, in southern Tohoku, has Fukushima City as its capital. The prefecture is broadly split into three regions: Aizu, Nakadori and Hamadori.

Main walking areas in Fukushima

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Aizu-Wakamatsu (Tsurugajo Park, Nanokamachi Street)
• Fukushima City (around Mt. Shinobu)
• Iwaki (Onahama Port, area near Aquamarine Fukushima)

Fukushima trivia

Aizu-Wakamatsu’s Tsurugajo (Wakamatsu Castle) is famed for its restored red-tile keep, and the castle park is a favourite cherry-blossom spot.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Fukushima

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=fukushima for the Fukushima list.