Fukushima is Tohoku's southern gateway and one of its least visited onsen prefectures. Higashiyama Onsen sits in a gorge a short bus ride above Aizu-Wakamatsu, the castle town of the Byakkotai, and has been a hot spring resort since the eighth century by local tradition. Iizaka Onsen is a fifteen-minute train ride from Fukushima city. Around Mount Bandai and Lake Inawashiro the inns are highland lodges. These are the Fukushima ryokans in the catalog, ranked by guest rating.
#1Aizuwakamatsu, Tohoku
Riverside ryokan in a 400-year-old onsen village near samurai-city Aizu Wakamatsu.
Recommended stay: 1-2 nights
#2Inawashiro, Tohoku
A highland hot spring inn above Lake Inawashiro at the foot of Mount Bandai, the catalog's one stay for the Bandai section of the Fukushima guide.
Aizuwakamatsu, Tohoku
The oldest inn at Higashiyama Onsen, an Edo-era Aizu clan retreat whose early Showa wooden buildings are a registered cultural property.
Fukushima, Tohoku
An Iizaka Onsen ryokan on the Surikami River with an open-air cypress bath, 25 minutes by local train from Fukushima Station.
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