Take a 4 1/2-hour journey north from Tokyo back to the samurai era.
The 2025 Aizu Festival will be held in Aizu Wakamatsu City from September 19 to 21. Aizu Wakamatsu, located in the southwestern part of Japan's Tohoku region, is known as the "City of Samurai."
Throughout the Edo period, the Aizu Domain was an important stronghold of the Tokugawa shogunate and one of the most powerful samurai domains.This festival is themed around "commemoration and gratitude to ancestors" and honors the 3,000 peo
